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 | (24) | North Atlantic |
|
|
Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-43 | 19 Mar 1942 | 30 Jul 1943 (+) | 4 patrols (221 days) |
Patrol info for Hans-Joachim Schwantke
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-43 | 4 Jul 1942 | Kiel | 15 Aug 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 1, | 43 days | |
| 2. | U-43 | 23 Sep 1942 | Lorient | 9 Dec 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 2, | 78 days | |
| 3. | U-43 | 9 Jan 1943 | Lorient | 31 Mar 1943 | Lorient | Patrol 3, | 82 days | |
| 4. | U-43 | 13 Jul 1943 | Lorient | 30 Jul 1943 | Sunk | Patrol 4, | 18 days | |
| 4 patrols, 221 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Hans-Joachim Schwantke
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Nov 1942 | U-43 |  | Brilliant (t.) | 9,131 |  | am | SC-109 |
| 3 Mar 1943 | U-43 | | Doggerbank | 5,154 |  | dt | |
| 14,285 | |||||||
2 ships sunk (14,285 tons). Legend | |||||||
Books dealing with this subject include:
|
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.