Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen

Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen
Born	11 August 1907 Kassel
Died	15 January 1943 (aged 35) Berlin
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1926–43
Rank	Korvettenkapitän
Commands held	U-13 U-65
Battles/wars	World War II Battle of the Atlantic
Awards	Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class U-boat War Badge Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen (11 August 1907, Kassel – 15 January 1943, Berlin) was a Korvettenkapitän (lieutenant commander) with Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

He sailed with the U-13 and U-65, sinking twelve ships on five patrols, for a total of 66,174 gross register tons (GRT) of Allied shipping. As commander of U-65 attacked and sank SS British Premier on 24 December 1940. He died in a car accident in Berlin on 15 January 1943, aged 35. The official cause of death was disputed by his brother Hans-Gottfried von Stockhausen.^[1]

Summary of career

Ships attacked

As a U-boat commander of U-156 Von Stockhausen is credited with the sinking of 12 ships for a total of 66,174 gross register tons (GRT), further damaging three ships of 22,490 GRT.

Date	Ship	Nationality	Tonnage	Fate[2]
21 June 1940	Berenice	Netherlands	1,177	Sunk
22 June 1940	Monique	France	7,011	Sunk
30 June 1940	Clan Ogilvy	United Kingdom	5,802	Damaged
1 July 1940	Amstelland	Netherlands	8,156	Damaged
15 September 1940	Hird	Norway	4,950	Sunk
17 September 1940	Treganna	United Kingdom	5,242	Sunk
15 November 1940	Havbør	Norway	7,614	Sunk
15 November 1940	Kohinur	United Kingdom	5,168	Sunk
16 November 1940	Fabian	United Kingdom	1,296	Sunk
18 November 1940	Congonian	United Kingdom	5,065	Sunk
21 December 1940	Charles Pratt	Panama	8,982	Sunk
24 December 1940	British Premier	United Kingdom	5,872	Sunk
27 December 1940	Risanger	Norway	5,455	Sunk
31 December 1940	British Zeal	United Kingdom	8,532	Damaged
2 January 1941	Nalgora	United Kingdom	6,579	Sunk

Awards

• Wehrmacht Long Service Award
  • 4th Class (1 October 1936)^[3]
  • 3rd Class (24 June 1938)^[3]
• Sudetenland Medal (20 December 1939)^[3]
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class (12 July 1940) ^[3]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 January 1941 as Korvettenkapitänand commander of U-65^[4][5]
• Mentioned three times in the Wehrmachtbericht on 9 July 1940, 29 December 1940 and 11 January 1941

Wehrmachtbericht references

Date	Original German Wehrmachtbericht wording	Direct English translation
Tuesday, 9 July 1940	Kapitänleutnant Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen hat mit seinem Boot 56 500 BRT feindlichen Handelsschiffsraums versenkt.[6]	Captain Lieutenant Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen has sunk with his boat 56 500 GRT enemy merchant shipping.
Sunday, 29 December 1940	Ein Unterseeboot unter der Führung von Korvettenkapitän Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen meldet als Gesamtergebnis einer Fernunternehmung die Versenkung von 46 000 BRT feindlichen Handelsschiffsraums.[7]	A submarine under the command of Lieutenant Commander Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen reports as the overall result of a long-distance patrol the sinking of 46 000 GRT enemy merchant shipping.

References

Citations

1. Stockhausen von 2004, p. 306.
2. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U-65". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
3. Busch & Röll 2003, p. 104.
4. Scherzer 2007, p. 725.
5. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 412.
6. Die Wehrmachtberichte 1939–1945 Band 1, p. 255.
7. Die Wehrmachtberichte 1939–1945 Band 1, p. 389.

Bibliography

• Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (2003). Der U-Boot-Krieg 1939–1945 — Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Boot-Waffe von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [The U-Boat War 1939–1945 — The Knight's Cross Bearers of the U-Boat Force from September 1939 to May 1945] (in German). Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn Germany: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn. ISBN 978-3-8132-0515-2.
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
• Kurowski, Franz (1995). Knight's Cross Holders of the U-Boat Service. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-88740-748-2.
• Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Navy]. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87943-355-1.
• Stockhausen von, Hans-Ludwig (2004). Erinnerungen I: Ritter, Reiter, Russen [Memoirs I: Knights, Riders, Russians]. Bad Karlshafen: Verlag des Antiquariats Bernhard Schäfer. ISBN 3-934800-02-5.
• 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 [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
• Die Wehrmachtberichte 1939–1945 Band 1, 1. September 1939 bis 31. Dezember 1941 [The Wehrmacht Reports 1939–1945 Volume 1, 1 September 1939 to 31 December 1941] (in German). München, Germany: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. 1985. ISBN 978-3-423-05944-2.

External links

• Helgason, Guðmundur. "Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 15 April 2015.