Joachim Matz
Korvettenkapitän (Crew 32)
Successes
6 ships sunk for a total of 22.432 GRT
4 ships damaged for a total of 28.493 GRT
1 ship a total loss for a total of 4.943 GRT |
| Born | 1 Oct, 1913 | Magdeburg |
| Died | 22 Aug, 1996 | |
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Joachim Matz while POW in Canada
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| 1 Jan, 1944 | Korvettenkapitän |
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U-boat Commands
| U-6 | 17 Dec, 1938 | - | 26 Nov, 1939 | 1 patrol (15 days) |
| U-59 | 18 Jul, 1940 | - | 10 Nov, 1940 | 5 patrols (58 days) |
| U-70 | 23 Nov, 1940 | - | 7 Mar, 1941 | 1 patrol (16 days) |
Patrol info
| | U-boat | Departure |
Arrival | | |
| 1. |
U-6
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30 Aug, 1939 | Kiel | 13 Sep, 1939 | Kiel | Patrol | 15 days |
| 2. |
U-59
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18 Jul, 1940 | Kiel | 4 Aug, 1940 | Bergen | Patrol | 18 days |
| 3. |
U-59
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8 Aug, 1940 | Bergen | 19 Aug, 1940 | Lorient | Patrol | 12 days |
| 4. |
U-59
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26 Aug, 1940 | Lorient | 3 Sep, 1940 | Lorient | Patrol | 9 days |
| 5. |
U-59
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7 Sep, 1940 | Lorient | 21 Sep, 1940 | Lorient | Patrol | 15 days |
| 6. |
U-59
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3 Oct, 1940 | Lorient | 15 Oct, 1940 | Bergen | | 13 days |
| 7. |
U-59
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17 Oct, 1940 | Bergen | 20 Oct, 1940 | Kiel | Patrol | 4 days |
| 8. |
U-70
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20 Feb, 1941 | | 7 Mar, 1941 | Sunk | Patrol | 16 days |
Ships hit by Joachim Matz
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * |
| 1 Aug, 1940 | U-59 | Sigyn | 1.981 |  | sw | | |
| 14 Aug, 1940 | U-59 | Betty | 2.339 |  | br | | |
| 30 Aug, 1940 | U-59 | Anadara | 8.009 | | br | OB-205 | damaged |
| 30 Aug, 1940 | U-59 | San Gabriel | 4.943 |  | gr | OB-205 | total loss |
| 31 Aug, 1940 | U-59 | Bibury | 4.616 | | br | OB-205 | |
| 7 Oct, 1940 | U-59 | Touraine | 5.811 |  | nw | OB-225 | |
| 12 Oct, 1940 | U-59 | Pacific Ranger | 6.865 | | br | HX-77 | |
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| 26 Feb, 1941 | U-70 | Göteborg | 820 | | sw | | |
| 7 Mar, 1941 | U-70 | Athelbeach | 6.568 | | br | OB-293 | damaged |
| 7 Mar, 1941 | U-70 | Delilian | 6.423 | | br | OB-293 | damaged |
| 7 Mar, 1941 | U-70 | Mijdrecht | 7.493 |  | nl | OB-293 | damaged |
| | 55.868 | |
* 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.
