Hans Märtens

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  30 Jan 1918 Bernburg, Saale
Died  8 Jul 1944(26)Bay of Biscay


Kriegsmarine Crew photo

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

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-243 2 Oct 1943 8 Jul 1944  (+)  1 patrol (29 days) 

Patrol info for Hans Märtens

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-243 21 May 1944  Kiel  25 May 1944  Flekkefjord   5 days
2. U-243 8 Jun 1944  Flekkefjord  12 Jun 1944  Bergen  Patrol 1,5 days
3. U-243 15 Jun 1944  Bergen  8 Jul 1944  Sunk  Patrol 1,24 days


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.

Media links


German U-boat Commanders of World War II

Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders


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