| Born | 16 Apr, 1913 | Wilhelmshaven |
| Died | 1 Jun, 1986 |
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Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-516 | 8 Jul, 1943 | Lorient | 23 Aug, 1943 | Lorient | Patrol, | 47 days |
| 2. | U-516 | 30 Sep, 1943 | Lorient | 1 Oct, 1943 | Brest | 2 days | |
| 3. | U-516 | 4 Oct, 1943 | Brest | 26 Feb, 1944 | Lorient | Patrol, | 146 days |
| 4. | U-516 | 7 May, 1944 | Lorient | 4 Oct, 1944 | Flensburg | Patrol, | 151 days |
| 3 patrols, 344 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Hans-Rutger Tillessen
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 13 Nov, 1943 | U-516 | Pompoon | 1.082 |  | pa | ||
| 18 Nov, 1943 | U-516 | Ruby | 39 |  | co | ||
| 23 Nov, 1943 | U-516 | Elizabeth Kellogg | 5.189 |  | am | ||
| 24 Nov, 1943 | U-516 | Melville E. Stone | 7.176 | | am | ||
| 8 Dec, 1943 | U-516 | Colombia | 1.064 | | pa | ||
| 16 Dec, 1943 | U-516 | McDowell | 10.195 | | am | ||
| 7 Jul, 1944 | U-516 | Esso Harrisburg | 9.887 | | am | ||
| 34.632 | |||||||
* 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.