| Born | 18 Jan, 1906 | Norden,Ostfriesland |
| Died | 12 Feb, 1943 | west of Cape St Vincent, Portugal |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-654 | 5 Jul, 1941 | - | 24 Nov, 1941 | No war patrols |
| U-442 | 21 Mar, 1942 | - | 12 Feb, 1943 (+) | 2 patrols (116 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-654 | 16 Nov, 1941 | Kiel | 19 Nov, 1941 | Stavanger | 4 days | |
| 2. | U-442 | 17 Sep, 1942 | Kiel | 16 Nov, 1942 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 61 days |
| 3. | U-442 | 20 Dec, 1942 | St. Nazaire | 12 Feb, 1943 | Sunk | Patrol, | 55 days |
| 2 patrols, 116 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Hans-Joachim Hesse
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 25 Sep, 1942 | U-442 | Empire Bell | 1.744 |  | br | UR-42 | |
| 4 Nov, 1942 | U-442 | Hatimura | 6.690 | | br | SC-107 | |
| 9 Jan, 1943 | U-442 | Empire Lytton | 9.807 | | br | TM-1 | |
| 27 Jan, 1943 | U-442 | Julia Ward Howe | 7.176 |  | am | UGS-4 | |
| 25.417 | |||||||
* 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.