| Born | 26 Nov 1917 | Berlin-Dahlem |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| U-419 | 18 Nov 1942 | 8 Oct 1943 | 1 patrol (26 days) |
When the boat was sunk it was reported that about 15 survivors were in the water but Giersberg, the captain, was the only survivor. He suffered a broken leg and was rescued by the destroyer Orwell (Blair, 1998).
Sources
Blair, C. (1998). Hitler’s U-boat War. The Hunted, 1942-1945.
Patrol info for Dietrich Giersberg
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-419 | 31 Aug 1943 | Kiel | 3 Sep 1943 | Bergen | 4 days | ||
| 2. | U-419 | 13 Sep 1943 | Bergen | 8 Oct 1943 | Sunk | Patrol 1, | 26 days | |
Ships hit by Dietrich Giersberg
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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.