Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen

Infobox Military Person
name=Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen
born=birth date|1907|8|11|df=y
died=dda|1943|1|15|1907|8|11|df=y
placeofbirth=Kassel
placeofdeath=Berlin


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=navy|Weimar Republic
navy|Nazi Germany
serviceyears=1926-1943
rank=Korvettenkapitän
commands=U 13
U 65
unit=
battles=World War II
*Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945)
awards=Iron Cross 1st Class
Iron Cross 2nd Class
U-boat War Badge
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
laterwork=

Commander Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen (11 August 1907 – 15 January 1943) was a "Korvettenkapitän" with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He sailed with the U 13 and U 65, sinking twelve ships on five patrols, for a total of 66.174 tons of Allied shipping. He was killed in a car accident in Berlin in January 1943. von Stockhausen as commander of U 65 attacked and sank the "British Premier" on 24 December 1940.

Awards

* Iron Cross
** 2nd Class
** 1st Class (12 July 1940)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (14 January 1941)

References

* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Kurowski, Franz. "Knight's Cross Holders of the U-Boat Service". Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 1995. ISBN 0-88740-748-X.
* Range, Clemens (1974). "Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine". Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-87943-355-0.

;External link
* [http://www.uboat.net/men/stockhausen.htm uboat.net]