Klaus Hornbostel
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)
| Successes 1 warship sunk for a total of 672 tons 1 ship damaged for a total of 7.219 GRT |
| Born | 4 Jun, 1916 | Cuxhaven |
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Ranks
Decorations
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Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-806 | 20 Oct, 1944 | Kiel | 23 Oct, 1944 | Horten | 4 days | |
| 2. | U-806 | 27 Oct, 1944 | Horten | 28 Oct, 1944 | Kristiansand | 2 days | |
| 3. | U-806 | 30 Oct, 1944 | Kristiansand | 21 Feb, 1945 | Kristiansand | Patrol, | 115 days |
| 4. | U-806 | 25 Feb, 1945 | Kristiansand | 27 Feb, 1945 | Flensburg | 3 days | |
Ships hit by Klaus Hornbostel
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 21 Dec, 1944 | U-806 | Samtucky | 7.219 | | br | HX-327 | damaged |
| 24 Dec, 1944 | U-806 | HMCS Clayoquot (J 174) | 672 | | ca | XB-139 | |
| 7.891 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Special thanks to Fernando Almeida for data on ranks and decorations.
