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Horst Hamm

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 35)


Successes
6 ships sunk for a total of 37.287 GRT
1 ship damaged for a total of 3.359 GRT

Born  17 Mar, 1916Düsseldorf
Died  19 Feb, 1943Mediterranean

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Horst Hamm
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Ranks

1 Sep, 1942Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-587 Apr, 1941 - 3 Sep, 1941  No war patrols 
U-5624 Sep, 1941 - 19 Feb, 1943 (+)  7 patrols (221 days) 


Patrol info


 U-boatDeparture Arrival  
1. U-562 11 Sep, 1941  Brest15 Oct, 1941  BrestPatrol35 days
2. U-562 17 Nov, 1941  Brest6 Dec, 1941  Messina 20 days
3. U-562 6 Dec, 1941  Messina29 Dec, 1941  PolaPatrol24 days
4. U-562 4 Apr, 1942  Pola11 May, 1942  PolaPatrol38 days
5. U-562 22 Jun, 1942  Pola25 Jul, 1942  La SpeziaPatrol34 days
6. U-562 5 Sep, 1942  La Spezia18 Oct, 1942  La SpeziaPatrol44 days
7. U-562 22 Nov, 1942  La Spezia24 Dec, 1942  La SpeziaPatrol33 days
8. U-562 7 Feb, 1943  La Spezia19 Feb, 1943  SunkPatrol13 days

Ships hit by Horst Hamm


DateBoatName of shipTonsNat.ConvoyFate *
22 Sep, 1941 U-562Erna III1.590 br ON-16 
2 Oct, 1941 U-562Empire Wave7.463 br ON-19 
2 Dec, 1941 U-562Grelhead4.274 br 
 
29 Apr, 1942 U-562Alliance [Mine]81 br 
29 Apr, 1942 U-562Terpsithea [Mine]157 br 
14 Jul, 1942 U-562Adinda3.359 nl damaged
21 Dec, 1942 U-562Strathallan23.722 br KMF-5 
 40.646

* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.
[Mine] indicates the vessel was hit by a mine.


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