| Born | 26 Apr 1915 | Berlin | |
| Died | 2 Jan 1987 | (71) |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| U-30 | 1 Apr 1941 | Apr, 1941 | No war patrols |
| U-373 | 22 May 1941 | 25 Sep 1943 | 9 patrols (367 days) |
Patrol info for Paul-Karl Loeser
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-373 | 19 Jul 1941 | Kiel | 20 Jul 1941 | Horten | 2 days | ||
| 2. | U-373 | 30 Jul 1941 | Horten | 1 Aug 1941 | Trondheim | 3 days | ||
| 3. | U-373 | 4 Sep 1941 | Trondheim | 2 Oct 1941 | Brest | Patrol 1, | 29 days | |
| 4. | U-373 | 31 Oct 1941 | Brest | 21 Nov 1941 | Lorient | Patrol 2, | 22 days | |
| 5. | U-373 | 25 Dec 1941 | Lorient | 15 Jan 1942 | La Pallice | Patrol 3, | 22 days | |
| 6. | U-373 | 25 Feb 1942 | La Pallice | 26 Feb 1942 | La Pallice | Patrol 4, | 2 days | |
| 7. | U-373 | 1 Mar 1942 | La Pallice | 17 Apr 1942 | La Pallice | Patrol 4, | 48 days | |
| 8. | U-373 | 18 May 1942 | La Pallice | 8 Jul 1942 | La Pallice | Patrol 5, | 52 days | |
| 9. | U-373 | 6 Aug 1942 | La Pallice | 4 Oct 1942 | La Pallice | Patrol 6, | 60 days | |
| 10. | U-373 | 22 Nov 1942 | La Pallice | 3 Jan 1943 | La Pallice | Patrol 7, | 43 days | |
| 11. | U-373 | 25 Feb 1943 | La Pallice | 13 Apr 1943 | La Pallice | Patrol 8, | 48 days | |
| 12. | U-373 | 7 Jul 1943 | La Pallice | 16 Aug 1943 | La Pallice | Patrol 9, | 41 days | |
| 9 patrols, 367 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Paul-Karl Loeser
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
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| 17 Mar 1942 | U-373 | Mount Lycabettus | 4,292 |  | gr | ||
| 22 Mar 1942 | U-373 | Thursobank | 5,575 |  | br | ||
| 24 Jun 1942 | U-373 | John R. Williams [Mine] | 396 |  | am | ||
| 10,263 | |||||||
3 ships sunk (10,263 tons). Legend | |||||||
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.