Hans Umlauf

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born

29 Jan 1918

Dilsburg, Saar

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

3 Apr 1937		Offiziersanwärter
21 Sep 1937		Kadett des Marinewaffenwesens
1 May 1938		Fähnrich des Marinewaffenwesens
1 Jul 1939		Oberfähnrich des Marinewaffenwesens
1 Aug 1939		Leutnant des Marinewaffenwesens
1 Sep 1941		Oberleutnant des Marinewaffenwesens
1 Mar 1943		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jun 1944		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-1168	Jul, 1944	4 May 1945	No war patrols

Umlauf was originally a weapons branch officer that became a line officer in 1943.

Patrol info for Hans Umlauf

This commander did not go out on patrols with his boats.

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.