Werner Hartmann
| Werner Hartmann | |
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| Born |
11 December 1902 Silstedt, Harz |
| Died | 26 April 1963 (aged 60) Usseln, Waldeck |
| Allegiance |
 Weimar Republic Nazi Germany West Germany
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| Service/branch |
 Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine German Navy
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| Years of service | 1921–45, 1956–62 |
| Rank | Kapitän zur See |
| Unit |
SSS Niobe Hannover Berlin cruiser Emden cruiser Karlsruhe 2nd U-boat Flotilla 6th U-boat Flotilla 12th U-boat Flotilla 27th U-boat Flotilla |
| Commands held |
U-26 U-37 U-198 |
| Battles/wars |
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| Awards | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Werner Hartmann (11 December 1902 – 26 April 1963) was a German U-boat commander in World War II. He was credited in Nazi propaganda with sinking 26 ships, amounting to over 115,000 gross register tons (GRT) sunk, purportedly making him the 25th most successful U-boat commander of the war. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
Hartmann was born on 11 December 1902 in Silstedt near Wernigerode in the Province of Saxony, a province of the Kingdom of Prussia in the German Empire. He was the third child of Albert Hartmann, an evangelic pastor in Wernigerode, and Helene Hartmann, née Wernicke. Hartmann had one older brother, Rudolf, and an older sister, Edith. From 1909 to 1914, he attended the Volksschule, a primary school, in Silstedt and later the Gymnasium, a secondary school, in the district of Magdeburg.
On 1 April 1914, Hartmann joined the Königlich Preußischen Kadettenkorps (Royal Prussian Cadet Corps) in Oranienstein near Diez. He initially served in the Vorkorps (pre corps) before he transferred to the Hauptkadettenanstalt (Main Military Academy) in Berlin-Lichterfelde on 1 April 1917. There he graduated with his Abitur (diploma) in 1921. Following his graduation he began his naval career with the Reichsmarine of the Weimar Republic on 1 April 1921 as a member of "Crew 21" (the incoming class of 1921).
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