Hanskurt von Bremen
Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)
| Successes 1 ship sunk for a total of 638 GRT 2 warships sunk for a total of 1.696 tons |
| Born | 11 Aug, 1918 | Goslar, Lahn |
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Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-764 | 26 Oct, 1943 | Kiel | 11 Dec, 1943 | Brest | Patrol, | 47 days |
| 2. | U-764 | 17 Jan, 1944 | Brest | 15 Mar, 1944 | Brest | Patrol, | 59 days |
| 3. | U-764 | 26 Apr, 1944 | Brest | 28 Apr, 1944 | Brest | 3 days | |
| 4. | U-764 | 18 May, 1944 | Brest | 28 May, 1944 | Brest | Patrol, | 11 days |
| 5. | U-764 | 6 Jun, 1944 | Brest | 23 Jun, 1944 | Brest | Patrol, | 18 days |
| 6. | U-764 | 6 Aug, 1944 | Brest | 19 Sep, 1944 | Bergen | Patrol, | 45 days |
| 7. | U-764 | 26 Dec, 1944 | Bergen | 4 Feb, 1945 | Bergen | Patrol, | 41 days |
| 8. | U-764 | 15 Mar, 1945 | Bergen | 18 Mar, 1945 | Bergen | 4 days | |
| 9. | U-764 | 19 Mar, 1945 | Bergen | 23 Mar, 1945 | Bergen | Patrol, | 5 days |
| 10. | U-764 | 26 Apr, 1945 | Bergen | 14 May, 1945 | Loch Eriboll, UK | Patrol, | 19 days |
| 8 patrols, 245 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Hanskurt von Bremen
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 15 Jun, 1944 | U-764 | HMS Blackwood (K 313) | 1.085 |  | br | ||
| 20 Aug, 1944 | U-764 | Coral | 638 | | br | ETC-72 | |
| 25 Aug, 1944 | U-764 | HMS LCT-1074 | 611 | | br | ||
| 2.334 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
 War Diaries of U-764, The Guske, Heinz F. K. Buy this title at amazon.co.uk See more sellers |
Books dealing with this subject include: Fabrik für die Ewigkeit, Aschenbeck, Nils and others, 1995 U-boot Bunker, Becker, Fabian, 1996 The War Diaries of U-764, Guske, Heinz F. K., 1996 |
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.