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The Men - The Commander listing

Hans Meckel

Fregattenkapitän (Crew 28)

Successes
3 ships sunk for a total of 12.344 GRT

Born	15 Feb, 1910	Moers-Asberg
Died	18 Sep, 1995

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Hans Meckel
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Ranks

1 Dec, 1944

Fregattenkapitän

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-3	6 Aug, 1935	-	29 Sep, 1937	No war patrols
U-19	30 Sep, 1937	-	1 Nov, 1939	3 patrols (32 days)

Patrol info

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-19	25 Aug, 1939	Wilhelmshaven	15 Sep, 1939	Kiel	Patrol	22 days
2.	U-19	27 Sep, 1939	Kiel	1 Oct, 1939	Kiel	Patrol	5 days
3.	U-19	14 Oct, 1939	Kiel	18 Oct, 1939	Wilhelmshaven	Patrol	5 days

Ships hit by Hans Meckel

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
21 Oct, 1939	U-19	Capitaine Edmond Laborie [Mine]	3.087		fr
21 Oct, 1939	U-19	Deodata [Mine]	3.295		nw
24 Oct, 1939	U-19	Konstantinos Hadjipateras [Mine]	5.962		gr
			12.344
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. [Mine] indicates the vessel was hit by a mine.

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