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The Men - The Commander listing

Horst Dieterichs

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

Successes
1 ship sunk for a total of 7,452 GRT
3 ships damaged for a total of 13,285 GRT

Born	1 Mar 1912		Naumburg, Saale
Died	18 Feb 1944	(31)	North Atlantic

Ranks

8 Apr 1934	Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1935	Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1937	Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1937	Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1939	Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr 1942	Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

1941	Iron Cross 2nd Class
27 Aug 1941	U-boat War Badge 1939
1942	Iron Cross 1st Class

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-406	22 Oct 1941	18 Feb 1944 (+)	8 patrols (358 days)

Patrol info for Horst Dieterichs

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-406	4 Apr 1942	Kiel	19 Apr 1942	St. Nazaire	Patrol 1,	16 days
2.	U-406	5 May 1942	St. Nazaire	1 Jul 1942	St. Nazaire	Patrol 2,	58 days
3.	U-406	9 Aug 1942	St. Nazaire	8 Oct 1942	St. Nazaire	Patrol 3,	61 days
4.	U-406	14 Dec 1942	St. Nazaire	12 Jan 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 4,	30 days
5.	U-406	22 Feb 1943	St. Nazaire	30 Mar 1943	Bordeaux	Patrol 5,	37 days
6.	U-406	25 Apr 1943	Bordeaux	11 May 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 6,	17 days
7.	U-406	26 Jun 1943	St. Nazaire	15 Sep 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 7,	82 days
8.	U-406	8 Dec 1943	St. Nazaire	10 Dec 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 8,	3 days
9.	U-406	20 Dec 1943	St. Nazaire	22 Dec 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 8,	3 days
10.	U-406	25 Dec 1943	St. Nazaire	27 Dec 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 8,	3 days
11.	U-406	29 Dec 1943	St. Nazaire	31 Dec 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 8,	3 days
12.	U-406	5 Jan 1944	St. Nazaire	18 Feb 1944	Sunk	Patrol 8,	45 days
8 patrols, 358 days at sea

Ships hit by Horst Dieterichs

Date	U-boat		Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy
19 Aug 1942	U-406		City of Manila	7,452		br	SL-118
28 Dec 1942	U-406		Baron Cochrane (d.)	3,385		br	ONS-154
28 Dec 1942	U-406		Lynton Grange (d.)	5,029		br	ONS-154
28 Dec 1942	U-406		Zarian (d.)	4,871		br	ONS-154
				20,737
1 ship sunk (7,452 tons) and 3 ships damaged (13,285 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged.

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