Götz von Hartmann

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

Successes
3 ships sunk, total tonnage 14,689 GRT
2 ships damaged, total tonnage 16,266 GRT

Born	30 Oct 1913		Danzig
Died	29 Feb 1992	(78)

Ranks

8 Apr 1934		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1935		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1937		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1937		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1939		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Nov 1941		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
		Iron Cross 1st Class
14 Feb 1944		German Cross in Gold
		U-boat War Badge 1939

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-555	26 Aug 1941	4 Feb 1942	No war patrols
U-563	1 Apr 1942	16 May 1943	3 patrols (104 days)
U-441	16 May 1943	5 Aug 1943	2 patrols (10 days)

Patrol info for Götz von Hartmann

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-563	19 Apr 1942	Hamburg	20 Apr 1942	Kiel		2 days
2.	U-563	1 Oct 1942	Kiel	6 Nov 1942	Brest	Patrol 1,	37 days
3.	U-563	9 Dec 1942	Brest	14 Jan 1943	Brest	Patrol 2,	37 days
4.	U-563	20 Mar 1943	Brest	18 Apr 1943	Brest	Patrol 3,	30 days
5.	U-441	22 May 1943	Brest	25 May 1943	Brest	Patrol 4,	4 days
6.	U-441	8 Jul 1943	Brest	13 Jul 1943	Brest	Patrol 5,	6 days
5 patrols, 114 days at sea

Ships hit by Götz von Hartmann

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
18 Dec 1942	U-563	Bretwalda	4,906	br	MKS-3Y

5 Apr 1943	U-563	Sunoil (d.)	9,005	am	HX-231
12 Apr 1943	U-563	Pacific Grove	7,117	br	HX-232
12 Apr 1943	U-563	Fresno City (d.)	7,261	br	HX-232
12 Apr 1943	U-563	Ulysses	2,666	nl	HX-232
			30,955
3 ships sunk (14,689 tons) and 2 ships damaged (16,266 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.