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The Men - The Commander listing

Karl-Jürg Wächter

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)

Successes
2 ships sunk for a total of 12.556 GRT
1 ship a total loss for a total of 4.970 GRT
1 warship a total loss for a total of 1.300 tons

Born	2 May, 1916	Oberweissbach, Thüringen
Died	4 May, 1945	Baltic Sea

Ranks

1 Jun, 1943

Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-223	6 Jun, 1942	-	12 Jan, 1944	4 patrols (155 days)
U-2503	12 Nov, 1944	-	4 May, 1945 (+)	No war patrols

Patrol info

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-223	12 Jan, 1943	Kiel	6 Mar, 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol	54 days
2.	U-223	15 Apr, 1943	St. Nazaire	24 May, 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol	40 days
3.	U-223	14 Sep, 1943	St. Nazaire	16 Oct, 1943	Toulon	Patrol	33 days
4.	U-223	20 Nov, 1943	Toulon	17 Dec, 1943	Toulon	Patrol	28 days

Ships hit by Karl-Jürg Wächter

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
3 Feb, 1943	U-223	Dorchester	5.649		am	SG-19
23 Feb, 1943	U-223	Winkler	6.907		pa	ON-166
2 Oct, 1943	U-223	Stanmore	4.970		br	KMS-27	total loss
11 Dec, 1943	U-223	HMS Cuckmere (K 299)	1.300		br	KMS-34	total loss
			18.826
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.

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