| Born | 10 Mar, 1909 | Cologne |
| Died | 24 Jun, 1943 | North Atlantic |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-133 | 5 Jul, 1941 | - | 1 Mar, 1942 | 2 patrols (58 days) |
| U-194 | 8 Jan, 1943 | - | 24 Jun, 1943 (+) | 1 patrol (13 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-133 | 22 Oct, 1941 | Kiel | 26 Nov, 1941 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 36 days |
| 2. | U-133 | 16 Dec, 1941 | St. Nazaire | 29 Dec, 1941 | Messina | 14 days | |
| 3. | U-133 | 1 Jan, 1942 | Messina | 22 Jan, 1942 | Salamis | Patrol, | 22 days |
| 4. | U-194 | 12 Jun, 1943 | Kiel | 24 Jun, 1943 | Sunk | Patrol, | 13 days |
| 3 patrols, 71 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Hermann Hesse
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 17 Jan, 1942 | U-133 | HMS Gurkha (G 63) | 1.920 |  | br | MW-8B | |
| 1.920 | |||||||
* 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.