Hans-Adolf Schweichel

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 36)

Successes
1 auxiliary warship sunk, total tonnage 9,359 GRT
2 auxiliary warships damaged, total tonnage 18,285 GRT
1 warship damaged, total tonnage 1,630 tons

Born	26 May 1915		Bremen
Died	16 Nov 1942	(27)	off Casablanca

Ranks

3 Apr 1936		Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936		Seekadett
1 May 1937		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1938		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1938		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1940		Oberleutnant zur See

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-105	1 Oct 1942	29 Oct 1942	No war patrols
U-173	Oct, 1942	16 Nov 1942 (+)	1 patrol (16 days)

Crew of 1936

Hans-Adolf Schweichel 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-Adolf Schweichel

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-173	1 Nov 1942	Lorient	16 Nov 1942	Sunk	Patrol 1,	16 days

Ships hit by Hans-Adolf Schweichel

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
11 Nov 1942	U-173	USS Joseph Hewes (AP 50)	9,359	am	UGF-1
11 Nov 1942	U-173	USS Winooski (AO 38) (d.)	10,172	am	UGF-1
11 Nov 1942	U-173	USS Hambleton (DD 455) (d.)	1,630	am	UGF-1
15 Nov 1942	U-173	USS Electra (AK 21) (d.)	8,113	am	UGF-1
			29,274
1 ship sunk (9,359 tons) and 3 ships damaged (19,915 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.