The Men - U-boat Commanders

Klaus Hornbostel

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

Successes
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 672 tons
1 ship damaged, total tonnage 7,219 GRT

Born

4 Jun 1916

Cuxhaven

Ranks

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

Decorations

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

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
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 1944	U-806		Samtucky (d.)	7,219		br	HX-327
24 Dec 1944	U-806		HMCS Clayoquot (J 174)	672		ca	XB-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.

Media links

U-Boat Attack Logs
Daniel Morgan and Bruce Taylor

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