SUMMARY / STATISTICS from U-Boat Commanders tally 11 /11/11

107 patrols into/out of a region 1,000,000 square miles (E of FLA/GA, N of Antilles, S. of BDA, W of Anegada)

83 Different U-Boats from 2 nations (Germany & Italy)

95 U-Boat or Italian skippers

29.5 average age

13.7 days average patrol in region

1,377 patrol days in region (or 1.48 or subs in the region on any given day, or two subs every other day)

First patrol: Jan. 23 1942 U-123 Reinhard Hardegen

Last patrol: Aug. 24 1944 (U-518 Wissman)

930 days / 31 months roughly from Jan. 23 1942 to Aug. 24. 1944 (every two days 2 subs alternating with 1 a day)

Busiest Day: July 1 1942, 12 German and Italian submarines: U-84, U-94, U-134, U-153, U-203, U-332, U-505, U-507, U-571, U-575, FINZI, MOROSINI

Types of U-Boat: 63% Type IX, 37% Type VII: 47 IXC, 31 VIIC, 9 IXB, 7 IXC/40, 3 VIIB, 3 VIID, 4 Calvi, 1 Liuzzi, 2 Marcello

46% or nearly 1/2 of skippers obtained Knights Cross - (16 of those with higher decorations - see below)

Decorations: 46 Knights Cross (7 with Oak Leaves: Merten, Hardegen, Suhren, Scholtz, Mohr, Schnee, Mutzelburg, 4 with Front Clasp: Cremer, Witt, Gelhaus, Mohlmann), 27 no decorations, 3 Iron Cross (di Cossato, Giudice, Olivieri), 7 U-Boat War Badge 1939, 11 German Cross in Gold, 4 Iron Cross 1st Class, 1 Iron Cross 2nd Class

844 ships sunk (not including damage) by 95 skippers

8.9 ships on average sunk by each skipper over a career

4,271,302 total tonnage sunk by these 95 skippers

44,961 average tonnage sunk by each skipper over a career

Rank: 64 Kapitänleutnant / 24 Korvettenkapitän / 13 Oberleutnant zur See / 8 Fregattenkapitän / 2 Kapitän zur See / 2 Tenente de Vascello / 3 Capitano di Corvetta / 2 Capitano di Fregata

Youngest: 22 Eberhard Dahlhaus of U-634

Oldest: 39 Karl Nietzel of U-510

Sequence/nuber of patrols: 12 were 1st patrols, 21 2nd, 13 3rd, 14 4th, 10 5th, 11 6th, 8 7th, 3 9th, 2 10th

Highest tonnage: 170,151 Karl-Friedrich Merten in U-68

Most ships sunk: 27 Johan Mohr U-124, 27 Karl-Friedrich Merten U-68

Still Alive: 12: Friedrich Markworth, Herbert Schulze, Wilhelm Schutze, Max Wintermeyer, Rupprecht Stock, Friedrich-Wilhelm Wissman, Hans-Jürgen Lauterbach-Emden, Claus-Peter Carlsen, Reinhard Hardegen, Günther Reeder

Killed during war: 49 or roughly half of 107 skippers (war average was two thirds or 66%)

Survived the war: 58 skippers, of whom 12 are still alive (see above)

Longest Patrol: 60 days Friedrich Markworth U-66

Shortest patrol: 1 Day Hardegen U-123 & Emmerman U-124 (transit through a channel)

2 patrols by Skippers: 11: Hans-Ludwig Witt, Reinhard Suhren, Günther Krech, Hans-Georg Friedrich "Fritz" Poske, Albrecht Achilles, Friedrich-Wilhelm Wissmann, Walther Kölle, Horst Uphoff, Günther Müller-Stöckheim, Ludwig Forster, Gunther Pfeffer (no skippers returned 3 times to the region)

2 patrols by U-Boat: 16: U-67, U-68, U-84, U-98, U-107, U-123, U-134, U-159, U-161, U-214, U-504, U-558, U-564, U-654, FINZI, MOROSINI

3 patrols by U-Boat: 1: U-518

4 patrols by U-Boat: 2: U-154, U-129

Flotillas: 43 X 2nd in Lorient, 20 X 10th in Lorient, 5 X 9th in Brest, 14 X 1st in Brest, 9 X 3rd in La Pallice / La Rochelle, 6 X 7th in St. Nazaire, 2 X 6th in St. Nazaire, 7 X Betasom in Bordeaux

Sunk: 16 U-Boats in 10 regions in 8 countries (2 X US) - 2 Haiti, 3 Biscay, 2 Bermuda, 2 Panama, 2 Azores, 1 Dominican Republic, 1 Key West, 1 Cuba, 1 New Orleans, 1 Caribbean

Bases: 63 Lorient, 19 Brest, 9 La Pallice / La Rochelle, 9 St. Nazaire, 7 Bordeaux (all in Bay of Biscay - France)

Ports of Departure: 53 Lorient, 18 Brest, 10 La Pallice, 8 Kiel (Germany), 11 St. Nazaire, 7 Bordeaux

Ports of Return: 52 Lorient, 18 Brest, 10 La Pallice / La Rochelle, 11 St. Nazaire, 7 Bordeaux (Betasom), 1 El Ferrol (Spain), 2 Flensburg (Germany), 1 Kristiansand (Norway) + 16 sunk enroute home (see above)

Port Countries: France - 5 ports, Germany - 2 ports, Norway - 1 port, Spain - 1 port: Total 9 ports