Graf von Hartmut Matuschka, Freiherr von Toppolczan und Spaetgen
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)
| Successes 4 ships sunk for a total of 31,611 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 1,010 tons |
| Born | 29 Dec 1914 | Dresden-Blasewitz | |
| Died | 25 Nov 1944 | (29) | Northern Channel |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-482 | 1 Dec 1943 | 25 Nov 1944 (+) | 2 patrols (50 days) |
Personal information
A younger brother of Hartmut's had been killed in the war. He was a Group Captain in the Luftwaffe when lost in action in 1943.
Another brother of his survived the war and reached an advanced age.
Patrol info for Graf von Hartmut Matuschka, Freiherr von Toppolczan und Spaetgen
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-482 | 6 Aug 1944 | Kiel | 8 Aug 1944 | Horten | 3 days | ||
| 2. | U-482 | 14 Aug 1944 | Horten | 16 Aug 1944 | Bergen | 3 days | ||
| 3. | U-482 | 16 Aug 1944 | Bergen | 26 Sep 1944 | Bergen | Patrol 1, | 42 days | |
| 4. | U-482 | 18 Nov 1944 | Bergen | 25 Nov 1944 | Sunk | Patrol 2, | 8 days | |
| 2 patrols, 50 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Graf von Hartmut Matuschka, Freiherr von Toppolczan und Spaetgen
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
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| 30 Aug 1944 | U-482 |  | Jacksonville | 10,448 |  | am | CU-36 |
| 1 Sep 1944 | U-482 | HMS Hurst Castle (K 416) | 1,010 |  | br | CU-36 | |
| 3 Sep 1944 | U-482 | Fjordheim | 4,115 |  | nw | ONF-251 | |
| 8 Sep 1944 | U-482 | | Empire Heritage | 15,702 | | br | HXF-305 |
| 8 Sep 1944 | U-482 | | Pinto | 1,346 | | br | HXF-305 |
| 32,621 | |||||||
5 ships sunk (32,621 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.