Hans Howaldt

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.

Awards and decorations Iron Cross of 1914, 1st and 2nd class Hamburg and Lübeck Hanseatic Crosses Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords Order of the Crown, 4th class (Prussia) Pour le Mérite