Hans-Joachim Klaus

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born

17 May 1918

Berlin-Charlottenburg

Ranks

3 Apr 1937		Offiziersanwärter
21 Sep 1937		Seekadett
1 May 1938		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1939		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1939		Leutnant zur See
1 Sep 1941		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr 1944		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-340	16 Oct 1942	2 Nov 1943	3 patrols (109 days)

Patrol info for Hans-Joachim Klaus

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-340	29 Apr 1943	Kiel	31 May 1943	Bordeaux	Patrol 1,	33 days
2.	U-340	6 Jul 1943	Bordeaux	2 Sep 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 2,	59 days
3.	U-340	17 Oct 1943	St. Nazaire	2 Nov 1943	Sunk	Patrol 3,	17 days
3 patrols, 109 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.