Hans-Jürgen Sthamer

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 37b)

Successes
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 1,300 tons
1 warship a total loss, total tonnage 11,420 tons

Born	26 Jul 1919		Lübeck
Died	24 Aug 1944	(25)	Barents Sea

Ranks

9 Oct 1937		Offiziersanwärter
28 Jun 1938		Seekadett
1 Apr 1939		Fähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1940		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 May 1940		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1942		Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
		Iron Cross 1st Class
31 Aug 1944		German Cross in Gold (posthumous)

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-354	22 Feb 1944	24 Aug 1944 (+)	4 patrols (85 days)

Patrol info for Hans-Jürgen Sthamer

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-354	2 Mar 1944	Trondheim	5 Mar 1944	Narvik		4 days
2.	U-354	8 Mar 1944	Narvik	12 Apr 1944	Narvik	Patrol 1,	36 days
3.	U-354	18 Apr 1944	Narvik	3 May 1944	Narvik	Patrol 2,	16 days
4.	U-354	6 May 1944	Narvik	10 May 1944	Bergen		5 days
5.	U-354	24 Jun 1944	Bergen	28 Jun 1944	Bogenbucht		5 days
6.	U-354	30 Jun 1944	Bogenbucht	3 Jul 1944	Tromsö	Patrol 3,	4 days
7.	U-354	4 Jul 1944	Tromsö	28 Jul 1944	Narvik	Patrol 3,	25 days
8.	U-354	21 Aug 1944	Narvik	24 Aug 1944	Sunk	Patrol 4,	4 days
4 patrols, 85 days at sea

Ships hit by Hans-Jürgen Sthamer

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons
22 Aug 1944	U-354	HMS Nabob (D 77) (t.)	11,420	br
22 Aug 1944	U-354	HMS Bickerton (K 466)	1,300	br
			12,720
2 ships sunk (12,720 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (t.) means the ship was a total loss (included in ships & tonnage lost).

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.