Hans-Heinz Linder
Korvettenkapitän (Crew 33)
| Successes 7 ships sunk for a total of 24.811 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 8.882 GRT |
| Born | 11 Feb, 1913 | Otterberg, Kaiserslautern |
| Died | 10 Sep, 1944 |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-18 | 3 Sep, 1940 | - | 17 Dec, 1940 | No war patrols |
| U-202 | 22 Mar, 1941 | - | 1 Sep, 1942 | 6 patrols (236 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-202 | 17 Jun, 1941 | Kiel | 23 Jul, 1941 | Brest | Patrol, | 37 days |
| 2. | U-202 | 11 Aug, 1941 | Brest | 17 Sep, 1941 | Brest | Patrol, | 38 days |
| 3. | U-202 | 16 Oct, 1941 | Brest | 13 Nov, 1941 | Brest | Patrol, | 29 days |
| 4. | U-202 | 13 Dec, 1941 | Brest | 27 Dec, 1941 | Brest | Patrol, | 15 days |
| 5. | U-202 | 1 Mar, 1942 | Brest | 26 Apr, 1942 | Brest | Patrol, | 57 days |
| 6. | U-202 | 27 May, 1942 | Brest | 25 Jul, 1942 | Brest | Patrol, | 60 days |
| 6 patrols, 236 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Hans-Heinz Linder
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 27 Aug, 1941 | U-202 | Ladylove | 230 |  | br | ||
| 11 Sep, 1941 | U-202 | Scania | 1.999 |  | sw | SC-42 | |
| 3 Nov, 1941 | U-202 | Flynderborg | 2.022 | | br | SC-52 | |
| 3 Nov, 1941 | U-202 | Gretavale | 4.586 | | br | SC-52 | |
| 22 Mar, 1942 | U-202 | Athelviscount | 8.882 | | br | damaged | |
| 1 Apr, 1942 | U-202 | Loch Don | 5.249 | | br | ||
| 22 Jun, 1942 | U-202 | Rio Tercero | 4.864 |  | ar | ||
| 1 Jul, 1942 | U-202 | City of Birmingham | 5.861 |  | am | ||
| 33.693 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
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Books dealing with this subject include: The Night Boat, McCammon, Robert R., 1990 |
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.