Hans Stock

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 35)


Successes
1 ship sunk, total tonnage 7,519 GRT
3 ships damaged, total tonnage 21,565 GRT

Born  2 Aug 1915 Lahr, Baden
Died  4 May 1943(27)Cape Ortegal


Ranks

5 Apr 1935 Offiziersanwärter
1 Apr 1936 Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1938 Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1938 Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1939 Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jul 1942 Kapitänleutnant
1 May 1943 Korvettenkapitän

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-659 9 Dec 1941 4 May 1943  (+)  5 patrols (132 days) 

Patrol info for Hans Stock

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-659 15 Aug 1942  Kiel  16 Sep 1942  Brest  Patrol 1,33 days
2. U-659 14 Oct 1942  Brest  5 Nov 1942  Brest  Patrol 2,23 days
3. U-659 12 Dec 1942  Brest  5 Jan 1943  Brest  Patrol 3,25 days
4. U-659 8 Feb 1943  Brest  20 Mar 1943  Brest  Patrol 4,41 days
5. U-659 25 Apr 1943  Brest  4 May 1943  Sunk  Patrol 5,10 days
5 patrols, 132 days at sea

Ships hit by Hans Stock

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
10 Sep 1942U-659 Empire Oil (d.)8,029brON-127
30 Oct 1942U-659 Bullmouth7,519brSL-125
30 Oct 1942U-659 Corinaldo (d.)7,131brSL-125
30 Oct 1942U-659 Tasmania (d.)6,405brSL-125
 29,084

1 ship sunk (7,519 tons) and 3 ships damaged (21,565 tons).

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


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.

Media links


German U-boat Commanders of World War II

Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders


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