WWI U-boat commanders

Ernst Hashagen

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 4/05)

Successes
53 ships sunk with a total of 124,535 GRT
2 warships sunk with a total of 10,767 tons
5 ships damaged with a total of 16,483 GRT
2 ships taken as prize with a total of 1,789 GRT

Born:	24 Aug 1885	Leipzig
Died:	12 Jun 1947

Ranks

1 Apr 1905		Seekadett
7 Apr 1906		Fähnrich zur See
28 Sep 1908		Leutnant zur See
5 Sep 1911		Oberleutnant zur See
24 Apr 1916		Kapitänleutnant
24 Nov 1919		Out of naval service

Decorations

15 Oct 1910		Order of the Griffon (Mecklenburg)
		Iron Cross 2nd class
		Iron Cross 1st class
		Military Merit Cross (Mecklenburg-Schwerin)
27 Nov 1917		Royal House Order of Hohenzollern

U-boat Commands

UB 21	20 Feb 1916	-	26 Nov 1916
U 62	30 Dec 1916	-	24 Dec 1917
U 62	10 Mar 1918	-	11 Nov 1918

Notes

Ernst Hashagen post-WWI.

Ships hit by Ernst Hashagen

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons

5 May 1916	UB 21	Harald	Sailing vessel	275	sw
20 Oct 1916	UB 21	Lekna	Sailing vessel	204	sw
20 Oct 1916	UB 21	Randi	Sailing vessel	467	nw
20 Oct 1916	UB 21	Svartvik	Sailing vessel	322	sw
21 Oct 1916	UB 21	Fritzöe (p.)	Steamer	641	nw
21 Oct 1916	UB 21	Grönhaug	steamer	667	nw
22 Oct 1916	UB 21	London	Sailing vessel	184	da
22 Oct 1916	UB 21	Thor	Auxiliary motor	372	nw
3 Nov 1916	UB 21	Pluto (p.)	Steamer	1,148	nw

8 Mar 1917	U 62	Storstad	Steamer	6,028	nw
8 Mar 1917	U 62	Vega	Sailing vessel	452	ru
10 Mar 1917	U 62	Marie	Sailing vessel	127	fr
11 Mar 1917	U 62	Thrift	Fishing vessel (smack)	40	br
12 Mar 1917	U 62	Algonquin	Steamer	1,806	am
12 Mar 1917	U 62	Collingwood	Sailing vessel	1,042	nw
12 Mar 1917	U 62	Jules Gommes	Sailing vessel	2,595	fr
13 Mar 1917	U 62	Dag	Sailing vessel	250	sw
14 Mar 1917	U 62	Rose Lea	Steamer	2,830	br
23 Mar 1917	U 62	Tres Fratres	Trawler	297	nl
27 Apr 1917	U 62	Dunmore Head	Steamer	2,293	br
27 Apr 1917	U 62	Inveramsay	Sailing vessel	1,438	br
30 Apr 1917	U 62	Fortunata	Steamer	3,348	it
30 Apr 1917	U 62	Tulip	Sloop	1,250	br
3 May 1917	U 62	Frederick Knight	Steamer	3,604	br
4 May 1917	U 62	Jörgen Olsen (d.)	Sailing vessel	310	da
7 May 1917	U 62	Polamhall	Steamer	4,010	br
10 May 1917	U 62	Berangere	Sailing vessel	2,851	fr
10 May 1917	U 62	Gazelle	Sailing vessel	288	nw
13 Jun 1917	U 62	Candace	Sailing vessel	395	nw
13 Jun 1917	U 62	Sylvia	Sailing vessel	148	nw
16 Jun 1917	U 62	Kornsø	Auxiliary motor	115	da
20 Jun 1917	U 62	Bengore Head	Steamer	2,490	br
21 Jun 1917	U 62	Lord Roberts	Steamer	4,166	br
24 Jun 1917	U 62	South Wales	Steamer	3,668	br
25 Jun 1917	U 62	Guildhall	Steamer	2,609	br
26 Jun 1917	U 62	Gorsemore (d.)	Steamer	3,079	br
26 Jun 1917	U 62	Cattaro	Steamer	2,908	br
26 Jun 1917	U 62	Manistee	Steamer	3,869	br
10 Aug 1917	U 62	Orion I	Auxiliary motor	322	nw
15 Aug 1917	U 62	Albertha	Sailing vessel	170	da
24 Aug 1917	U 62	Henriette	Steamer	2,005	fr
30 Aug 1917	U 62	Eastern Prince	Steamer	2,885	br
30 Aug 1917	U 62	Grelhame	Steamer	3,740	br
30 Aug 1917	U 62	Noya	Steamer	4,282	br
13 Oct 1917	U 62	Woodburn (d.)	Steamer	2,360	br
17 Oct 1917	U 62	Adams	Steamer	2,223	br
18 Oct 1917	U 62	Madura	Steamer	4,484	br
19 Oct 1917	U 62	J. L. Luckenbach (d.)	Steamer	4,920	am
19 Oct 1917	U 62	Orama	Armed merchant cruiser	12,927	br
11 Dec 1917	U 62	Oldfield Grange	Steamer	4,653	br
14 Dec 1917	U 62	Hare	Steamer	774	br
15 Dec 1917	U 62	Formby	Passenger steamer	1,282	br
17 Dec 1917	U 62	Coningbeg	Steamer	1,279	br

16 May 1918	U 62	Heron Bridge	Steamer	2,422	br
16 May 1918	U 62	Llancarvan	Steamer	4,749	br
24 May 1918	U 62	Ruth Hickman	Sailing vessel	417	br
27 May 1918	U 62	Merionethshire	Steamer	4,308	br
28 May 1918	U 62	Cairnross	Steamer	4,016	br
30 May 1918	U 62	Ausonia	Passenger steamer	8,153	br
7 Aug 1918	U 62	Dupetit-thouars	Armored cruiser	9,517	fr
7 Aug 1918	U 62	Lorna	Steamer	3,286	nw
8 Aug 1918	U 62	Westward Ho (d.)	Steamer	5,814	am
				153,574
57 ships sunk (137,091 tons) and 5 ships damaged (16,483 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. (p.) means the ship was taken as prize (included in ships & tonnage lost). We have a picture of this vessel.