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The Men - The Commander listing

Hans Cohausz

Fregattenkapitän (Crew 26)

Successes
6 ships sunk for a total of 26.756 GRT
1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 13.950 GRT

Born

30 Nov, 1907

Essen-Katernberg

Ranks

1 Apr, 1926	Offiziersanwärter
1 Apr, 1928	Fähnrich zur See
1 Jun, 1930	Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct, 1930	Leutnant zur See
1 Jul, 1932	Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr, 1936	Kapitänleutnant
1 Feb, 1941	Korvettenkapitän
1 Aug, 1944	Fregattenkapitän

Decorations

May 1940	Iron Cross 2nd Class
30 Aug, 1940	U-boat War Badge 1939
30 Aug, 1940	Iron Cross 1st Class

U-boat Commands

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)

Patrol info

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	UA	27 Apr, 1940	Kiel	2 May, 1940	Trondheim	Patrol	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	86 days
4.	UA	21 Feb, 1942	Lorient	22 Feb, 1942	Lorient	Patrol	2 days
5.	UA	14 Mar, 1942	Lorient	24 Apr, 1942	Kiel	Patrol	42 days

Ships hit by Hans Cohausz

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
16 Jun, 1940	UA	HMS Andania	13.950		br
26 Jun, 1940	UA	Crux	3.828		nw
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
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.

Special thanks to Fernando Almeida for data on ranks and decorations.

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