Born | 29 Apr 1916 | Cuxhaven | |
Died | 19 Feb 1944 | (27) | North Atlantic |
Ranks
Decorations
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U-boat Commands
U-boat | From | To | |
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U-142 | 18 Mar 1942 | 12 Sep 1942 | No war patrols |
U-603 | 13 Sep 1942 | 2 May 1943 | 2 patrols (65 days) |
U-603 | 29 Jan 1944 | 19 Feb 1944 (+) | 1 patrol (15 days) |
Patrol info for Hans-Joachim Bertelsmann
U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
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1. | U-603 | 5 Nov 1942 | Kiel | 7 Nov 1942 | Kristiansand | 3 days | ||
2. | U-603 | 13 Nov 1942 | Kristiansand | 17 Nov 1942 | Bergen | 5 days | ||
3. | U-603 | 22 Nov 1942 | Bergen | 23 Nov 1942 | Bergen | 2 days | ||
4. | U-603 | 23 Nov 1942 | Bergen | 9 Dec 1942 | Brest | Patrol 1, | 17 days | |
5. | U-603 | 7 Feb 1943 | Brest | 26 Mar 1943 | Brest | Patrol 2, | 48 days | |
6. | U-603 | 5 Feb 1944 | Brest | 19 Feb 1944 | Sunk | Patrol 3, | 15 days | |
3 patrols, 80 days at sea |
Ships hit by Hans-Joachim Bertelsmann
Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | |||
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21 Feb 1943 | U-603 | Stigstad | 5,964 | nw | ON-166 | |||
23 Feb 1943 | U-603 | Glittre | 6,409 | nw | ON-166 | |||
16 Mar 1943 | U-603 | Elin K. | 5,214 | nw | HX-229 | |||
17,587 | ||||||||
3 ships sunk (17,587 tons). Legend |
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.
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