Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen

Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen (born August 11, 1907 in Kassel , † January 15, 1943 in Berlin ) was a German naval officer during the Second World War .

Life

Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen from the Thuringian noble family Stockhausen joined the Imperial Navy in 1926 . He completed basic training, attended various courses and made practical border experiences. From 30 November 1935 to 30 September 1937, he was commander of the submarine U 13 . From February 1938 he served in the staff of the FdU and from September 19, 1939 of the BdU .

On February 15, 1940, he became the commander of the new U 65 boat . With this he undertook several enemy voyages from April 1940 to January 1941, during which he sank about 100,000 GRT Allied shipping space. This included the French troop transport Champlain with 28,124 GRT on June 21, 1940, which had already been badly damaged by a mine hit.

On April 19, 1940, an attack on the British cruiser Enterprise failed due to a failure of the magneto on the torpedo .

Stockhausen was on November 1, 1940, Lieutenant Commander promoted and, on completion of his last patrol of 10 November 1940 to 2 January 1941 in which he sank eight ships with 47,785 BRT on 14 January 1941, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross awarded .

In March 1941, he gave his submarine to Kapitänleutnant Joachim Hoppe; it was sunk on April 28, 1941 southeast of Iceland by depth charges from the British flotilla commander Douglas and his entire crew.

Stockhausen then served again for a short time in the staff of the BdU, and from April 15, 1941 he was chief of the 26th U-Flotilla .

He was killed in a traffic accident in Berlin on January 15, 1943.

Awards

Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st class
Submarine War Badge (1939)
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on January 14, 1941

Individual evidence

↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 725.

Web links

http://www.u-boote.fr/stockhausen.htm

personal data
SURNAME	Stockhausen, Hans-Gerrit von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German corvette captain
DATE OF BIRTH	August 11, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH	kassel
DATE OF DEATH	January 15, 1943
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 725.