The Men - U-boat Commanders

Heinz Beduhn

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 26)

Successes
1 auxiliary warship sunk, total tonnage 17,046 GRT
1 ship damaged, total tonnage 7,638 GRT

Born	11 Aug 1907		Berlin
Died	2 Aug 1940	(32)	North Sea

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Ranks

1 Apr 1926		Offiziersanwärter
26 Oct 1926		Seekadett
1 Apr 1928		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jun 1930		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1930		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1933		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr 1936		Kapitänleutnant
1 Aug 1940		Korvettenkapitän

Decorations

30 Jun 1940		U-boat War Badge 1939
30 Jun 1940		Iron Cross 2nd Class

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-10	1 May 1936	29 Sep 1937	No war patrols
U-16	1 May 1936	29 Sep 1937	No war patrols
U-18	30 Sep 1937	31 Oct 1937	No war patrols
U-23	8 Apr 1940	19 May 1940	1 patrol (21 days)
U-25	20 May 1940	2 Aug 1940 (+)	2 patrols (24 days)

Patrol info for Heinz Beduhn

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-23	9 Apr 1940	Kiel	10 Apr 1940	Wilhelmshaven		2 days
2.	U-23	13 Apr 1940	Wilhelmshaven	3 May 1940	Kiel	Patrol 1,	21 days
3.	U-25	8 Jun 1940	Wilhelmshaven	29 Jun 1940	Wilhelmshaven	Patrol 2,	22 days
4.	U-25	1 Aug 1940	Wilhelmshaven	2 Aug 1940	Sunk	Patrol 3,	2 days
3 patrols, 45 days at sea

Ships hit by Heinz Beduhn

Date	U-boat		Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy
13 Jun 1940	U-25		HMS Scotstoun	17,046		br
19 Jun 1940	U-25		Brumaire (d.)	7,638		fr
				24,684
1 ship sunk (17,046 tons) and 1 ship damaged (7,638 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged.

About ranks and decorations
Special thanks to Fernando Almeida for data on ranks and decorations.

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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