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 |
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| 1 Apr, 1942 | Kapitänleutnant |
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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
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12 Jan, 1942 | Kiel | 12 Feb, 1942 | Bergen | | 32 days |
| 2. |
U-586
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16 Feb, 1942 | Bergen | 19 Feb, 1942 | Trondheim | Patrol | 4 days |
| 3. |
U-586
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14 Mar, 1942 | Trondheim | 22 Mar, 1942 | Trondheim | Patrol | 9 days |
| 4. |
U-586
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10 May, 1942 | Trondheim | 1 Jun, 1942 | Skjomenfjord | Patrol | 23 days |
| 5. |
U-586
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4 Jun, 1942 | Skjomenfjord | 6 Jun, 1942 | Trondheim | | 3 days |
| 6. |
U-586
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25 Jul, 1942 | Trondheim | 16 Aug, 1942 | Narvik | Patrol | 23 days |
| 7. |
U-586
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27 Aug, 1942 | Narvik | 31 Aug, 1942 | Bergen | | 5 days |
| 8. |
U-606
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14 Sep, 1942 | Bergen | 26 Sep, 1942 | Bergen | Patrol | 13 days |
| 9. |
U-586
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3 Oct, 1942 | Bergen | 5 Oct, 1942 | Skjomenfjord | | 3 days |
| 10. |
U-586
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11 Oct, 1942 | Skjomenfjord | 5 Nov, 1942 | Skjomenfjord | Patrol | 26 days |
| 11. |
U-586
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18 Nov, 1942 | Skjomenfjord | 1 Dec, 1942 | Bergen | Patrol | 14 days |
| 12. |
U-586
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6 Dec, 1942 | Bergen | 10 Dec, 1942 | Kiel | | 5 days |
| 13. |
U-586
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11 Dec, 1942 | Kiel | 11 Dec, 1942 | Hamburg | | 1 days |
| 14. |
U-586
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7 Feb, 1943 | Hamburg | 8 Feb, 1943 | Kiel | | 2 days |
| 15. |
U-586
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25 Feb, 1943 | Kiel | 1 Mar, 1943 | Bergen | | 5 days |
| 16. |
U-586
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2 Mar, 1943 | Bergen | 13 Mar, 1943 | Narvik | | 12 days |
| 17. |
U-586
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15 Mar, 1943 | Narvik | 16 Mar, 1943 | Trondheim | | 2 days |
| 18. |
U-586
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29 Mar, 1943 | Trondheim | 2 May, 1943 | Bergen | Patrol | 35 days |
| 19. |
U-586
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27 May, 1943 | Bergen | 31 May, 1943 | Hammerfest | | 5 days |
| 20. |
U-586
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5 Jun, 1943 | Hammerfest | 10 Jul, 1943 | Narvik | Patrol | 36 days |
| 21. |
U-586
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18 Jul, 1943 | Narvik | 19 Jul, 1943 | Tromsö | | 2 days |
| 22. |
U-586
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21 Jul, 1943 | Tromsö | 31 Jul, 1943 | Narvik | Patrol | 11 days |
| 23. |
U-586
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3 Aug, 1943 | Narvik | 4 Aug, 1943 | Trondheim | | 2 days |
| 24. |
U-586
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6 Aug, 1943 | Trondheim | 7 Aug, 1943 | Bergen | | 2 days |
| 25. |
U-863
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3 Jul, 1944 | Kiel | 5 Jul, 1944 | Horten | | 3 days |
| 26. |
U-863
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10 Jul, 1944 | Horten | 13 Jul, 1944 | Bergen | | 4 days |
| 27. |
U-863
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20 Jul, 1944 | Bergen | 21 Jul, 1944 | Trondheim | | 2 days |
| 28. |
U-863
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26 Jul, 1944 | Trondheim | 29 Sep, 1944 | | Patrol | 66 days |
Ships hit by Dietrich von der Esch
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.