Hannes Weingärtner
Korvettenkapitän (Crew 28)
Successes 1 ship sunk for a total of 3.378 GRT |
| Born | 11 Jul, 1908 | Innsbruck, Austria |
| Died | 27 Mar, 1944 | east of Newfoundland |
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| 1 Jun, 1942 | Korvettenkapitän |
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U-boat Commands
| U-4 | 17 Aug, 1935 | - | 29 Sep, 1937 | No war patrols |
| U-10 | 30 Sep, 1937 | - | 3 Apr, 1938 | No war patrols |
| U-16 | 30 Sep, 1937 | - | 11 Oct, 1939 | 2 patrols (30 days) |
| U-851 | 21 May, 1943 | - | 27 Mar, 1944 (+) | 1 patrol (31 days) |
Personal information
Missing, official date of death listed as 8 June 1944.
Patrol info
| | U-boat | Departure |
Arrival | | |
| 1. |
U-16
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2 Sep, 1939 | Wilhelmshaven | 8 Sep, 1939 | Kiel | Patrol | 7 days |
| 2. |
U-16
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13 Sep, 1939 | Kiel | 5 Oct, 1939 | Kiel | Patrol | 23 days |
| 3. |
U-851
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26 Feb, 1944 | Kiel | 27 Mar, 1944 | Sunk | Patrol | 31 days |
Ships hit by Hannes Weingärtner
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * |
| 28 Sep, 1939 | U-16 | Nyland | 3.378 |  | sw | | |
| | 3.378 | |
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. |
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