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Klaus Hornbostel

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)


Successes
1 warship sunk for a total of 672 tons
1 ship damaged for a total of 7,219 GRT

Born  4 Jun 1916 Cuxhaven

Ranks

8 Apr 1934Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1935Fähnrich Waffen
1 Jan 1937Oberfähnrich Waffen
1 Apr 1937Leutnant Waffen
1 Apr 1939Oberleutnant Waffen
1 Sep 1941Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

1 Apr 1941Iron Cross 2nd Class
1942Iron Cross 1st Class
Feb, 1945U-boat War Badge 1939

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-806 29 Apr 1944 8 May 1945   1 patrol (115 days) 

Patrol info for Klaus Hornbostel


 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-806 20 Oct 1944  Kiel  23 Oct 1944  Horten   4 days
2. U-806 27 Oct 1944  Horten  28 Oct 1944  Kristiansand   2 days
3. U-806 30 Oct 1944  Kristiansand  21 Feb 1945  Kristiansand  Patrol 1,115 days
4. U-806 25 Feb 1945  Kristiansand  27 Feb 1945  Flensburg   3 days

Ships hit by Klaus Hornbostel

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
21 Dec 1944U-806 Samtucky (d.)7,219brHX-327
24 Dec 1944U-806 HMCS Clayoquot (J 174)672caXB-139
 7,891

1 ship sunk (672 tons) and 1 ship damaged (7,219 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.
(d.) means the ship was damaged.


About ranks and decorations
Special thanks to Fernando Almeida for data on ranks and decorations.

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