Werner Hartenstein
Korvettenkapitän (Crew 28)
| Successes 20 ships sunk for a total of 97,504 GRT 3 ships damaged for a total of 18,811 GRT 1 warship damaged for a total of 1,190 tons |
| Born | 27 Feb 1908 | Plauen, Vogtland | |
| Died | 8 Mar 1943 | (35) | Atlantic, east of Barbados |
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Ranks
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-156 | 4 Sep 1941 | 8 Mar 1943 (+) | 5 patrols (294 days) |
Personal information
Werner Hartenstein began his naval career in April 1928. He served a few years on the light cruiser Karlsruhe and on several torpedo boats, on which he completed 65 patrols in the first years of the war. In March 1941 he transferred to the U-boat force.
On 4 September, 1941 he commissioned U-156. On her second patrol the boat attacked the refinery on Aruba with gunfire. On her fourth patrol U-156 was involved in the Laconia Incident. The boat was sunk on her fifth patrol with all hands by a US Navy aircraft.
Patrol info for Werner Hartenstein
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-156 | 24 Dec 1941 | Kiel | 10 Jan 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 1, | 18 days | |
| 2. | U-156 | 19 Jan 1942 | Lorient | 17 Mar 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 2, | 58 days | |
| 3. | U-156 | 22 Apr 1942 | Lorient | 7 Jul 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 3, | 77 days | |
| 4. | U-156 | 20 Aug 1942 | Lorient | 16 Nov 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 4, | 89 days | |
| 5. | U-156 | 16 Jan 1943 | Lorient | 8 Mar 1943 | Sunk | Patrol 5, | 52 days | |
| 5 patrols, 294 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Werner Hartenstein
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 16 Feb, 1942 | U-156 | Arkansas | 6,452 | | am | damaged | |
| 16 Feb, 1942 | U-156 | Oranjestad | 2,396 | | br | ||
| 16 Feb, 1942 | U-156 | Pedernales | 4,317 | | br | damaged | |
| 20 Feb, 1942 | U-156 | Delplata | 5,127 | | am | ||
| 25 Feb, 1942 | U-156 | La Carriere | 5,685 | | br | ||
| 27 Feb, 1942 | U-156 | Macgregor | 2,498 | | br | ON-60 | |
| 28 Feb, 1942 | U-156 | Oregon | 7,017 | | am | ||
| 13 May, 1942 | U-156 | City of Melbourne | 6,630 | | br | ||
| 13 May, 1942 | U-156 | Koenjit | 4,551 | | nl | ||
| 13 May, 1942 | U-156 | Letitia Porter [Trans.] | 15 | | nl | ||
| 15 May, 1942 | U-156 | Kupa | 4,382 | | yu | ||
| 15 May, 1942 | U-156 | Siljestad | 4,301 | | nw | ||
| 17 May, 1942 | U-156 | Barrdale | 5,072 | | br | ||
| 18 May, 1942 | U-156 | Quaker City | 4,961 | | am | ||
| 18 May, 1942 | U-156 | San Eliseo | 8,042 | | br | damaged | |
| 21 May, 1942 | U-156 | Presidente Trujillo | 1,668 | | do | ||
| 25 May, 1942 | U-156 | USS Blakeley (DD 150) | 1,190 | | am | damaged | |
| 29 May, 1942 | U-156 | Norman Prince | 1,913 | | br | ||
| 1 Jun, 1942 | U-156 | Alegrete | 5,970 | | bz | ||
| 3 Jun, 1942 | U-156 | Lillian | 80 | | br | ||
| 24 Jun, 1942 | U-156 | Willimantic | 4,857 | | br | ||
| 27 Aug, 1942 | U-156 | Clan Macwhirter | 5,941 | | br | SL-119 | |
| 12 Sep, 1942 | U-156 | Laconia | 19,695 | | br | ||
| 19 Sep, 1942 | U-156 | Quebec City | 4,745 | | br | ||
| 117,505 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
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