Werner Heidel
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 33)
| Successes 7 ships sunk for a total of 18.547 GRT 1 ship a total loss for a total of 1.830 GRT |
| Born | 24 Jun, 1909 | Chemnitz |
| Died | 30 Jan, 1940 | English Channel |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-6 | 1 Oct, 1937 | - | 17 Dec, 1938 | No war patrols |
| U-7 | 18 Dec, 1938 | - | 13 Oct, 1939 | 2 patrols (26 days) |
| U-55 | 21 Nov, 1939 | - | 30 Jan, 1940 (+) | 1 patrol (15 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-7 | 30 Aug, 1939 | Kiel | 8 Sep, 1939 | Kiel | Patrol, | 10 days |
| 2. | U-7 | 18 Sep, 1939 | Kiel | 3 Oct, 1939 | Kiel | Patrol, | 16 days |
| 3. | U-55 | 16 Jan, 1940 | Kiel | 30 Jan, 1940 | Sunk | Patrol, | 15 days |
| 3 patrols, 41 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Werner Heidel
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 22 Sep, 1939 | U-7 | Akenside | 2.694 |  | br | ||
| 29 Sep, 1939 | U-7 | Takstaas | 1.830 |  | nw | total loss | |
| 18 Jan, 1940 | U-55 | Foxen | 1.304 |  | sw | ||
| 19 Jan, 1940 | U-55 | Telnes | 1.694 | | nw | ||
| 22 Jan, 1940 | U-55 | Segovia | 1.387 | | nw | ||
| 23 Jan, 1940 | U-55 | Andalusia | 1.357 | | sw | ||
| 30 Jan, 1940 | U-55 | Keramiai | 5.085 |  | gr | OA-80G | |
| 30 Jan, 1940 | U-55 | Vaclite | 5.026 | | br | OA-80G | |
| 20.377 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.