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Dietrich von der Esch

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

Successes
2 ships sunk for a total of 12.716 GRT
1 ship damaged for a total of 9.057 GRT

Born	31 Jan, 1915	Berlin-Charlottenburg
Died	29 Sep, 1944	South Atlantic

Ranks

1 Apr, 1942

Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-586	4 Sep, 1941	-	30 Sep, 1943	9 patrols (181 days)
U-606	14 Sep, 1942	-	26 Sep, 1942	1 patrol (13 days)
U-863	3 Nov, 1943	-	29 Sep, 1944 (+)	1 patrol (66 days)

Patrol info

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-586	12 Jan, 1942	Kiel	12 Feb, 1942	Bergen		32 days
2.	U-586	16 Feb, 1942	Bergen	19 Feb, 1942	Trondheim	Patrol	4 days
3.	U-586	14 Mar, 1942	Trondheim	22 Mar, 1942	Trondheim	Patrol	9 days
4.	U-586	10 May, 1942	Trondheim	1 Jun, 1942	Skjomenfjord	Patrol	23 days
5.	U-586	4 Jun, 1942	Skjomenfjord	6 Jun, 1942	Trondheim		3 days
6.	U-586	25 Jul, 1942	Trondheim	16 Aug, 1942	Narvik	Patrol	23 days
7.	U-586	27 Aug, 1942	Narvik	31 Aug, 1942	Bergen		5 days
8.	U-606	14 Sep, 1942	Bergen	26 Sep, 1942	Bergen	Patrol	13 days
9.	U-586	3 Oct, 1942	Bergen	5 Oct, 1942	Skjomenfjord		3 days
10.	U-586	11 Oct, 1942	Skjomenfjord	5 Nov, 1942	Skjomenfjord	Patrol	26 days
11.	U-586	18 Nov, 1942	Skjomenfjord	1 Dec, 1942	Bergen	Patrol	14 days
12.	U-586	6 Dec, 1942	Bergen	10 Dec, 1942	Kiel		5 days
13.	U-586	11 Dec, 1942	Kiel	11 Dec, 1942	Hamburg		1 days
14.	U-586	7 Feb, 1943	Hamburg	8 Feb, 1943	Kiel		2 days
15.	U-586	25 Feb, 1943	Kiel	1 Mar, 1943	Bergen		5 days
16.	U-586	2 Mar, 1943	Bergen	13 Mar, 1943	Narvik		12 days
17.	U-586	15 Mar, 1943	Narvik	16 Mar, 1943	Trondheim		2 days
18.	U-586	29 Mar, 1943	Trondheim	2 May, 1943	Bergen	Patrol	35 days
19.	U-586	27 May, 1943	Bergen	31 May, 1943	Hammerfest		5 days
20.	U-586	5 Jun, 1943	Hammerfest	10 Jul, 1943	Narvik	Patrol	36 days
21.	U-586	18 Jul, 1943	Narvik	19 Jul, 1943	Tromsö		2 days
22.	U-586	21 Jul, 1943	Tromsö	31 Jul, 1943	Narvik	Patrol	11 days
23.	U-586	3 Aug, 1943	Narvik	4 Aug, 1943	Trondheim		2 days
24.	U-586	6 Aug, 1943	Trondheim	7 Aug, 1943	Bergen		2 days
25.	U-863	3 Jul, 1944	Kiel	5 Jul, 1944	Horten		3 days
26.	U-863	10 Jul, 1944	Horten	13 Jul, 1944	Bergen		4 days
27.	U-863	20 Jul, 1944	Bergen	21 Jul, 1944	Trondheim		2 days
28.	U-863	26 Jul, 1944	Trondheim	29 Sep, 1944		Patrol	66 days

Ships hit by Dietrich von der Esch

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
9 Feb, 1942	U-586	Anna Knudsen	9.057		nw		damaged
2 Nov, 1942	U-586	Empire Gilbert	6.640		br

9 Mar, 1943	U-586	Puerto Rican	6.076		am	RA-53
			21.773
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.