Hans Howaldt | |
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| Born | 12 November 1888 Kiel, German Empire |
| Died | 6 September 1970 (aged 81) Bad Schwartau, West Germany |
| Allegiance |  German Empire Nazi Germany |
| Service |  Imperial German Navy Kriegsmarine |
| Years of service | 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 |
| Battles / wars | 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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1936 Berlin | 8 metre class |
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.
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.