Werner Witte
Korvettenkapitän (Crew 35)
| Successes 5 ships sunk for a total of 29,091 GRT 3 ships damaged for a total of 20,014 GRT 1 ship a total loss for a total of 7,129 GRT |
| Born | 5 Jan 1915 | Berlin-Friedenau | |
| Died | 15 Jul 1943 | (28) | north-west of Madeira |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-509 | Sep, 1942 | 15 Jul 1943 (+) | 3 patrols (196 days) |
Patrol info for Werner Witte
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-509 | 15 Oct 1942 | Lorient | 26 Nov 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 1, | 43 days | |
| 2. | U-509 | 23 Dec 1942 | Lorient | 11 May 1943 | Lorient | Patrol 2, | 140 days | |
| 3. | U-509 | 3 Jul 1943 | Lorient | 15 Jul 1943 | Sunk | Patrol 3, | 13 days | |
| 3 patrols, 196 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Werner Witte
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
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| 26 Oct 1942 | U-509 |  | Anglo Mærsk (d.) | 7,705 |  | br | SL-125 |
| 27 Oct 1942 | U-509 | | Pacific Star | 7,951 | | br | SL-125 |
| 27 Oct 1942 | U-509 | | Stentor | 6,148 | | br | SL-125 |
| 28 Oct 1942 | U-509 | | Hopecastle (d.) | 5,178 | | br | SL-125 |
| 28 Oct 1942 | U-509 | Nagpore | 5,283 | | br | SL-125 | |
| 29 Oct 1942 | U-509 | | Corinaldo (d.) | 7,131 | | br | SL-125 |
| 30 Oct 1942 | U-509 | | Brittany | 4,772 | | br | SL-125 |
| 10 Feb 1943 | U-509 | Queen Anne | 4,937 | | br | CA-11 | |
| 2 Apr 1943 | U-509 | | City of Baroda (t.) | 7,129 | | br | NC-9 |
| 56,234 | |||||||
6 ships sunk (36,220 tons) and 3 ships damaged (20,014 tons). Legend | |||||||
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About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.