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Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 26)

Successes
12 ships sunk for a total of 66,174 GRT
3 ships damaged for a total of 22,490 GRT

Born	11 Aug 1907		Kassel
Died	15 Jan 1943	(35)	Berlin

Ranks

12 Oct 1926	Seekadett
1 Apr 1928	Fähnrich zur See
1 Jun 1930	Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1930	Leutnant zur See
1 Jan 1932	Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr 1936	Kapitänleutnant
1 Nov 1940	Korvettenkapitän

Decorations

12 Jul 1940	Iron Cross 1st Class
14 Jan 1941	Knights Cross

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-13	30 Nov 1935	30 Sep 1937	No war patrols
U-65	15 Feb 1940	24 Mar 1941	5 patrols (195 days)

Personal information

Korvettenkapitän Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen

Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen began his naval career in April 1926. Among other positions he served for a year on the torpedo boat Jaguar before transferring to the U-boat force in July 1935. As 'man of the first hour' he already commanded U-13 in November 1935. Two years later, according to some sources, he became a staff member of the FdU (later BdU).

He left the BdU staff in December 1939 and on 15 February, 1940 commissioned the Type IXB boat U-65. On his first patrol in June 1940 he was believed to have destroyed the French steamship Champlain (28,124 tons) in a fog but that vessel actually fell to air-laid mines instead and Stockhausen sank the 1.117 ton steamer Berenice instead.

After his fifth patrol Korvkpt. von Stockhausen left the boat.

He then became commander of the 26th Flotilla in Pillau. He was killed in a car accident in Berlin in January 1943.

Patrol info for Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-65	9 Apr 1940	Wilhelmshaven	14 May 1940	Wilhelmshaven	Patrol 1,	36 days
2.	U-65	8 Jun 1940	Wilhelmshaven	7 Jul 1940	Wilhelmshaven	Patrol 2,	30 days
3.	U-65	8 Aug 1940	Wilhelmshaven	19 Aug 1940	Lorient	Patrol 3,	12 days
4.	U-65	21 Aug 1940	Lorient	22 Aug 1940	Brest		2 days
5.	U-65	28 Aug 1940	Brest	25 Sep 1940	Lorient	Patrol 4,	29 days
6.	U-65	15 Oct 1940	Lorient	10 Jan 1941	Lorient	Patrol 5,	88 days
5 patrols, 195 days at sea

Ships hit by Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
21 Jun, 1940	U-65	Berenice	1,177		nl
22 Jun, 1940	U-65	Monique	7,011		fr
30 Jun, 1940	U-65	Clan Ogilvy	5,802		br	SL-36	damaged
1 Jul, 1940	U-65	Amstelland	8,156		nl	OA-175	damaged
15 Sep, 1940	U-65	Hird	4,950		nw	HX-70
17 Sep, 1940	U-65	Tregenna	5,242		br	HX-71
15 Nov, 1940	U-65	Havbør	7,614		nw
15 Nov, 1940	U-65	Kohinur	5,168		br	OB-235
16 Nov, 1940	U-65	Fabian	3,059		br	OB-234
18 Nov, 1940	U-65	Congonian	5,065		br
21 Dec, 1940	U-65	Charles Pratt	8,982		pa
24 Dec, 1940	U-65	British Premier	5,872		br	SLS-60
27 Dec, 1940	U-65	Risanger	5,455		nw
31 Dec, 1940	U-65	British Zeal	8,532		br		damaged

2 Jan, 1941	U-65	Nalgora	6,579		br	OB-261
			88,664
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.