Horst Hamm
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 35)
| Successes 6 ships sunk for a total of 37,287 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 3,359 GRT |
| Born | 17 Mar 1916 | Düsseldorf | |
| Died | 19 Feb 1943 | (26) | Mediterranean |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-58 | 7 Apr 1941 | 3 Sep 1941 | No war patrols |
| U-562 | 4 Sep 1941 | 19 Feb 1943 (+) | 8 patrols (241 days) |
Patrol info for Horst Hamm
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-562 | 11 Sep 1941 | Brest | 15 Oct 1941 | Brest | Patrol 1, | 35 days | |
| 2. | U-562 | 17 Nov 1941 | Brest | 6 Dec 1941 | Messina | Patrol 2, | 20 days | |
| 3. | U-562 | 6 Dec 1941 | Messina | 29 Dec 1941 | Pola | Patrol 3, | 24 days | |
| 4. | U-562 | 4 Apr 1942 | Pola | 11 May 1942 | Pola | Patrol 4, | 38 days | |
| 5. | U-562 | 22 Jun 1942 | Pola | 25 Jul 1942 | La Spezia | Patrol 5, | 34 days | |
| 6. | U-562 | 5 Sep 1942 | La Spezia | 18 Oct 1942 | La Spezia | Patrol 6, | 44 days | |
| 7. | U-562 | 22 Nov 1942 | La Spezia | 24 Dec 1942 | La Spezia | Patrol 7, | 33 days | |
| 8. | U-562 | 7 Feb 1943 | La Spezia | 19 Feb 1943 | Sunk | Patrol 8, | 13 days | |
| 8 patrols, 241 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Horst Hamm
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
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| 22 Sep 1941 | U-562 | Erna III | 1,590 |  | br | ON-16 | |
| 2 Oct 1941 | U-562 | Empire Wave | 7,463 | | br | ON-19 | |
| 2 Dec 1941 | U-562 | Grelhead | 4,274 | | br | ||
| 29 Apr 1942 | U-562 | Alliance [Mine] | 81 | | br | ||
| 29 Apr 1942 | U-562 | Terpsithea [Mine] | 157 | | br | ||
| 14 Jul 1942 | U-562 |  | Adinda (d.) | 3,359 |  | nl | |
| 21 Dec 1942 | U-562 | | Strathallan | 23,722 | | br | KMF-5 |
| 40,646 | |||||||
6 ships sunk (37,287 tons) and 1 ship damaged (3,359 tons). Legend | |||||||
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.