Hans Gerrit von Stockhausen
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| Birth name | Hans Gerrit Karl Adalbert Theodor von Stockhausen |
| Birth date | 11 August 1907 |
| Place of birth | Kassel, Province of Hesse-Nassau, German Empire |
| Death date | 15 January 1943 (aged 35) |
| Place of death | Berlin, German Reich |
| Allegiance | File:Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).png Weimar Republic File:Flag of the NSDAP (1920–1945).svg National Socialist Germany |
| Service/branch | File:Flag of Weimar Republic (jack).png Reichsmarine File:War Ensign of Germany (Reichskriegsflagge) 1938-1945.png Kriegsmarine |
| Years of service | 1926–1943 |
| Rank | Korvettenkapitän |
| Commands held | U 13 U 65[1] |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
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Hans Gerrit Karl Adalbert Theodor von Stockhausen (sometimes also Hans-Gerrit; 1907–1943), was a German naval officer (U-Boot-Kommandant) and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in WWII.
Life
File:Hans Gerrit von Stockhausen auf Heimaturlaub, Burg Trendelburg, Ende Januar 1941.png
Hans Gerrit von Stockhausen on home leave in Burg Trendelburg on 26 February 1941 telling his father and family about the last patrol (Feindfahrt)
- Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen began his naval career in April 1926. He served for a year on the torpedo boat Jaguar and commanded Peilboot V (survey ship) before transferring to the U-boat force in July 1935. As a 'man of the first hour' he was already commanding a U-boat in 1935, the small 'duck' type U-13. Two years later, according to some sources, he became a staff officer at FdU and later at BdU. He left the BdU in December 1939 to commission a much larger long range boat, U-65. On his first patrol he mistakenly claimed the French steamship Champlain as sunk, but, operating in fog, had actually sunk the Berenice (Champlain was sunk by air-laid mines). Krvtkpt. von Stockhausen left U-65 in 1941 to take command of the 26th (Training) Flotilla at Pillau.[2]
Patrols at sea
During five patrols (Feindfahrten) and 195 days at sea, U-Boot ace von Stockhausen sank 12 ships (66,174 tons) and damaged three further ships (22,490 tons).
Death
Korvettenkapitän von Stockhausen, since 15 April 1941 commander (Flottillenchef) of the 26. U-Flottille in Pillau, was ordered to Berlin for a meeting with the Befehlshaber der U-Boote (BdU) at the Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine in Berlin. Arriving on the cold and cloudy day, he was involved in a car accident and was killed on 15 January 1943.
Family
Hans Gerrit von Stockhausen was the son of Generalmajor Theodor Hans-Adalbert von Stockhausen[3] and the married father of two children (son Hans, 1936–2007, and a daughter). All five brothers (Gebrüder von Stockhausen) served in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War.
Promotions
- 1.4.1926 Offiziersanwärter (Officer Candidate) of the Crew 1926
- 12.10.1926 Seekadett (Cadet at Sea)
- 1.4.1928 Fähnrich zur See (Officer Cadet)
- 1.6.1930 Oberfähnrich zur See
- 1.10.1930 Leutnant zur See (2nd Lieutenant at Sea)
- 1.1.1932 Oberleutnant zur See (1st Lieutenant at Sea)
Kriegsmarine
- 1.4.1936 Kapitänleutnant (Lieutenant Captain)
- 1.11.1940 Korvettenkapitän (Corvette Captain)
Awards and decorations
- Wehrmacht Long Service Award (Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung), 4th and 3rd Class
- Sudetenland Medal (Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938) on 20 December 1939[4] as Admiralstabsoffizier beim Führers der U-Boote in Wilhelmshaven
- Iron Cross (1939), 2nd and 1st Class
- 2nd Class on 15 May 1940
- 1st Class on 12 July 1940[4]
- U-boat War Badge 1939 (U-Boot-Kriegsabzeichen) on 12 July 1940
- Three times Namentliche Nennung im Wehrmachtbericht (reference in the Wehrmachtbericht) on 9 July 1940, 29 December 1940 and 11 January 1941
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 January 1941 as Korvettenkapitän and Kommandant of Unterseeboot "U 65"[5][6]
Further reading
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000): Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945, Podzun-Pallas, Friedburg, ISBN 3-7909-0284-5
- Rainer Busch / Hans-Joachim Röll: Der U-Boot-Krieg 1939–1945 — Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Boot-Waffe von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 (in German), Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn, Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn Germany (2003)
- Scherzer, Veit (2007): Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 – Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2
External links
- Detailed chronological naval career of Hans Gerrit Adalbert Karl Theodor von Stockhausen (Archive)
- Trendelburg/Kurhessen welcomes a son of the city: Knight's Cross recipient Commander (Junior grade) Hans Gerrit von Stockhausen and the crew of U 65, Die Deutsche Wochenschau (546 / 9 / 1941), YouTube
References
- ↑ In March 1941, Kapitänleutnant Joachim Hoppe took over "U-65", the boat was sunk on 28 April 1941 by the British corvette "Gladious". Not a single man survived from the crew.
- ↑ Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen, uboat.net
- ↑ Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der briefadeligen Häuser (1911), p. 870
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Busch & Röll 2003, p. 104.
- ↑ Scherzer 2007, p. 725.
- ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 412.