Harald Jürst
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 32)
| Successes 13 ships sunk for a total of 20.758 GRT 2 auxiliary warships sunk for a total of 864 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 10.516 GRT |
| Born | 18 Mar, 1913 | Wilhelmshaven |
| Died | 28 Nov, 1940 | North Atlantic |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-59 | 4 Mar, 1939 | - | 17 Jul, 1940 | 8 patrols (113 days) |
| U-104 | 19 Aug, 1940 | - | 28 Nov, 1940 (+) | 1 patrol (17 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-59 | 29 Aug, 1939 | Helgoland | 11 Sep, 1939 | Kiel | Patrol, | 14 days |
| 2. | U-59 | 22 Oct, 1939 | Kiel | 9 Nov, 1939 | Kiel | Patrol, | 19 days |
| 3. | U-59 | 30 Nov, 1939 | Kiel | 8 Dec, 1939 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol, | 9 days |
| 4. | U-59 | 14 Dec, 1939 | Wilhelmshaven | 19 Dec, 1939 | Kiel | Patrol, | 6 days |
| 5. | U-59 | 14 Jan, 1940 | Kiel | 22 Jan, 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol, | 9 days |
| 6. | U-59 | 29 Jan, 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 8 Feb, 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol, | 11 days |
| 7. | U-59 | 14 Mar, 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 20 Mar, 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol, | 7 days |
| 8. | U-59 | 31 Mar, 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 7 May, 1940 | Kiel | Patrol, | 38 days |
| 9. | U-104 | 12 Nov, 1940 | Kiel | 28 Nov, 1940 | Sunk | Patrol, | 17 days |
| 9 patrols, 130 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Harald Jürst
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 28 Oct, 1939 | U-59 | Lynx II | 250 | | br | ||
| 28 Oct, 1939 | U-59 | St. Nidan | 565 | | br | ||
| 30 Oct, 1939 | U-59 | HMS Northern Rover (4.58) | 655 | | br | ||
| 6 Dec, 1939 | U-59 | HMS Washington [Mine] | 209 | | br | ||
| 12 Dec, 1939 | U-59 | Marwick Head [Mine] | 496 | | br | ||
| 16 Dec, 1939 | U-59 | Glitrefjell | 1.568 | | nw | ||
| 16 Dec, 1939 | U-59 | Lister | 1.366 | | sw | ||
| 17 Dec, 1939 | U-59 | Bogø | 1.214 | | da | ||
| 17 Dec, 1939 | U-59 | Jaegersborg | 1.245 | | da | ||
| 19 Jan, 1940 | U-59 | Quiberon | 1.296 | | fr | ||
| 1 Feb, 1940 | U-59 | Ellen M. | 498 | | br | ||
| 2 Feb, 1940 | U-59 | Creofield | 838 | | br | ||
| 2 Feb, 1940 | U-59 | Portelet | 1.064 | | br | ||
| 6 Apr, 1940 | U-59 | Navarra | 2.118 | | nw | ||
| 27 Nov, 1940 | U-104 | Charles F. Meyer | 10.516 | | br | HX-87 | damaged |
| 27 Nov, 1940 | U-104 | Diplomat | 8.240 | | br | HX-88 | |
| 32.138 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.
