| Born | 8 Jun, 1912 | Neumünster |
| Died | 29 Apr, 1945 | North Atlantic |
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Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-1017 | 18 Dec, 1944 | Kiel | 23 Dec, 1944 | Horten | 6 days | |
| 2. | U-1017 | 28 Dec, 1944 | Horten | 2 Mar, 1945 | Trondheim | Patrol, | 65 days |
| 3. | U-1017 | 14 Apr, 1945 | Trondheim | 29 Apr, 1945 | Sunk | Patrol, | 16 days |
| 2 patrols, 81 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Werner Riecken
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 6 Feb, 1945 | U-1017 | Everleigh | 5.222 | | br | TBC-60 | |
| 11 Feb, 1945 | U-1017 | Persier | 5.382 | | be | BTC-65 | |
| 10.604 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.
