Hans-Erwin Reith

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew X/39)

Successes
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 590 tons

Born	17 Jan 1920		Lüneburg
Died	6 Sep 1987	(67)

Ranks

16 Sep 1939		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1940		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1941		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1942		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1942		Oberleutnant zur See

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-190	6 Jul 1944	14 May 1945	2 patrols (134 days)

Patrol info for Hans-Erwin Reith

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-190	17 Aug 1944	Lorient	4 Oct 1944	Flensburg	Patrol 1,	49 days
2.	U-190	10 Feb 1945	Kiel	14 Feb 1945	Horten		5 days
3.	U-190	19 Feb 1945	Horten	14 May 1945	Bay of Bulls, Canada	Patrol 2,	85 days
2 patrols, 134 days at sea

Ships hit by Hans-Erwin Reith

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons	Convoy
16 Apr 1945	U-190	HMCS Esquimalt (J 272)	590	ca
	590
1 ship sunk (590 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel.

Date

U-boat

Name of ship

Tons

Nat.

Convoy

16 Apr 1945

U-190

HMCS Esquimalt (J 272)

590

1 ship sunk (590 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.

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.