| Jürgen Oesten | |
| Birth Date: | 24 October 1913 |
| Birth Place: | Grunewald, Berlin, Germany |
| Death Place: | Hamburg, Germany |
| Serviceyears: | 1933–45 |
| Rank: | Korvettenkapitän |
| Commands: | |
| Unit: | SSS Gorch Fock Karlsruhe Admiral Graf Spee |
| Battles: | Spanish Civil War----World War II |
| Awards: | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Jürgen Oesten (24 October 1913 – 5 August 2010) was a Korvettenkapitän in the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He commanded the U-boats and, and then served as a staff officer before returning to command . He sank nineteen ships for a total of, and damaged four others for ;
Born in Grunewald, Berlin, Oesten joined the Reichsmarine in April 1933. After serving aboard the cruisers and he transferred to the U-boat arm in May 1937, and was appointed watch officer of .
In August 1939 Oesten commissioned, sailing on nine patrols, and sinking five ships.
Taking command of in September 1940, he sailed on three patrols sinking another ten ships. On 20 March 1941 during an attack on convoy SL-68 he damaged the British battleship .
In October 1941 Oesten became the first commander of the 9th U-boat Flotilla based in Brest, France. In March 1942 he joined the staff of FdU Nordmeer directing the U-boat war in the Norwegian Sea.
In September 1943 Oesten returned to active duty in, sailing first to Brazilian waters where he sank another two ships and then around the Cape of Good Hope to join the Monsun Gruppe of U-boats operating in the Indian Ocean. He sank another two ships, bringing his career total to 19 ships sunk, totalling, and four ships damaged, before reaching Penang on 23 September 1944. U-861 left Soerabaya, Dutch East Indies, in January 1945 carrying a cargo of vital materials, but only two torpedoes, and reached Trondheim, Norway, in April, just before the German surrender.[1]
Oesten was a technical advisor for the 2005 submarine simulator Silent Hunter III.[2]
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