Hans-Georg Friedrich Poske
Kapitän zur See (Crew 23)
| Successes 15 ships sunk for a total of 78,123 GRT 1 ship a total loss for a total of 7,176 GRT |
| Born | 23 Oct 1904 | ||
| Died | 1 Oct 1984 | (79) | Wachtberg near Bonn |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-504 | 30 Jul 1941 | 5 Jan 1943 | 4 patrols (264 days) |
Personal information
Fritz Poske began his naval career in April 1923. Later he served on the torpedo boat Albatros and on the light cruisers Königsberg and Nürnberg. In October 1940 he transferred to the U-boat force. After the usual training he commissioned the Type IXC boat U-504 in July 1941. He was one of the few commanders who took over a combat boat without any U-boat experience as a WO or commander-in-training (Kommandantenschüler).
His second patrol proved successful as he sank four ships for a total of 26,561 tons. But he also scored on his next two patrols, sinking 11 additional ships. Korvettenkapitän Poske left the boat in January 1943 and became the commander of the 1st ULD (1. Unterseeboots- Lehrdivision). In the last months of the war he was chief of the Special Staff for Marine Infantry. After the war he spent 11 months in British captivity.
In 1951 he rejoined the German Navy, retiring in 1963 as Kapitän zur See.
Patrol info for Hans-Georg Friedrich Poske
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-504 | 6 Jan 1942 | Kiel | 20 Jan 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 1, | 15 days | |
| 2. | U-504 | 25 Jan 1942 | Lorient | 1 Apr 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 2, | 67 days | |
| 3. | U-504 | 2 May 1942 | Lorient | 7 Jul 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 3, | 67 days | |
| 4. | U-504 | 19 Aug 1942 | Lorient | 11 Dec 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 4, | 115 days | |
| 4 patrols, 264 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Hans-Georg Friedrich Poske
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 22 Feb, 1942 | U-504 | Republic | 5,287 |  | am | ||
| 23 Feb, 1942 | U-504 | W.D. Anderson | 10,227 | | am | ||
| 26 Feb, 1942 | U-504 | Mamura | 8,245 |  | nl | ||
| 16 Mar, 1942 | U-504 | Stangarth | 5,966 |  | br | ||
| 29 May, 1942 | U-504 | Allister | 1,597 | | br | ||
| 8 Jun, 1942 | U-504 | Rosenborg | 1,512 | | br | ||
| 8 Jun, 1942 | U-504 | Tela | 3,901 |  | ho | ||
| 11 Jun, 1942 | U-504 | American | 4,846 | | am | ||
| 11 Jun, 1942 | U-504 | Crijnssen | 4,282 | | nl | ||
| 14 Jun, 1942 | U-504 | Regent | 3,280 |  | le | ||
| 17 Oct, 1942 | U-504 | Empire Chaucer | 5,970 | | br | ||
| 23 Oct, 1942 | U-504 | City of Johannesburg | 5,669 | | br | ||
| 26 Oct, 1942 | U-504 | Anne Hutchinson | 7,176 | | am | total loss | |
| 31 Oct, 1942 | U-504 | Empire Guidon | 7,041 | | br | ||
| 31 Oct, 1942 | U-504 | Reynolds | 5,113 | | br | ||
| 3 Nov, 1942 | U-504 | Porto Alegre | 5,187 |  | bz | ||
| 85,299 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
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