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Werner Winter

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 30)

Successes
15 ships sunk for a total of 79,302 GRT

Born	26 Mar 1912		Hamburg
Died	9 Sep 1972	(60)	Kiel

Korvettenkapitän Werner Winter

Ranks

9 Oct 1930	Seekadett
1 Jan 1932	Fähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1934	Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1934	Leutnant zur See
1 Jun 1936	Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jun 1939	Kapitänleutnant
1 Mar 1943	Korvettenkapitän

Decorations

18 Sep 1939	Iron Cross 2nd Class
10 Nov 1941	Iron Cross 1st Class
5 Jun 1942	Knights Cross

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-22	1 Oct 1937	3 Oct 1939	2 patrols (21 days)
U-103	13 Aug 1941	14 Jul 1942	3 patrols (188 days)

Personal information

Werner Winter

Werner Winter began his naval career in April 1930. He served on the line ship Schlesien and then on the light cruiser Emden before transferring to the U-boat force in July 1935. After a few months on U-22 he took command of this boat in October 1937, and during the fall of 1939 made two brief and unsuccessful patrols.

In November 1939 he was attached to the BdU Op staff. In July 1941 Winter took over command of U-103 from the famous ace Viktor Schütze and made three successful patrols, earning him the Knights Cross.

In July 1942 he took command of the 1st Flotilla in Brest, France. He was captured after the surrender of Brest in August 1944, returning home from Allied captivity in November 1947.

After the war he served for a few years in the Bundesmarine and retired as Kapitän zur See in March 1970.

Patrol info for Werner Winter

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-22	26 Aug 1939	Memel	9 Sep 1939	Kiel	Patrol 1,	15 days
2.	U-22	27 Sep 1939	Kiel	30 Sep 1939	Wilhelmshaven	Patrol 2,	4 days
3.	U-22	2 Oct 1939	Wilhelmshaven	3 Oct 1939	Kiel	Patrol 2,	2 days
4.	U-103	10 Sep 1941	Lorient	9 Nov 1941	Lorient	Patrol 3,	61 days
5.	U-103	3 Jan 1942	Lorient	1 Mar 1942	Lorient	Patrol 4,	58 days
6.	U-103	15 Apr 1942	Lorient	22 Jun 1942	Lorient	Patrol 5,	69 days
5 patrols, 209 days at sea

Ships hit by Werner Winter

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
22 Sep, 1941	U-103	Edward Blyden	5,003		br	SL-87
22 Sep, 1941	U-103	Niceto de Larrinaga	5,591		br	SL-87

2 Feb, 1942	U-103	W.L. Steed	6,182		am
4 Feb, 1942	U-103	San Gil	3,627		pa
5 Feb, 1942	U-103	China Arrow	8,403		am
5 Feb, 1942	U-103	India Arrow	8,327		am
5 May, 1942	U-103	Stanbank	5,966		br
17 May, 1942	U-103	Ruth Lykes	2,612		am
19 May, 1942	U-103	Ogontz	5,037		am
21 May, 1942	U-103	Clare	3,372		am
21 May, 1942	U-103	Elizabeth	4,727		am
23 May, 1942	U-103	Samuel Q. Brown	6,625		am
24 May, 1942	U-103	Hector	1,828		nl
26 May, 1942	U-103	Alcoa Carrier	5,588		am
28 May, 1942	U-103	New Jersey	6,414		am
			79,302
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.