Götz von Hartmann
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)
| Successes 3 ships sunk, total tonnage 14,689 GRT 2 ships damaged, total tonnage 16,266 GRT |
| Born | 30 Oct 1913 | Danzig | |
| Died | 29 Feb 1992 | (78) |
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Ranks
Decorations
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-555 | 26 Aug 1941 | 4 Feb 1942 | No war patrols |
| U-563 | 1 Apr 1942 | 16 May 1943 | 3 patrols (104 days) |
| U-441 | 16 May 1943 | 5 Aug 1943 | 2 patrols (10 days) |
Patrol info for Götz von Hartmann
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-563 | 19 Apr 1942 | Hamburg | 20 Apr 1942 | Kiel | 2 days | ||
| 2. | U-563 | 1 Oct 1942 | Kiel | 6 Nov 1942 | Brest | Patrol 1, | 37 days | |
| 3. | U-563 | 9 Dec 1942 | Brest | 14 Jan 1943 | Brest | Patrol 2, | 37 days | |
| 4. | U-563 | 20 Mar 1943 | Brest | 18 Apr 1943 | Brest | Patrol 3, | 30 days | |
| 5. | U-441 | 22 May 1943 | Brest | 25 May 1943 | Brest | Patrol 4, | 4 days | |
| 6. | U-441 | 8 Jul 1943 | Brest | 13 Jul 1943 | Brest | Patrol 5, | 6 days | |
| 5 patrols, 114 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Götz von Hartmann
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
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| 18 Dec 1942 | U-563 |  | Bretwalda | 4,906 |  | br | MKS-3Y |
| 5 Apr 1943 | U-563 | | Sunoil (d.) | 9,005 |  | am | HX-231 |
| 12 Apr 1943 | U-563 | Pacific Grove | 7,117 | | br | HX-232 | |
| 12 Apr 1943 | U-563 | Fresno City (d.) | 7,261 | | br | HX-232 | |
| 12 Apr 1943 | U-563 | | Ulysses | 2,666 |  | nl | HX-232 |
| 30,955 | |||||||
3 ships sunk (14,689 tons) and 2 ships damaged (16,266 tons). Legend | |||||||
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About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.