Jürgen von Rosenstiel
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 33)
| Successes 14 ships sunk, total tonnage 78,843 GRT 2 ships damaged, total tonnage 23,797 GRT |
| Born | 23 Nov 1912 | Kiel | |
| Died | 5 Jul 1942 | (29) | Bay of Biscay |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-143 | 20 Mar 1941 | 30 Mar 1941 | No war patrols |
| U-502 | 31 May 1941 | 6 Jul 1942 | 4 patrols (180 days, * died during this patrol) |
After serving on the school ship Schlesien, Jürgen von Rosenstiel transferred to the U-boat force in 1940. He achieved his greatest successes with U-502 in the Caribbean. On the return leg of her third patrol, U-502 was sunk with all hands by an aircraft in the Bay of Biscay (Niestlé, 1998).
Sources
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1997). Der U-Bootkrieg 1939-1945 (Band 2).
Niestlé, A. (1998). German U-boat losses during World War II.
Patrol info for Jürgen von Rosenstiel
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-502 | 29 Sep 1941 | Kiel | 9 Nov 1941 | Lorient | Patrol 1, | 42 days | |
| 2. | U-502 | 18 Dec 1941 | Lorient | 22 Dec 1941 | Lorient | Patrol 2, | 5 days | |
| 3. | U-502 | 19 Jan 1942 | Lorient | 16 Mar 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 3, | 57 days | |
| 4. | U-502 | 22 Apr 1942 | Lorient | 6 Jul 1942 | Sunk | Patrol 4, | 75 days | * |
| 4 patrols, 179 days at sea * Jürgen von Rosenstiel died during this patrol on 5 Jul 1942 | ||||||||
Ships hit by Jürgen von Rosenstiel
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.