| Born | 17 Apr 1918 | Königsberg, East Prussia | |
| Died | 5 Apr 1944 | (25) | Mediterranean |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-72 | 7 May 1942 | 19 Nov 1942 | No war patrols |
| U-455 | 22 Nov 1942 | 5 Apr 1944 (+) | 6 patrols (283 days) |
Crew of 1936
Hans-Martin Scheibe was one of the Kriegsmarine's famous Olympia Crew. This Crew chose the Olympic rings as their symbol (the 1936 Olympic games were held in Berlin). It was the largest Crew, and produced more U-boat commanders than any other – of the 164 who 'graduated', 140 took command during the war.
Patrol info for Hans-Martin Scheibe
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | U-455 | 24 Nov 1942 | St. Nazaire | 24 Jan 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 1, | 62 days | |
| 2. | U-455 | 23 Mar 1943 | St. Nazaire | 23 Apr 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 2, | 32 days | |
| 3. | U-455 | 30 May 1943 | St. Nazaire | 31 Jul 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 3, | 63 days | |
| 4. | U-455 | 20 Sep 1943 | St. Nazaire | 11 Nov 1943 | Lorient | Patrol 4, | 53 days | |
| 5. | U-455 | 6 Jan 1944 | Lorient | 3 Feb 1944 | Toulon | Patrol 5, | 29 days | |
| 6. | U-455 | 22 Feb 1944 | Toulon | 5 Apr 1944 | Sunk | Patrol 6, | 44 days | |
| 6 patrols, 283 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Hans-Martin Scheibe
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | |||
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| 25 Apr 1943 | U-455 | Rouennais [Mine] | 3,777 |  | fr | CG-29 | ||
| 3,777 | ||||||||
1 ship sunk (3,777 tons). Legend | ||||||||
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.
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