Hans-Bernhard Michalowski

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 33)

Successes
1 ship sunk, total tonnage 4,581 GRT
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 1,350 tons

Born	13 Apr 1912		Kiel
Died	20 May 1941	(29)	Bielefeld, Germany

Oblt. Hans-Bernhard Michalowski in autumn 1940

Ranks

1 Apr 1933		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1934		Fähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1936		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1936		Leutnant zur See
1 Jun 1938		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jan 1941		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-6	Nov, 1939	Dec, 1939	No war patrols
U-62	21 Dec 1939	20 May 1941 (+)	5 patrols (109 days)

Kptlt. Hans-Bernhard Michalowski died at the military hospital at Bielefeld on 20 May 1941.

Special thanks to Mr. Fernando Almeida for details on date of death.

Patrol info for Hans-Bernhard Michalowski

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-62	13 Feb 1940	Helgoland	6 Mar 1940	Wilhelmshaven	Patrol 1,	23 days
2.	U-62	4 Apr 1940	Wilhelmshaven	25 Apr 1940	Kiel	Patrol 2,	22 days
3.	U-62	18 May 1940	Kiel	3 Jun 1940	Wilhelmshaven	Patrol 3,	17 days
4.	U-62	13 Jun 1940	Wilhelmshaven	5 Jul 1940	Bergen	Patrol 4,	23 days
5.	U-62	10 Jul 1940	Bergen	2 Aug 1940	Kiel	Patrol 5,	24 days
5 patrols, 109 days at sea

Ships hit by Hans-Bernhard Michalowski

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
29 May 1940	U-62	HMS Grafton (H 89)	1,350	br
19 Jul 1940	U-62	Pearlmoor	4,581	br	SL-38
			5,931
2 ships sunk (5,931 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel.

About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.