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Hartwig Looks

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)


Successes
3 ships sunk for a total of 16,843 GRT

Born  27 Jun 1917 Flensburg

Ranks

3 Apr 1936Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936Seekadett
1 Mar 1943Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
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 BoatName of shipTonsNat.ConvoyFate *
17 Nov, 1942 U-264 Mount Taurus6,696  gr  ONS-144 
 
5 May, 1943 U-264 Harperley4,586  br  ONS-5 
5 May, 1943 U-264 West Maximus5,561  am  ONS-5 
 16,843

* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.



Survivors
Bennett, G. H. and Bennett, R.


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Books dealing with this subject include:

The Face of Naval Battle. Reeve, John and Stevens, David (ed), 2003.
Survivors. Bennett, G. H. and Bennett, R., 1999.
To Die Gallantly: The Battle of the Atlantic. Runyan, Timothy J. and Copes, Jan M. (editors), 1994.
U-Boats Destroyed. Grant, Robert M., 2002.
The Zeebrugge and Ostend Raids 1918. Lake, Deborah, 2002.


Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.

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