WWI U-boat commanders

Richard Hartmann

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 4/03)

Successes
38 ships sunk with a total of 86,320 GRT
2 ships damaged with a total of 2,609 GRT
1 ship taken as prize with a total of 566 GRT

Born:	19 Aug 1883	Dresden
Died:	11 Sep 1917	Atlantic

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Ranks

1 Apr 1903		Seekadett
15 Apr 1904		Fähnrich zur See
28 Sep 1906		Leutnant zur See
13 Mar 1909		Oberleutnant zur See
16 Dec 1914		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

23 Dec 1913		Order of the Crown
		Iron Cross 2nd class

U-boat Commands

U 49

31 May 1916

11 Sep 1917 (+)

Notes

No entry found for this officer.

Ships hit by Richard Hartmann

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons

28 Sep 1916	U 49	Benguela	Sailing vessel	688	sw
28 Sep 1916	U 49	Emanuel	Sailing vessel	246	nw
29 Sep 1916	U 49	Haarfagre (p.)	Steamer	566	nw
29 Sep 1916	U 49	Nornen	Sailing vessel	215	nw
1 Nov 1916	U 49	Seatonia	Steamer	3,533	br
2 Nov 1916	U 49	Caswell	Trawler	245	br
2 Nov 1916	U 49	Harfat Castle	Trawler	274	br
2 Nov 1916	U 49	Kyoto	Trawler	282	br
8 Nov 1916	U 49	Columbian	Steamer	8,580	am
9 Nov 1916	U 49	Balto	Steamer	3,538	nw
9 Nov 1916	U 49	Fordalen	Steamer	2,835	nw
10 Nov 1916	U 49	Camma	steamer	794	nw
11 Nov 1916	U 49	Barbara	Steamer	2,831	gr
11 Nov 1916	U 49	Ragnar	Steamer	2,123	da
12 Nov 1916	U 49	Lady Carrington	Steamer	3,269	br
12 Nov 1916	U 49	Leda (d.)	Steamer	1,140	nl
12 Nov 1916	U 49	Therese	Steamer	1,333	da
15 Nov 1916	U 49	La Briantais	Sailing vessel	255	fr
15 Nov 1916	U 49	Lorca	Steamer	4,129	br

19 Feb 1917	U 49	Sigrid	Steamer	2,194	ru
27 Feb 1917	U 49	Galgorm Castle	Sailing vessel	1,596	br
27 Feb 1917	U 49	Luigino B.	steamer	1,971	it
27 Feb 1917	U 49	Tritonia	Steamer	4,445	br
3 Mar 1917	U 49	Newstead	Steamer	2,836	br
3 Mar 1917	U 49	Sagamore	Steamer	5,197	br
5 May 1917	U 49	Snig	Sailing vessel	2,115	nw
8 May 1917	U 49	Petunia	Steamer	1,749	br
11 May 1917	U 49	Barrister	Steamer	3,679	br
14 May 1917	U 49	Carnmoney	Sailing vessel	1,299	br
17 May 1917	U 49	George Pyman	Steamer	3,859	br
1 Jul 1917	U 49	Stalheim (d.)	Steamer	1,469	nw
3 Jul 1917	U 49	Cimbria	Sailing vessel	234	da
3 Jul 1917	U 49	Mary Boyes	Fishing vessel (smack)	101	da
3 Jul 1917	U 49	Proefneming I	Fishing vessel (sail)	112	nl
3 Jul 1917	U 49	Thor	Fishing vessel (sail)	105	nl
8 Jul 1917	U 49	Obuasi	Passenger steamer	4,416	br
10 Jul 1917	U 49	King David	Steamer	3,680	br
12 Jul 1917	U 49	Muirfield	Steamer	3,086	br
15 Jul 1917	U 49	Dudhope	Sailing vessel	2,086	br
16 Jul 1917	U 49	Lamia L.	Steamer	2,220	it
11 Sep 1917	U 49	Vienna	Steamer	4,170	br
				89,495
39 ships sunk (86,886 tons) and 2 ships damaged (2,609 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. (p.) means the ship was taken as prize (included in ships & tonnage lost). We have a picture of this vessel.