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Hans-Heinrich Döhler

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 37a)


Successes
3 ships sunk for a total of 20,527 GRT
2 ships damaged for a total of 21,925 GRT

Born  5 Dec 1917 Bad Schwartau
Died  22 Feb 1943(25)North Atlantic

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Hans-Heinrich Döhler
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Ranks

3 Apr 1937Offiziersanwärter
1 May 1938Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1939Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1939Leutnant zur See
1 Sep 1941Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

Nov 1939Iron Cross 2nd Class
28 Oct 1941Fleet War Badge
9 Nov 1941U-boat War Badge 1939
6 Dec 1942Iron Cross 1st Class

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-21 4 Jan 1942 24 Sep 1942   No war patrols 
U-606 2 Oct 1942 22 Feb 1943  (+)  2 patrols (100 days) 

Patrol info for Hans-Heinrich Döhler


 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-606 17 Oct 1942  Bergen  5 Dec 1942  Brest  Patrol 1,50 days
2. U-606 4 Jan 1943  Brest  22 Feb 1943  Sunk  Patrol 2,50 days
2 patrols, 100 days at sea

Ships hit by Hans-Heinrich Döhler

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
28 Oct 1942U-606 Gurney E. Newlin8,225amHX-212
28 Oct 1942U-606 Kosmos II (d.)16,966nwHX-212
 
22 Feb 1943U-606 Chattanooga City5,687amON-166
22 Feb 1943U-606 Empire Redshank6,615brON-166
22 Feb 1943U-606 Expositor (d.)4,959amON-166
 42,452

3 ships sunk (20,527 tons) and 2 ships damaged (21,925 tons).

Legend
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(d.) means the ship was damaged.


About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.

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