Hans-Joachim Schwantke
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)
| Successes 1 ship sunk for a total of 5.154 GRT 1 ship a total loss for a total of 9.131 GRT |
| Born | 30 Aug, 1918 | Hindenburg, Upper Silesia |
| Died | 30 Jul, 1943 | North Atlantic |
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Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-43 | 4 Jul, 1942 | Kiel | 15 Aug, 1942 | Lorient | Patrol, | 43 days |
| 2. | U-43 | 23 Sep, 1942 | Lorient | 9 Dec, 1942 | Lorient | Patrol, | 78 days |
| 3. | U-43 | 9 Jan, 1943 | Lorient | 31 Mar, 1943 | Lorient | Patrol, | 82 days |
| 4. | U-43 | 13 Jul, 1943 | Lorient | 30 Jul, 1943 | Sunk | Patrol, | 18 days |
| 4 patrols, 221 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Hans-Joachim Schwantke
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 18 Nov, 1942 | U-43 | Brilliant | 9.131 |  | am | SC-109 | total loss |
| 3 Mar, 1943 | U-43 | Doggerbank | 5.154 |  | dt | ||
| 14.285 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Books dealing with this subject include: Letzte Mann von der Doggerbank, Herlin Hans, 1979 (transl.) |
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.