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


Ranks

5 Apr 1935Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1936Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1938Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1934Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1939Oberleutnant zur See
1 Sep 1942Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
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
22 Sep 1941U-562 Erna III1,590brON-16
2 Oct 1941U-562 Empire Wave7,463brON-19
2 Dec 1941U-562 Grelhead4,274br
 
29 Apr 1942U-562 Alliance [Mine]81br
29 Apr 1942U-562 Terpsithea [Mine]157br
14 Jul 1942U-562 Adinda (d.)3,359nl
21 Dec 1942U-562 Strathallan23,722brKMF-5
 40,646

6 ships sunk (37,287 tons) and 1 ship damaged (3,359 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.
(d.) means the ship was damaged.
[Mine] indicates the vessel was hit by a mine laid by said U-boat.


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.

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