Hans-Ludwig Gaude

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	16 Jan 1916		Stettin
Died	1 Nov 2003	(87)	Altenholz, Germany

Ranks

3 Apr 1936		Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936		Seekadett
1 May 1937		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1938		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1939		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1940		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Oct 1943		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-19	16 Dec 1941	Feb, 1942	No war patrols
U-19	Feb, 1942	18 Apr 1942	No war patrols
U-19	28 Dec 1942	2 Dec 1943	6 patrols (144 days)
U-883	1 May 1944	1 Oct 1944	No war patrols
U-3525	31 Jan 1945	30 Apr 1945	No war patrols
U-2343	1 May 1945	5 May 1945	No war patrols

Hans-Ludwig Gaude joined the Kriegsmarine in 1936, and was part of the Olympia Crew. He served in coastal artillery and minesweepers before joining the U-bootwaffe (U-boat force) in 1941. After serving as 1WO (1st Watch Officer) on U-83 and U-558, he served as a Konfirmand (Commander in training) on U-19 before taking command of her in 1942.

He left U-19 in 1943 to join the Admiral's staff at Black Sea Command, moving to the 27th (Training) Flotilla at Gotenhafen to become a training officer in 1944, with an interval as Baubelehrungs (construction familiarization) Commandant for U-883.
He attended Baubelehrung at Danzig in preparation for commissioning U-3525, a type XXI Elektro U-boat Elektro boat in January 1945, handing her over to Kptlt. Franz Kranich in April.

Kptlt Gaude took over command of a smaller type XXIII elektro boat, U-2343, a training boat with the 4th (Training) Flotilla, eight days before the end of the war, scuttling her in Flensberger Förde (inlet) on 5 May 1945. He then commanded a naval infantry battalion for two days, before being interned and serving in the German Minesweeper Administration until 1947.

Hans-Ludwig Gaude died at Altenholz in Schleswig-Holstein on 1 November 2003 at the age of 87.

(Special thanks to Mr. Fernando Almeida for details on date of death.)

Patrol info for Hans-Ludwig Gaude

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-19	21 Jan 1943	Konstanza	19 Feb 1943	Konstanza	Patrol 1,	30 days
2.	U-19	17 Mar 1943	Konstanza	30 Mar 1943	Konstanza	Patrol 2,	14 days
3.	U-19	14 Apr 1943	Konstanza	4 May 1943	Konstanza	Patrol 3,	21 days
4.	U-19	10 Jun 1943	Konstanza	11 Jun 1943	Konstanza	Patrol 4,	2 days
5.	U-19	16 Jun 1943	Konstanza	7 Jul 1943	Feodosia	Patrol 4,	22 days
6.	U-19	8 Jul 1943	Feodosia	10 Jul 1943	Konstanza	Patrol 4,	3 days
7.	U-19	25 Jul 1943	Konstanza	16 Aug 1943	Feodosia	Patrol 5,	23 days
8.	U-19	18 Aug 1943	Feodosia	24 Aug 1943	Konstanza	Patrol 5,	7 days
9.	U-19	11 Nov 1943	Konstanza	2 Dec 1943	Konstanza	Patrol 6,	22 days
6 patrols, 144 days at sea

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.