WWI U-boat commanders

Benno von Ditfurth

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 4/07)

Successes
11 ships sunk with a total of 20,446 GRT
1 ship damaged with a total of 378 GRT

Born:	30 Aug 1888	Hannover
Died:	22 Sep 1917	English Channel

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Ranks

3 Apr 1907		Seekadett
21 Apr 1908		Fähnrich zur See
28 Sep 1910		Leutnant zur See
27 Sep 1913		Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

Iron Cross 2nd class

U-boat Commands

UC 11	2 Dec 1916	-	29 Jun 1917
UC 11	20 Jul 1917	-	5 Aug 1917
UB 32	6 Aug 1917	-	22 Sep 1917 (+)

Notes

No entry found for this officer.

Ships hit by Benno von Ditfurth

Date	U-boat		Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons	Nat.

9 Dec 1916	UC 11		Forth	Steamer	1,159		br
9 Dec 1916	UC 11		Harlington	Steamer	1,089		br
9 Dec 1916	UC 11		Harlyn	Steamer	1,794		br
17 Dec 1916	UC 11		Michail Ontchoukoff	Steamer	2,118		da
29 Dec 1916	UC 11		Zoroaster	Steamer	3,803		br

8 Jan 1917	UC 11		Cape Colony	Navy Drifter	82		br
2 Feb 1917	UC 11		Holdene	Navy trawler	274		br
12 Feb 1917	UC 11		Foreland	Steamer	1,960		br
14 Feb 1917	UC 11		Marie Leonhardt	Steamer	1,466		br
26 Apr 1917	UC 11		Mercury (d.)	Auxiliary Minesweeper	378		br
27 Apr 1917	UC 11		Agile	Navy Trawler	246		br
26 Aug 1917	UB 32		Feltre	Steamer	6,455		it
					20,824
11 ships sunk (20,446 tons) and 1 ship damaged (378 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. We have a picture of this vessel.

Media links

Kaiserliche Marine U-Boote 1914-1918
Dufeil, Yves

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