Hans-Bernhard Michalowski
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 33)
Successes 1 ship sunk, total tonnage 4,581 GRT 1 warship sunk, total tonnage 1,350 tons |
Born | 13 Apr 1912 | Kiel | |
Died | 20 May 1941 | (29) | Bielefeld, Germany |
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U-boat Commands
U-boat | From | To | |
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U-6 | Nov, 1939 | Dec, 1939 | No war patrols |
U-62 | 21 Dec 1939 | 20 May 1941 (+) | 5 patrols (109 days) |
Kptlt. Hans-Bernhard Michalowski died at the military hospital at Bielefeld on 20 May 1941.
Special thanks to Mr. Fernando Almeida for details on date of death.
Patrol info for Hans-Bernhard Michalowski
U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
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1. | U-62 | 13 Feb 1940 | Helgoland | 6 Mar 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol 1, | 23 days | |
2. | U-62 | 4 Apr 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 25 Apr 1940 | Kiel | Patrol 2, | 22 days | |
3. | U-62 | 18 May 1940 | Kiel | 3 Jun 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol 3, | 17 days | |
4. | U-62 | 13 Jun 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 5 Jul 1940 | Bergen | Patrol 4, | 23 days | |
5. | U-62 | 10 Jul 1940 | Bergen | 2 Aug 1940 | Kiel | Patrol 5, | 24 days | |
5 patrols, 109 days at sea |
Ships hit by Hans-Bernhard Michalowski
Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | |||
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29 May 1940 | U-62 | HMS Grafton (H 89) | 1,350 | br | ||||
19 Jul 1940 | U-62 | Pearlmoor | 4,581 | br | SL-38 | |||
5,931 | ||||||||
2 ships sunk (5,931 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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