U3 Hat Badge Hans Meckel - Double Heart-breaker. Aged
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Commanded by: 6 Aug, 1935 - 29 Sep, 1937 Hans Meckel; 30 Sep, 1937 - Jul, 1938 Ernst-Günter Heinicke; 29 Oct, 1938 - 2 Jan, 1940 Kptlt. Joachim Schepke (Knights Cross winner); 3 Jan, 1940 - 28 Jul, 1940 Gerd Schreiber; 29 Jul, 1940 - 10 Nov, 1940 Kptlt. Helmut Franzke; 11 Nov, 1940 - 2 Jul, 1941 Kptlt. Otto von Bülow (Knights Cross winnner); 3 Jul, 1941 - 2 Mar, 1942 Oblt. Hans-Hartwig Trojer (Knights Cross winner); 3 Mar, 1942 - 30 Sep, 1942 Joachim Zander; 1 Oct, 1942 - 18 May, 1943 Oblt. Herbert Zoller; 19 May, 1943 - 9 Jun, 1944 Oblt. Ernst Hartmann; 10 Jun, 1944 - 16 Jul, 1944 Hermann Neumeister.
It had 5 patrols from 1 Aug, 1935 - to 1 Sep, 1939 U-Bootschulflottille (school boat); 1 Sep, 1939 - 1 Oct; 1939 U-Bootschulflottille (front boat); 1 Oct, 1939 - 1 Feb, 1940 U-Bootschulflottille (school boat); 1 Mar, 1940 - 1 Apr, 1940 U-Bootschulflottille (front boat); 1 May, 1940 - 30 Jun, 1940 U-Bootschulflottille (school boat); 1 Jul, 1940 - 31 Jul, 1944 21. Flottille (school boat). It sunk 2 ships with a total of 2.348 GRT. It was stricken on 1 Aug, 1944 at Gotenhafen (Gdynia, Poland). and scrapped in 1945.
