Georg Staats
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 35)
Successes
14 ships sunk for a total of 74.087 GRT |
| Born | 13 Mar, 1916 | Bremen |
| Died | 12 Nov, 1943 | Bay of Biscay |
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Kapitänleutnant Georg Staats
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| 25 Sep, 1935 | Seekadett | | 1 Jul, 1936 | Fähnrich zur See | | 1 Jan, 1938 | Oberfähnrich zur See | | 1 Apr, 1938 | Leutnant zur See | | 1 Oct, 1939 | Oberleutnant zur See | | 1 Apr, 1942 | Kapitänleutnant |
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U-boat Commands
| U-80 | 8 Apr, 1941 | - | 5 Oct, 1941 | No war patrols |
| U-508 | 20 Oct, 1941 | - | 12 Nov, 1943 (+) | 6 patrols (294 days) |
Personal information
Georg Staats began his naval career in April 1935. He served on the light cruiser Karlsruhe and the battle cruiser Gneisenau before transferring to the U-boat force in April 1939. He served in 1939 and 1940 as watch officer on U-5 and U A.
In April 1941 he commissioned the Type VIIC U-boat U-80 and commanded this school boat until October 1941.
Fourteen days after leaving U-80 he commissioned the much larger U-508. He led her on six successful patrols in the North and mid-Atlantic, as well as in Caribbean waters.
Georg Staats was lost along with the entire crew of U-508 when the boat was sunk on 12 November, 1943 in the Bay of Biscay north of Cape Ortegal, Spain by bombs from an American Liberator aircraft.
Patrol info
| | U-boat | Departure |
Arrival | | |
| 1. |
U-508
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25 Jun, 1942 | Kiel | 15 Sep, 1942 | Lorient | Patrol | 83 days |
| 2. |
U-508
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17 Oct, 1942 | Lorient | 6 Jan, 1943 | Lorient | Patrol | 82 days |
| 3. |
U-508
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22 Feb, 1943 | Lorient | 15 Mar, 1943 | Lorient | Patrol | 22 days |
| 4. |
U-508
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29 May, 1943 | Lorient | 31 May, 1943 | Lorient | Patrol | 3 days |
| 5. |
U-508
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7 Jun, 1943 | Lorient | 14 Sep, 1943 | Lorient | Patrol | 100 days |
| 6. |
U-508
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1 Nov, 1943 | Lorient | 3 Nov, 1943 | St. Nazaire | | 3 days |
| 7. |
U-508
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9 Nov, 1943 | St. Nazaire | 12 Nov, 1943 | Sunk | Patrol | 4 days |
Ships hit by Georg Staats
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * |
| 12 Aug, 1942 | U-508 | Manzanillo | 1.025 |  | cu | SpecCon-12 | |
| 12 Aug, 1942 | U-508 | Santiago de Cuba | 1.685 | | cu | SpecCon-12 | |
| 7 Nov, 1942 | U-508 | Lindenhall | 5.248 |  | br | TAG-19 | |
| 7 Nov, 1942 | U-508 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | 7.176 |  | am | TAG-19 | |
| 17 Nov, 1942 | U-508 | City of Corinth | 5.318 | | br | | |
| 27 Nov, 1942 | U-508 | Clan Macfayden | 6.191 | | br | | |
| 28 Nov, 1942 | U-508 | Empire Cromwell | 5.970 | | br | | |
| 1 Dec, 1942 | U-508 | Trevalgan | 5.299 | | br | | |
| 2 Dec, 1942 | U-508 | City of Bath | 5.079 | | br | | |
| 3 Dec, 1942 | U-508 | Solon II | 4.561 | | br | | |
| 9 Dec, 1942 | U-508 | Nigerian | 5.423 | | br | | |
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| 9 Jul, 1943 | U-508 | De la Salle | 8.400 | | br | ST-71 | |
| 9 Jul, 1943 | U-508 | Manchester Citizen | 5.343 | | br | ST-71 | |
| 18 Jul, 1943 | U-508 | Incomati | 7.369 | | br | | |
| | 74.087 | |
* 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.
