Hans Adam

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 4/01)

Successes
29 ships sunk with a total of 80,343 GRT
2 ships damaged with a total of 14,542 GRT

Born:	5 Mar 1883	Wesel / Rhein
Died:	23 Jun 1948	Düsseldorf

Ranks

10 Apr 1901		Seekadett
22 Apr 1902		Fähnrich zur See
29 Sep 1904		Leutnant zur See
27 Apr 1907		Oberleutnant zur See
22 Mar 1913		Kapitänleutnant
18 Nov 1919		Korvettenkapitän (Charakter)
18 Nov 1919		Out of naval service
28 Feb 1945		Kapitän zur See

Decorations

3 Oct 1912		Order of the Crown
		Iron Cross 2nd class
		Iron Cross 1st class
1916		Military Merit Cross
1916		Order of the Iron Crown
		Iron Half Moon
6 Nov 1917		Pour le Mérite

U-boat Commands

U 23	26 Nov 1914	-	17 Dec 1914
U 82	16 Sep 1916	-	29 Apr 1918

Notes

Hans Adam enlisted in the Marine Kaiserliche in 1901. Having completed his studies was embarked on a number of line units. He participated in courses at the Submarine School and became captain of the U 15 in July 1912. Being promoted to Kapitänleutnant on March 22 1913 he was appointed to command the IV Half Flotilla U Boote 1913-1915 while the torpedo boat SMTb D 10. He was transferred as Chief of Special Forces (Leiter des Marine-Spezialkommandos) at the Austrian Pola with the task of organizing and commanding the newly formed The U Boote Half Flotilla in the Mediterranean until August of 1916, when it was called back to Germany to take command of the new attack submarine oceanic SM U-82 into service in the IV Flotilla, with whom he gathered all his achievements with a total of almost 100,000 tons.

He was awarded the Order Pour le Mérite November 6 1917. From April to November 1918 commander of the U-boat flotilla at Constantinople. At the end of the war he remained for a short period in service being promoted to Korvettenkapitän on November 18, 1919.

Invoked at the beginning of the Kriegsmarine in the Second World War he was appointed an instructor at the Submarine Training School II Gotenhafen (2.U-Boot-Lehrdivision) from 1940 to 1941 and then to the base commander of Rotterdam Ispector Defense of the Netherlands (Niederlande Rüstungsinspektion) until November 1944. He was promoted to Kapitän zur See 1 September 1944 and left the service on grounds of age February 28, 1945. He died in Düsseldorf 23 June 1948.

Ships hit by Hans Adam

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons

5 Dec 1916	U 82	Dorit	Sailing vessel	242	da
5 Dec 1916	U 82	Ella	Steamer	879	nw
6 Dec 1916	U 82	Christine	Sailing vessel	196	da
6 Dec 1916	U 82	Robert	Sailing vessel	353	da
10 Dec 1916	U 82	Gerda	Sailing vessel	287	da

2 Jan 1917	U 82	Omnium	Steamer	8,719	fr
3 Jan 1917	U 82	Viking	Steamer	761	da
4 Jan 1917	U 82	Calabro	steamer	1,925	it
5 Jan 1917	U 82	Ebro	Steamer	1,028	da
6 Jan 1917	U 82	Beaufront	Steamer	1,720	br
23 Apr 1917	U 82	Marita	Sailing vessel	1,759	nw
24 Apr 1917	U 82	Thistleard	Steamer	4,136	br
25 Apr 1917	U 82	Hackensack	Steamer	4,060	br
4 May 1917	U 82	Ellin (d.)	Steamer	4,577	gr
11 Jun 1917	U 82	Zylpha	Q-ship	2,917	br
13 Jun 1917	U 82	Storegut	Sailing vessel	2,557	nw
14 Jun 1917	U 82	Ortolan	Steamer	1,727	br
14 Jun 1917	U 82	Taplow	Steamer	2,981	br
15 Jun 1917	U 82	Albertine Beatrice	Sailing vessel	1,379	nl
15 Jun 1917	U 82	Westonby	Steamer	3,795	br
16 Jun 1917	U 82	Jessie	Steamer	2,256	br
18 Jun 1917	U 82	Thistledhu	Steamer	4,026	br
25 Jul 1917	U 82	Monkstone	Steamer	3,097	br
31 Jul 1917	U 82	Orubian	Steamer	3,876	br
31 Jul 1917	U 82	Quernmore	Escort ship	7,302	br
19 Sep 1917	U 82	Saint Ronald	Steamer	4,387	br
15 Nov 1917	U 82	De Dollart	Auxiliary motor	243	nl

19 Feb 1918	U 82	Glencarron	Steamer	5,117	br
19 Feb 1918	U 82	Philadelphian	Steamer	5,165	br
8 Apr 1918	U 82	Tainui (d.)	Steamer	9,965	br
10 Apr 1918	U 82	Westfield	Steamer	3,453	br
				94,885
29 ships sunk (80,343 tons) and 2 ships damaged (14,542 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. We have a picture of this vessel.