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The Men - The Commander listing

Hanns-Ferdinand Massmann

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)

Successes
3 ships sunk for a total of 16.199 GRT
1 ship damaged for a total of 7.519 GRT

Born

25 Jun, 1917

Kiel

Ranks

1 Aug, 1943

Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-137	15 Dec, 1940	-	7 Dec, 1941	1 patrol (14 days)
U-409	21 Jan, 1942	-	12 Jul, 1943	6 patrols (166 days)

Patrol info

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-137	17 Jun, 1941	Kiel	20 Jun, 1941	Bergen		4 days
2.	U-137	21 Jun, 1941	Bergen	4 Jul, 1941	Bergen	Patrol	14 days
3.	U-137	24 Jul, 1941	Bergen	26 Jul, 1941	Helsingör		3 days
4.	U-137	28 Aug, 1941	Helsingör	29 Aug, 1941	Kiel		2 days
5.	U-409	18 Aug, 1942	Kiel	9 Sep, 1942	Brest	Patrol	23 days
6.	U-409	13 Oct, 1942	Brest	5 Nov, 1942	Brest	Patrol	24 days
7.	U-409	7 Dec, 1942	Brest	5 Jan, 1943	Brest	Patrol	30 days
8.	U-409	14 Feb, 1943	Brest	12 Apr, 1943	Brest	Patrol	58 days
9.	U-409	18 May, 1943	Brest	21 May, 1943	Brest		4 days
10.	U-409	26 May, 1943	Brest	11 Jun, 1943	Toulon	Patrol	17 days
11.	U-409	29 Jun, 1943	Toulon	12 Jul, 1943	Sunk	Patrol	14 days

Ships hit by Hanns-Ferdinand Massmann

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
30 Oct, 1942	U-409	Bullmouth	7.519		br	SL-125	damaged
30 Oct, 1942	U-409	Silverwillow	6.373		br	SL-125

9 Mar, 1943	U-409	Malantic	3.837		am	SC-121
9 Mar, 1943	U-409	Rosewood	5.989		br	SC-121
			23.718
* 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.

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