Hans-Jürgen Haupt

Oberleutnant zur See der Reserve (Crew 34)


Successes
1 ship sunk, total tonnage 7,134 GRT

Born  19 Feb 1911 Berlin
Died  22 Mar 1943(32)Bay of Biscay


Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

8 Apr 1934 Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1935 Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1937 Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1943 Oberleutnant zur See der Reserve

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-665 22 Jul 1942 22 Mar 1943  (+)  1 patrol (31 days) 

Hans-Jürgen Haupt, a former merchant navy officer, left Crew 34 and the Kriegsmarine in 1937, then rejoined it as a reserve officer. That explains his lower rank. He definitely is considered a member of Crew 34 (Rust, 2009).

Hans-Jürgen Haupt took his boat U-665 from Kiel, Germany on 20 Feb 1943 for his first war patrol. The boat was lost 30 days later with its entire crew of 46 men on 22 March, 1943 in the North Atlantic west of Ireland by depth charges from a British Whitley aircraft (Sqdn. 10 OTU/Q) (Niestlé, 1998).

Sources

Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1997). Der U-Bootkrieg 1939-1945 (Band 2).
Niestlé, A. (1998). German U-boat losses during World War II.
Rust, E. (2009) E-mail correspondence. Author of Naval Officers under Hitler.

Patrol info for Hans-Jürgen Haupt

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-665 20 Feb 1943  Kiel  22 Mar 1943  Sunk  Patrol 1,31 days

Ships hit by Hans-Jürgen Haupt

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
17 Mar 1943U-665 Fort Cedar Lake7,134brSC-122
 7,134

1 ship sunk (7,134 tons).


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.

Media links


German U-boat Commanders of World War II

Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim


Naval Officers Under Hitler

Rust, Eric C.

Listing of all U-boat commanders


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