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Fritz Hein

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)


Successes
2 ships sunk for a total of 7,559 GRT
1 ship damaged for a total of 7,176 GRT
1 ship a total loss for a total of 9,551 GRT

Born  25 Dec 1919 Gumbinnen, East Prussia
Died  22 Feb 1945(25)west of Cadiz

Ranks

1 Oct 1938Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1939Seekadett
1 Dec 1939Fähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1940Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1941Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1943Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-300 29 Dec 1943 22 Feb 1945  (+)  4 patrols (127 days) 

Patrol info for Fritz Hein


 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-300 13 Jul 1944  Kiel  15 Jul 1944  Horten  Patrol 1,3 days
2. U-300 18 Jul 1944  Horten  17 Aug 1944  Trondheim  Patrol 2,31 days
3. U-300 4 Oct 1944  Trondheim  2 Dec 1944  Stavanger  Patrol 3,60 days
4. U-300 21 Jan 1945  Stavanger  22 Feb 1945  Sunk  Patrol 4,33 days
4 patrols, 127 days at sea

Ships hit by Fritz Hein

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
10 Nov 1944U-300 Godafoss1,542isUR-142
10 Nov 1944U-300 Shirvan6,017brUR-142
 
17 Feb 1945U-300 Michael J. Stone (d.)7,176amUGS-72
17 Feb 1945U-300 Regent Lion (t.)9,551brUGS-72
 24,286

3 ships sunk (17,110 tons) and 1 ship damaged (7,176 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.
(d.) means the ship was damaged.
(t.) means the ship was a total loss (included in ships & tonnage lost).



Blood on the Sea
Parkin, Robert Sinclair


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Books dealing with this subject include:

Alemania pudo Vencer. Assmann, Kurt, et al., 1955.
Blood on the Sea. Parkin, Robert Sinclair, 1996.
Feindfahrten. Hirschfeld, Wolfgang, 1991.
Funkpeilung als alliierte Waffe gegen deutsche U-boote 1939-1945. Bauer, Arthur O., 1997.
Die Männer von U 96. Wiebicke, Karl, 1934.
Trial of Heinz Eck, August Hoffmann, Walter Weisspfennig, Hans Richard Lenz and Wolfgang Schwender (The Peleus Trial). Cameron, John (editor), 1948.
U-Boat Far from Home. Stevens, David, 1997.
Verdammter Atlantik. Herlin, Hans, 1994. (transl.)
Von Kolberg über La Rochelle nach Berlin. Marbach, Karl-Heinz, 1994.
The War Diaries of U-764. Guske, Heinz F. K., 1996.


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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