Hans-Jürgen Haupt

Oberleutnant zur See der Reserve (Crew 34)

Successes
1 ship sunk, total tonnage 7,134 GRT

Born	19 Feb 1911		Berlin
Died	22 Mar 1943	(32)	Bay of Biscay

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

8 Apr 1934		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1935		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1937		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1943		Oberleutnant zur See der Reserve

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-665	22 Jul 1942	22 Mar 1943 (+)	1 patrol (31 days)

Hans-Jürgen Haupt, a former merchant navy officer, left Crew 34 and the Kriegsmarine in 1937, then rejoined it as a reserve officer. That explains his lower rank. He definitely is considered a member of Crew 34 (Rust, 2009).

Hans-Jürgen Haupt took his boat U-665 from Kiel, Germany on 20 Feb 1943 for his first war patrol. The boat was lost 30 days later with its entire crew of 46 men on 22 March, 1943 in the North Atlantic west of Ireland by depth charges from a British Whitley aircraft (Sqdn. 10 OTU/Q) (Niestlé, 1998).

Sources

Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1997). Der U-Bootkrieg 1939-1945 (Band 2).
Niestlé, A. (1998). German U-boat losses during World War II.
Rust, E. (2009) E-mail correspondence. Author of Naval Officers under Hitler.

Patrol info for Hans-Jürgen Haupt

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-665	20 Feb 1943	Kiel	22 Mar 1943	Sunk	Patrol 1,	31 days

Ships hit by Hans-Jürgen Haupt

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
17 Mar 1943	U-665	Fort Cedar Lake	7,134	br	SC-122
			7,134
1 ship sunk (7,134 tons).

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.