Udo Heilmann
Korvettenkapitän (Crew 33)
| Successes 10 ships sunk for a total of 50.256 GRT 1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 6.833 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 9.718 GRT |
| Born | 4 Mar, 1913 | Kiel |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-24 | 30 Nov, 1939 | - | 21 Aug, 1940 | 4 patrols (53 days) |
| U-97 | 28 Sep, 1940 | - | May, 1942 | 9 patrols (240 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-24 | 6 Jan, 1940 | Kiel | 12 Jan, 1940 | Kiel | Patrol, | 7 days |
| 2. | U-24 | 27 Jan, 1940 | Kiel | 9 Feb, 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol, | 14 days |
| 3. | U-24 | 14 Mar, 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 20 Mar, 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol, | 7 days |
| 4. | U-24 | 13 Apr, 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 7 May, 1940 | Kiel | Patrol, | 25 days |
| 5. | U-97 | 17 Feb, 1941 | Kiel | 7 Mar, 1941 | Lorient | Patrol, | 19 days |
| 6. | U-97 | 20 Mar, 1941 | Lorient | 10 Apr, 1941 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 22 days |
| 7. | U-97 | 1 May, 1941 | St. Nazaire | 30 May, 1941 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 30 days |
| 8. | U-97 | 2 Jul, 1941 | St. Nazaire | 8 Aug, 1941 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 38 days |
| 9. | U-97 | 20 Sep, 1941 | St. Nazaire | 27 Oct, 1941 | Salamis | Patrol, | 38 days |
| 10. | U-97 | 23 Dec, 1941 | Salamis | 9 Jan, 1942 | Salamis | Patrol, | 18 days |
| 11. | U-97 | 12 Jan, 1942 | Salamis | 31 Jan, 1942 | Salamis | Patrol, | 20 days |
| 12. | U-97 | 3 Feb, 1942 | Salamis | 8 Feb, 1942 | La Spezia | 6 days | |
| 13. | U-97 | 14 Mar, 1942 | La Spezia | 30 Mar, 1942 | Salamis | Patrol, | 17 days |
| 14. | U-97 | 5 Apr, 1942 | Salamis | 12 May, 1942 | La Spezia | Patrol, | 38 days |
| 13 patrols, 293 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Udo Heilmann
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 24 Feb, 1941 | U-97 | British Gunner | 6.894 |  | br | OB-289 | |
| 24 Feb, 1941 | U-97 | G.C. Brøvig | 9.718 |  | nw | OB-289 | damaged |
| 24 Feb, 1941 | U-97 | Jonathan Holt | 4.973 | | br | OB-289 | |
| 24 Feb, 1941 | U-97 | Mansepool | 4.894 | | br | OB-289 | |
| 23 Mar, 1941 | U-97 | Chama | 8.077 | | br | OG-56 | |
| 24 Mar, 1941 | U-97 | Hørda | 4.301 | | nw | OG-56 | |
| 4 Apr, 1941 | U-97 | Conus | 8.132 | | br | OB-304 | |
| 6 May, 1941 | U-97 | HMS Camito (F 77) | 6.833 | | br | ||
| 6 May, 1941 | U-97 | Sangro | 6.466 |  | it | ||
| 8 May, 1941 | U-97 | Ramillies | 4.553 | | br | OB-317 | |
| 17 Oct, 1941 | U-97 | Pass of Balmaha | 758 | | br | ||
| 17 Oct, 1941 | U-97 | Samos | 1.208 |  | gr | ||
| 66.807 | |||||||
* 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.