Hans-Adolf Schweichel
Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 36)
| Successes 1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 9.359 GRT 2 auxiliary warships damaged for a total of 18.285 GRT 1 warship damaged for a total of 1.630 tons |
| Born | 26 May, 1915 | Bremen |
| Died | 16 Nov, 1942 | off Casablanca |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-105 | 1 Oct, 1942 | - | 29 Oct, 1942 | No war patrols |
| U-173 | Oct, 1942 | - | 16 Nov, 1942 (+) | 1 patrol (16 days) |
Ships hit by Hans-Adolf Schweichel
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 11 Nov, 1942 | U-173 | USS Hambleton (DD 455) | 1.630 | | am | UGF-1 | damaged |
| 11 Nov, 1942 | U-173 | USS Joseph Hewes (AP 50) | 9.359 | | am | UGF-1 | |
| 11 Nov, 1942 | U-173 | USS Winooski (AO 38) | 10.172 | | am | UGF-1 | damaged |
| 15 Nov, 1942 | U-173 | USS Electra (AK 21) | 8.113 | | am | MKF-1 | damaged |
| 29.274 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.
