Hans Howaldt
| Hans Howaldt | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
12 November 1888 Kiel |
| Died |
6 September 1970 (aged 81) Bad Schwartau |
| Allegiance |
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| Service/branch |
 Kaiserliche Marine Kriegsmarine |
| Years of service | 1907–1918 and 1939–1945 |
| Rank | Kapitän zur See |
| Unit | Flandern Flottille, Zeebrugge, and in 1939 a unit of minelayers in the Baltic Sea, including Kattegat and Skagerrak |
| Commands held |
UC-4, UB-40 and UB-107 Minelayer Hansestadt Danzig |
| Battles/wars | U-boat Campaign (World War I) |
| Awards |
Iron Cross House Order of Hohenzollern Pour le Mérite Hanseatic Cross War Merit Cross |
| Relations | His grandfather August Howaldt was the builder of the first German submarine Brandtaucher. |
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sailing | ||
| Bronze | 1936 Berlin | 8 metre class |
Hans Howaldt (12 November 1888, Kiel – 6 September 1970) was a successful and highly decorated German U-boat commander in the Kaiserliche Marine during World War I and also active in World War II. By the end of World War I he was promoted Kapitänleutnant.
As a sportsman Hans Howaldt won Bronze in the international 8 Metre class sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics on the Bay of Kiel as skipper of Germania III, a keelboat designed and built by Abeking & Rasmussen and owned by crew-member Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach.
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross of 1914, 1st and 2nd class
- Hamburg and Lübeck Hanseatic Crosses
- Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords
- Order of the Crown, 4th class (Prussia)
- Pour le Mérite
References
- Howaldt in: Biographisches Lexikon für Schleswig-Holstein und Lübeck, Vol. 12 Neumünster 2006, p. 198 ff. ISBN 3-529-02560-7
External links
- Howaldt-family in German
- Wrecked Gefion torpedoed by UB 40
- Wrecked SS Salsette torpedoed by UB 40