Hans Cohausz
Fregattenkapitän (Crew 26)
| Successes 6 ships sunk, total tonnage 26,756 GRT 1 auxiliary warship sunk, total tonnage 13,950 GRT |
| Born | 30 Nov 1907 | Essen-Katernberg |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-15 | 16 May 1936 | 2 Aug 1936 | No war patrols |
| U-30 | 8 Oct 1936 | 31 Oct 1938 | No war patrols |
| UA | 20 Sep 1939 | 31 Oct 1940 | 2 patrols (92 days) |
| UA | 15 Feb 1942 | 14 May 1942 | 2 patrols (44 days) |
Hans Cohausz joined the German Navy (Reichsmarine) in 1926. He went through U-boat training from Sept 1935 to April 1936. He commanded the small U-15 during the summer of 1936 and then briefly commanded the larger U-30 in Oct 1936. Cohausz also served in several staff positions, including with the FdU from 4 Jan to 16 Sept 1939.
On 17 Sept 1939 Hans Cohausz took command of the UA, designed and built as the Turkish Batiray but taken over by Germany on the eve of war. He commanded the boat until 31 Oct 1940, taking it on 2 patrols (92 days at sea) and sinking 6 merchants with a total of 26,756 GRT and the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Andania (13,950 GRT).
From 1 Nov 1940 to 14 Feb 1942 Kapitänleutnant Hans Cohausz commanded the 1st flotilla, first at Kiel, Germany and then Brest, France. He commanded the UA again from 15 1942 to 14 May 1942. On his second stint with the boat he went out on two patrols but sank no ships.
From 15 May 1942 to 19 Dec 1944 Korvettenkapitän Hans Cohausz commanded the 11th flotilla at Bergen, Noway. He then went to serve at the Torpedo School at Mürvik until the end of the war. He was briefly detained by the Allies, being released on 25 Aug 1945.
Sources
Busch, R and Röll, H-J. (1998). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Patrol info for Hans Cohausz
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | UA | 27 Apr 1940 | Kiel | 2 May 1940 | Trondheim | Patrol 1, | 6 days | |
| 2. | UA | 5 May 1940 | Trondheim | 10 May 1940 | Kiel | 6 days | ||
| 3. | UA | 6 Jun 1940 | Kiel | 30 Aug 1940 | Kiel | Patrol 2, | 86 days | |
| 4. | UA | 21 Feb 1942 | Lorient | 22 Feb 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 3, | 2 days | |
| 5. | UA | 14 Mar 1942 | Lorient | 24 Apr 1942 | Kiel | Patrol 4, | 42 days | |
| 4 patrols, 136 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Hans Cohausz
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
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| 16 Jun 1940 | UA |  | HMS Andania | 13,950 |  | br | |
| 26 Jun 1940 | UA | | Crux | 3,828 |  | nw | OG-34 |
| 14 Jul 1940 | UA | | Sarita | 5,824 | | nw | |
| 3 Aug 1940 | UA | | Rad | 4,201 |  | yu | |
| 15 Aug 1940 | UA | | Aspasia | 4,211 |  | gr | |
| 19 Aug 1940 | UA | Kelet | 4,295 |  | un | ||
| 20 Aug 1940 | UA | Tuira | 4,397 |  | pa | OB-198 | |
| 40,706 | |||||||
7 ships sunk (40,706 tons). Legend | |||||||
About ranks and decorations
Special thanks to Fernando Almeida for data on ranks and decorations.
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