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Jürgen von Rosenstiel

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 33)

Successes
14 ships sunk for a total of 78.843 GRT
2 ships damaged for a total of 23.797 GRT

Born	23 Nov, 1912	Kiel
Died	5 Jul, 1942	Bay of Biscay

Kptlt. Jürgen von Rosenstiel

U-boat Commands

U-143	20 Mar, 1941	-	30 Mar, 1941	No war patrols
U-502	31 May, 1941	-	5 Jul, 1942 (+)	4 patrols (179 days)

Personal information

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.

Patrol info

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-502	29 Sep, 1941	Kiel	9 Nov, 1941	Lorient	Patrol	42 days
2.	U-502	18 Dec, 1941	Lorient	22 Dec, 1941	Lorient	Patrol	5 days
3.	U-502	19 Jan, 1942	Lorient	16 Mar, 1942	Lorient	Patrol	57 days
4.	U-502	22 Apr, 1942	Lorient	5 Jul, 1942	Sunk	Patrol	75 days

Ships hit by Jürgen von Rosenstiel

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
7 Oct, 1941	U-502	Svend Foyn	14.795		br	HX-152	damaged

16 Feb, 1942	U-502	Monagas	2.650		ve
16 Feb, 1942	U-502	San Nicolas	2.391		br
16 Feb, 1942	U-502	Tia Juana	2.395		br
22 Feb, 1942	U-502	J.N. Pew	9.033		am
23 Feb, 1942	U-502	Sun	9.002		am		damaged
23 Feb, 1942	U-502	Thalia	8.329		pa
11 May, 1942	U-502	Cape of Good Hope	4.963		br
24 May, 1942	U-502	Gonçalves Diaz	4.996		bz
28 May, 1942	U-502	Alcoa Pilgrim	6.759		am
3 Jun, 1942	U-502	M.F. Elliott	6.940		am
9 Jun, 1942	U-502	Bruxelles	5.085		be	TA-5
9 Jun, 1942	U-502	Franklin K. Lane	6.589		am	TA-5
15 Jun, 1942	U-502	Cold Harbor	5.010		pa
15 Jun, 1942	U-502	Scottsburg	8.001		am
15 Jun, 1942	U-502	West Hardaway	5.702		am
			102.640
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.