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Decorations
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-264 | 22 May 1942 | 19 Feb 1944 | 5 patrols (181 days) |
Patrol info for Hartwig Looks
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-264 | 3 Nov 1942 | Kiel | 4 Dec 1942 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 1, | 32 days | |
| 2. | U-264 | 10 Jan 1943 | St. Nazaire | 5 Mar 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 2, | 55 days | |
| 3. | U-264 | 8 Apr 1943 | St. Nazaire | 1 Jun 1943 | Lorient | Patrol 3, | 55 days | |
| 4. | U-264 | 4 Aug 1943 | Lorient | 4 Aug 1943 | St. Nazaire | 1 days | ||
| 5. | U-264 | 15 Sep 1943 | St. Nazaire | 16 Sep 1943 | St. Nazaire | 2 days | ||
| 6. | U-264 | 22 Sep 1943 | St. Nazaire | 15 Oct 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 4, | 24 days | |
| 7. | U-264 | 5 Feb 1944 | St. Nazaire | 19 Feb 1944 | Sunk | Patrol 5, | 15 days | |
| 5 patrols, 181 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Hartwig Looks
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
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| 17 Nov 1942 | U-264 |  | Mount Taurus | 6,696 |  | gr | ONS-144 |
| 5 May 1943 | U-264 | | Harperley | 4,586 |  | br | ONS-5 |
| 5 May 1943 | U-264 | West Maximus | 5,561 |  | am | ONS-5 | |
| 16,843 | |||||||
3 ships sunk (16,843 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.