Hans Kukat

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 4/07)

Successes
1 warship sunk with a total of 350 tons
1 ship damaged with a total of 1,481 GRT

Born:	4 May 1888	Karalene, Insterburg (now Seljony Bor, Russia)
Died:	9 May 1918	English Channel

Ranks

3 Apr 1907		Seekadett
21 Apr 1908		Fähnrich zur See
28 Sep 1910		Leutnant zur See
27 Sep 1913		Oberleutnant zur See
14 Oct 1917		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd class
		Iron Cross 1st class

U-boat Commands

UC 78	10 Jan 1917	-	15 Jan 1918
UC 78	19 Jan 1918	-	9 May 1918 (+)

Notes

Hans Kukat (b. 1888) and Heinrich Kukat (b. 1891) were brothers who were both U-boat Commanders during World War One. Their parents were Ludwig and Käthe Kukat born Szimmat. They apparently lived in East Prussia.

Ships hit by Hans Kukat

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons

12 Aug 1917	UC 78	Leitenant Burakov	Dispatch vessel	350	ru

4 Apr 1918	UC 78	Eustratios (d.)	Steamer	1,481	gr
				1,831
1 ships sunk (350 tons) and 1 ship damaged (1,481 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged.