Josef Röther
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 27)
| Successes 2 ships sunk for a total of 14.063 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 7.191 GRT 1 ship a total loss for a total of 7.178 GRT |
| Born | 7 Oct, 1907 | Iserlohn |
| Died | 20 Feb, 1988 |
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Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-380 | 4 Aug, 1942 | Kiel | 11 Aug, 1942 | Trondheim | Patrol, | 8 days |
| 2. | U-380 | 22 Aug, 1942 | Trondheim | 7 Oct, 1942 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 47 days |
| 3. | U-380 | 5 Nov, 1942 | St. Nazaire | 19 Nov, 1942 | La Spezia | Patrol, | 15 days |
| 4. | U-380 | 28 Nov, 1942 | La Spezia | 23 Dec, 1942 | La Spezia | Patrol, | 26 days |
| 5. | U-380 | 1 Feb, 1943 | La Spezia | 6 Feb, 1943 | La Spezia | Patrol, | 6 days |
| 6. | U-380 | 10 Mar, 1943 | La Spezia | 5 Apr, 1943 | La Spezia | Patrol, | 27 days |
| 7. | U-380 | 5 May, 1943 | La Spezia | 16 May, 1943 | La Spezia | Patrol, | 12 days |
| 8. | U-380 | 7 Jun, 1943 | La Spezia | 6 Jul, 1943 | Toulon | Patrol, | 30 days |
| 9. | U-380 | 11 Aug, 1943 | Toulon | 7 Sep, 1943 | Toulon | Patrol, | 28 days |
| 10. | U-380 | 30 Sep, 1943 | Toulon | 11 Oct, 1943 | Toulon | Patrol, | 12 days |
| 11. | U-380 | 28 Oct, 1943 | Toulon | 11 Nov, 1943 | Toulon | Patrol, | 15 days |
| 11 patrols, 226 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Josef Röther
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 18 Sep, 1942 | U-380 | Olaf Fostenes | 2.994 |  | nw | ||
| 11 Nov, 1942 | U-380 | Nieuw Zeeland | 11.069 |  | nl | Torch | |
| 15 Mar, 1943 | U-380 | Ocean Seaman | 7.178 |  | br | ET-14 | total loss |
| 23 Aug, 1943 | U-380 | Pierre Soulé | 7.191 |  | am | damaged | |
| 28.432 | |||||||
* 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.