Günther Heydemann

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 33)


Successes
8 ships sunk, total tonnage 36,010 GRT
1 ship damaged, total tonnage 12,910 GRT

Born  11 Jan 1914 Greifswald
Died  2 Jan 1986(71)Hamburg, Germany


Günther Heydemann

Ranks

1 Apr 1933 Offiziersanwärter
23 Sep 1933 Seekadett
1 Jul 1934 Fähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1936 Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1936 Leutnant zur See
1 Jun 1938 Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr 1941 Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

17 Sep 1939 Iron Cross 2nd Class
12 Apr 1941 Iron Cross 1st Class
12 Apr 1941 U-boat War Badge 1939
3 Jul 1943 Knights Cross

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-575 19 Jun 1941 29 Jul 1943   8 patrols (395 days) 


Kptlt. Günther Heydemann after a patrol.

Günther Heydemann began his naval career in April 1933. He then sailed on the line ships Schlesien and Schleswig-Holstein before transferring to the U-boat force in April 1940.

After the usual training he made two patrols as watch officer on board U-69 under the command of Kptlt. Jost Metzler.

He left U-69 in April 1941 and two months later commissioned the type VIIC U-boat U-575.

He commanded this boat on eight relatively successful patrols and sank many ships. In July 1943 he left U-575 and became a training officer in the 23rd and 25th (Training) Flotilla training flotillas until the end of the war.

Sources

Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1997). Der U-Bootkrieg 1939-1945 (Band 2).
Rohwer, J. (1998). Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two.

Patrol info for Günther Heydemann

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-575 8 Sep 1941  Trondheim  9 Oct 1941  St. Nazaire  Patrol 1,32 days
2. U-575 9 Nov 1941  St. Nazaire  17 Dec 1941  St. Nazaire  Patrol 2,39 days
3. U-575 14 Jan 1942  St. Nazaire  26 Feb 1942  St. Nazaire  Patrol 3,44 days
4. U-575 24 Mar 1942  St. Nazaire  14 May 1942  St. Nazaire  Patrol 4,52 days
5. U-575 10 Jun 1942  St. Nazaire  7 Aug 1942  St. Nazaire  Patrol 5,59 days
6. U-575 16 Sep 1942  St. Nazaire  8 Nov 1942  Lorient  Patrol 6,54 days
7. U-575 17 Dec 1942  Lorient  18 Feb 1943  St. Nazaire  Patrol 7,64 days
8. U-575 22 Apr 1943  St. Nazaire  11 Jun 1943  St. Nazaire  Patrol 8,51 days
8 patrols, 395 days at sea

Ships hit by Günther Heydemann

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
2 Oct 1941U-575 Tuva4,652nlON-19A
 
16 Apr 1942U-575 Robin Hood6,887am
4 Jul 1942U-575 Norlandia2,689am
9 Jul 1942U-575 Empire Explorer5,345br
18 Jul 1942U-575 Comrade69br
18 Jul 1942U-575 Glacier75br
18 Jul 1942U-575 San Gaspar (d.)12,910br
29 Oct 1942U-575 Abosso11,330br
 
25 Jan 1943U-575 City of Flint4,963amUGS-4
 48,920

8 ships sunk (36,010 tons) and 1 ship damaged (12,910 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.
(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.

Media links


German U-boat Commanders of World War II

Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders


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