Hans-Hartwig Trojer
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)
| Successes 11 ships sunk for a total of 69.589 GRT 10 warships sunk for a total of 759 tons (lost aboard transport ships) 1 ship damaged for a total of 7.197 GRT |
| Born | 22 Jan, 1916 | Birthähn, Siebenbürgen |
| Died | 27 Sep, 1943 | North Atlantic |
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Ranks
Decorations
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U-boat Commands
| U-3 | 3 Jul, 1941 | - | 2 Mar, 1942 | No war patrols |
| U-221 | 9 May, 1942 | - | 27 Sep, 1943 (+) | 5 patrols (199 days) |
Personal information
Hans Trojer after joining the Kriegsmarine |
Hans Trojer began his naval career in April 1936 and was a member of the so-called "Olympia Crew". Because he was born in Transylvania, he was soon nicknamed Count Dracula by his comrades.
In October 1938 he joined the U-boat force and spent the first two years of the war as watch officer on U-34 and U-67.
After completing commander training, Trojer took command of the school boat U-3. In March 1942 he commissioned the combat boat U-221.
His first patrol in the North Atlantic was so successful (six ships for 29.682 tons), that he and his crew were mentioned in the daily Wehrmachtsbericht. He received his Knights Cross during his third patrol via radio transmission in March 1943.
Kapitänleutant Hans Trojer died on 27 September, 1943 when a British aircraft sank U-221 with all hands in the North Atlantic south of Ireland.
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-221 | 1 Sep, 1942 | Kiel | 2 Sep, 1942 | Kristiansand | 2 days | |
| 2. | U-221 | 3 Sep, 1942 | Kristiansand | 22 Oct, 1942 | St. Nazaire | Patrol | 50 days |
| 3. | U-221 | 23 Nov, 1942 | St. Nazaire | 23 Dec, 1942 | St. Nazaire | Patrol | 31 days |
| 4. | U-221 | 27 Feb, 1943 | St. Nazaire | 28 Mar, 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol | 30 days |
| 5. | U-221 | 3 May, 1943 | St. Nazaire | 21 Jul, 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol | 80 days |
| 6. | U-221 | 20 Sep, 1943 | St. Nazaire | 27 Sep, 1943 | Sunk | Patrol | 8 days |
Ships hit by Hans-Hartwig Trojer
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 13 Oct, 1942 | U-221 | Ashworth | 5.227 |  | br | SC-104 | |
| 13 Oct, 1942 | U-221 | Fagersten | 2.342 |  | nw | SC-104 | |
| 13 Oct, 1942 | U-221 | Senta | 3.785 | | nw | SC-104 | |
| 14 Oct, 1942 | U-221 | HMS LCM-508 [Trans.] | 52 | | br | SC-104 | |
| 14 Oct, 1942 | U-221 | HMS LCM-509 [Trans.] | 52 | | br | SC-104 | |
| 14 Oct, 1942 | U-221 | HMS LCM-519 [Trans.] | 52 | | br | SC-104 | |
| 14 Oct, 1942 | U-221 | HMS LCM-522 [Trans.] | 52 | | br | SC-104 | |
| 14 Oct, 1942 | U-221 | HMS LCM-523 [Trans.] | 52 | | br | SC-104 | |
| 14 Oct, 1942 | U-221 | HMS LCM-532 [Trans.] | 52 | | br | SC-104 | |
| 14 Oct, 1942 | U-221 | HMS LCM-537 [Trans.] | 52 | | br | SC-104 | |
| 14 Oct, 1942 | U-221 | HMS LCM-547 [Trans.] | 52 | | br | SC-104 | |
| 14 Oct, 1942 | U-221 | HMS LCM-620 [Trans.] | 52 | | br | SC-104 | |
| 14 Oct, 1942 | U-221 | HMS LCT-2006 [Trans.] | 291 | | br | SC-104 | |
| 14 Oct, 1942 | U-221 | Southern Empress | 12.398 | | br | SC-104 | |
| 14 Oct, 1942 | U-221 | Susana | 5.929 |  | am | SC-104 | |
| 7 Mar, 1943 | U-221 | Jamaica | 3.015 | | nw | ||
| 10 Mar, 1943 | U-221 | Andrea F. Luckenbach | 6.565 | | am | HX-228 | |
| 10 Mar, 1943 | U-221 | Lawton B. Evans | 7.197 | | am | HX-228 | damaged |
| 10 Mar, 1943 | U-221 | Tucurinca | 5.412 | | br | HX-228 | |
| 18 Mar, 1943 | U-221 | Canadian Star | 8.293 | | br | HX-229 | |
| 18 Mar, 1943 | U-221 | Walter Q. Gresham | 7.191 | | am | HX-229 | |
| 12 May, 1943 | U-221 | Sandanger | 9.432 | | nw | HX-237 | |
| 77.545 | |||||||
* 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.