Hans Howaldt

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.

Born12 November 1888

Kiel, German Empire

Died6 September 1970(1970-09-06) (aged 81)

Bad Schwartau, West Germany

Allegiance German Empire
Nazi Germany

Branch Imperial German Navy
 Kriegsmarine

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Hans Howaldt
Born	12 November 1888 Kiel, German Empire
Died	6 September 1970(1970-09-06) (aged 81) Bad Schwartau, West Germany
Allegiance	German Empire Nazi Germany
Branch	Imperial German Navy  Kriegsmarine
Service years	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	UC-4, UB-40 and UB-107 Minelayer Hansestadt Danzig
Conflicts	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.

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Olympic medal record
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	1936 Berlin	8 metre class

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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.