| Born | 14 Nov, 1907 | Thorn |
| Died | 11 Aug, 1943 | North Atlantic |
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Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-525 | 15 Dec, 1942 | Kiel | 3 Mar, 1943 | Lorient | Patrol, | 79 days |
| 2. | U-525 | 15 Apr, 1943 | Lorient | 26 May, 1943 | Lorient | Patrol, | 42 days |
| 3. | U-525 | 25 Jul, 1943 | Lorient | 26 Jul, 1943 | Lorient | 2 days | |
| 4. | U-525 | 27 Jul, 1943 | Lorient | 11 Aug, 1943 | Sunk | Patrol, | 16 days |
| 3 patrols, 137 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Hans-Joachim Drewitz
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 20 Feb, 1943 | U-525 | Radhurst | 3.454 | | br | ONS-165 | |
| 3.454 | |||||||
* 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.
