Hans Rose

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 4/03)

Successes
81 ships sunk with a total of 220,892 GRT
1 warship sunk with a total of 1,050 tons
9 ships damaged with a total of 45,606 GRT

Born:	15 Apr 1885	Berlin-Charlottenburg
Died:	6 Dec 1969	Winterberg i. Sauerland

Ranks

1 Apr 1903		Seekadett
15 Apr 1904		Fähnrich zur See
28 Sep 1906		Leutnant zur See
15 Jul 1908		Oberleutnant zur See
14 Jul 1914		Kapitänleutnant
24 Nov 1919		Korvettenkapitän (Charakter)
24 Nov 1919		Out of naval service

Decorations

8 Feb 1913		Order of the Medjidie
		Iron Cross 2nd class
		Iron Cross 1st class
2 Nov 1916		Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
		Hanseatic Cross
20 Dec 1917		Pour le Mérite

U-boat Commands

U 53

22 Apr 1916

17 Aug 1918

Notes

Hans Rose joined the Kaiserliche Marine as a Seekadett in 1903. In 1914 was promoted Kapitänleutnant and CO of a torpedo boat. In 1915 he joined the U-Boot Schule and became Commander of U 2. In 1916 he was some time a teacher at the U-Boot Schule but returned to active duty as Co of U 53.

In September 1916 he sailed to the USA and even went to Newport. In October he had a very good campaign on the Atlantic, while returning home. 1917 Kaiserbild and Pour le Mérite on the 20th December. On the 5th of December 1917 he sank the US destroyer USS Jacob Jones. In 1918 he became Admiralstaffofficer on the staff of the U-boat commander.

He left service in November 1919 as Korvettenkapitän. After the war he became active in the industry.

Ships hit by Hans Rose

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons

11 Jul 1916	U 53	Calypso	Steamer	2,876	br
8 Oct 1916	U 53	Blommersdijk	Steamer	4,850	nl
8 Oct 1916	U 53	Christian Knutsen	Tanker	4,224	nw
8 Oct 1916	U 53	Stephano	Passenger steamer	3,449	br
8 Oct 1916	U 53	Strathdene	Steamer	4,321	br
8 Oct 1916	U 53	West Point	Steamer	3,847	br

22 Jan 1917	U 53	Anna	Sailing vessel	154	fr
22 Jan 1917	U 53	Zeta	Steamer	3,053	nl
28 Jan 1917	U 53	Nueva Montana	Steamer	2,039	sp
29 Jan 1917	U 53	Algorta	Steamer	2,117	sp
31 Jan 1917	U 53	Hekla	Steamer	524	nw
2 Feb 1917	U 53	Odin	Steamer	1,045	nw
3 Feb 1917	U 53	Housatonic	Steamer	3,143	am
4 Feb 1917	U 53	Aimee Maria	Sailing vessel	327	fr
4 Feb 1917	U 53	Bangpuhtis	Sailing vessel	259	ru
5 Feb 1917	U 53	Bravalla	Steamer	1,519	sw
9 Feb 1917	U 53	Marian	Fishing vessel (sail)	71	nl
2 Mar 1917	U 53	Gazelle	Sailing vessel	119	br
2 Mar 1917	U 53	Utopia	Sailing vessel	184	br
3 Mar 1917	U 53	Theodoros Pangalos	Steamer	2,838	gr
5 Mar 1917	U 53	Federico Confalonieri	Steamer	4,434	it
9 Mar 1917	U 53	Cavour	Steamer	1,929	it
9 Mar 1917	U 53	Lars Fostenes	Steamer	2,118	nw
10 Mar 1917	U 53	St. Feodor (d.)	Sailing vessel	126	ru
11 Mar 1917	U 53	Folia	Steamer	6,705	br
11 Mar 1917	U 53	Gracia	Steamer	3,129	sp
12 Mar 1917	U 53	Hainaut	Steamer	4,113	be
14 Mar 1917	U 53	Aquila	Sailing vessel	1,092	nw
18 Apr 1917	U 53	Scalpa	Steamer	1,010	br
18 Apr 1917	U 53	Sculptor	Steamer	3,846	br
19 Apr 1917	U 53	Tempus	Steamer	2,981	br
21 Apr 1917	U 53	Pontiac	Steamer	1,698	br
22 Apr 1917	U 53	Neepawah	Steamer	1,799	ca
23 Apr 1917	U 53	Eptapyrgion	Steamer	4,307	br
24 Apr 1917	U 53	Anglesea	Steamer	4,534	br
24 Apr 1917	U 53	Ferndene	Steamer	3,770	br
25 Apr 1917	U 53	Elisabeth (d.)	Sailing vessel	217	da
25 Apr 1917	U 53	Laura	Sailing vessel	335	br
26 Apr 1917	U 53	Hekla	Sailing vessel	169	da
27 Jun 1917	U 53	Ultonia	Steamer	10,402	br
8 Jul 1917	U 53	Asheim	Sailing vessel	2,147	nw
8 Jul 1917	U 53	Atlantic	Sailing vessel	1,087	da
10 Jul 1917	U 53	Cedric	Trawler	197	br
10 Jul 1917	U 53	Mabel	Trawler	205	br
10 Jul 1917	U 53	Pacific	Trawler	235	br
10 Jul 1917	U 53	Peridot	Trawler	214	br
10 Jul 1917	U 53	Pretoria	Trawler	283	br
10 Jul 1917	U 53	Romantic	Trawler	197	br
10 Jul 1917	U 53	Sea King	Trawler	185	br
10 Jul 1917	U 53	Stoic	Trawler	200	br
16 Aug 1917	U 53	Athenia	Steamer	8,668	br
21 Aug 1917	U 53	Devonian	Passenger steamer	10,435	br
21 Aug 1917	U 53	Roscommon	Steamer	8,238	br
22 Aug 1917	U 53	Verdi	Steamer	7,120	br
23 Aug 1917	U 53	Boniface	Steamer	3,799	br
26 Aug 1917	U 53	Durango	Steamer	3,008	br
26 Aug 1917	U 53	Kenmore	Steamer	3,919	br
10 Oct 1917	U 53	Bostonian	Steamer	5,736	br
10 Oct 1917	U 53	Gowrie	Steamer	1,031	br
11 Oct 1917	U 53	Lewis Luckenbach	Steamer	3,906	am
15 Oct 1917	U 53	San Nazario (d.)	Tanker	10,064	br
17 Oct 1917	U 53	Manchuria	Steamer	2,997	br
17 Oct 1917	U 53	Polvena	Steamer	4,750	br
19 Oct 1917	U 53	Parkhaven	Steamer	2,635	nl
20 Nov 1917	U 53	Megrez	Steamer	2,695	nl
20 Nov 1917	U 53	Nederland	Steamer	1,832	nl
23 Nov 1917	U 53	Westlands	Steamer	3,112	br
24 Nov 1917	U 53	Dunrobin	Steamer	3,617	br
1 Dec 1917	U 53	Helenus (d.)	Steamer	7,555	br
5 Dec 1917	U 53	Earlswood (d.)	Steamer	2,353	br
6 Dec 1917	U 53	Jacob Jones (uss)	Destroyer	1,050	am
9 Dec 1917	U 53	Nyanza (d.)	Passenger steamer	6,695	br
9 Dec 1917	U 53	War Tune	Steamer	2,045	br
10 Dec 1917	U 53	Øiekast	Steamer	605	nw

4 Feb 1918	U 53	Treveal	Steamer	4,160	br
6 Feb 1918	U 53	Holkar	Fishing vessel (smack)	61	br
6 Feb 1918	U 53	Marsouin	Fishing vessel	55	fr
7 Feb 1918	U 53	Beaumaris	Steamer	2,372	br
8 Feb 1918	U 53	Basuta	Steamer	2,876	br
9 Feb 1918	U 53	Lydie	Steamer	2,559	br
11 Feb 1918	U 53	Merton Hall	Steamer	4,327	br
2 Apr 1918	U 53	Meaford	Steamer	1,889	br
7 Apr 1918	U 53	Cadillac (d.)	Tanker	11,106	br
7 Apr 1918	U 53	Knight Templar (d.)	Steamer	7,175	br
7 Apr 1918	U 53	Port Campbell	Steamer	6,230	br
20 Jun 1918	U 53	Aisne (d.)	Trawler	315	br
27 Jun 1918	U 53	Keelung	Steamer	6,672	br
28 Jun 1918	U 53	Queen	Steamer	4,956	br
30 Jun 1918	U 53	W.m.l.	Sailing vessel	145	br
2 Jul 1918	U 53	Erme	auxiliary motor	116	br
6 Jul 1918	U 53	Gullfaxi	Fishing vessel	46	is
				267,548
82 ships sunk (221,942 tons) and 9 ships damaged (45,606 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. We have a picture of this vessel.