Hanskurt von Bremen

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)

Successes
1 ship sunk, total tonnage 638 GRT
2 warships sunk, total tonnage 1,696 tons

Born	11 Aug 1918		Goslar, Lahn
Died	20 Dec 1999	(81)

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

1 Oct 1938		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1939		Seekadett
1 Dec 1939		Fähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1940		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1941		Leutnant zur See
1 Jan 1943		Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

1940		Minesweeper War Badge
14 Sep 1942		Iron Cross 2nd Class
1944		Iron Cross 1st Class

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-764	6 May 1943	14 May 1945	8 patrols (248 days)

Patrol info for Hanskurt von Bremen

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-764	26 Oct 1943	Kiel	11 Dec 1943	Brest	Patrol 1,	47 days
2.	U-764	17 Jan 1944	Brest	15 Mar 1944	Brest	Patrol 2,	59 days
3.	U-764	26 Apr 1944	Brest	28 Apr 1944	Brest	Patrol 3,	3 days
4.	U-764	18 May 1944	Brest	28 May 1944	Brest	Patrol 3,	11 days
5.	U-764	6 Jun 1944	Brest	23 Jun 1944	Brest	Patrol 4,	18 days
6.	U-764	6 Aug 1944	Brest	19 Sep 1944	Bergen	Patrol 5,	45 days
7.	U-764	26 Dec 1944	Bergen	4 Feb 1945	Bergen	Patrol 6,	41 days
8.	U-764	15 Mar 1945	Bergen	18 Mar 1945	Bergen		4 days
9.	U-764	19 Mar 1945	Bergen	23 Mar 1945	Bergen	Patrol 7,	5 days
10.	U-764	26 Apr 1945	Bergen	14 May 1945	Loch Eriboll, UK	Patrol 8,	19 days
8 patrols, 248 days at sea

Ships hit by Hanskurt von Bremen

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
15 Jun 1944	U-764	HMS Blackwood (K 313)	1,085	br
20 Aug 1944	U-764	Coral	638	br	ETC-72
25 Aug 1944	U-764	HMS LCT-1074	611	br
			2,334
3 ships sunk (2,334 tons).

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.