Kriegsmarine Crews

Crew 33

After the loss of crew 32 some 15 officers from passenger liners and merchant ships joined the Navy. Those included Günther Prien and Heinrich Bleichrodt to name a few. Those men were rewarded for their prior experience and they were often referred to as Crew 31/33.

The following men were from Crew 33. Click on any of the names for a full profile page on that commander.

Rank	Commander	Commands
KrvKpt.	Bauer, Ernst	U-120, U-126
Oblt.	Berends, Fritz +	U-321
Oblt.	Berkemann, Paul	U-4709
KrvKpt.	Bigalk, Gerhard +	U-14, U-751
KrvKpt.	Bleichrodt, Heinrich	U-48, U-67, U-109
Oblt.	Boddenberg, Karl	U-963
KrvKpt.	Bopst, Eberhard +	U-6, U-597
Kptlt.	Borchers, Rolf	U-149, U-226, U-276, U-2515
Kptlt.	Borm, Carl	U-592
Kptlt.	Breithaupt, Wolfgang +	U-599
Kptlt.	Clausen, Heinz-Ehlert	U-403
Kptlt.	Deecke, Joachim +	U-9, U-584
Kptlt.	Degen, Horst	U-701
KrvKpt.	Dierksen, Reiner +	U-176
KrvKpt.	Drewitz, Hans-Joachim +	U-525
KrvKpt.	Driver, Heinrich	U-20, U-23, U-145, U-371
Kptlt.	Eppen, Günter +	U-519
KrvKpt.	Feiler, Gerhard	U-653
Kptlt.	Gabert, Paul	U-1210
KrvKpt.	Gericke, Otto +	U-503
KrvKpt.	Gossler, Kurt von	U-10, U-49
Kptlt.	Habekost, Johannes +	U-31
Kptlt.	Hackländer, Burckhard	U-454
KrvKpt.	Hansmann, Bruno +	U-127
KrvKpt.	Hardegen, Reinhard	U-147, U-123
Kptlt.	Harms, Otto	U-6, U-56, U-121, U-464
Kptlt.	Hartmann, Klaus +	U-441
Kptlt.	Heidel, Werner +	U-6, U-7, U-55
KrvKpt.	Heilmann, Udo	U-24, U-97
Kptlt.	Heinicke, Hans-Dieter +	U-576
KrvKpt.	Heinsohn, Heinrich +	U-8, U-573, U-438
KrvKpt.	Henke, Werner +	U-515
KrvKpt.	Hetschko, Gert +	U-453, U-121
Kptlt.	Heydemann, Günther	U-575
KrvKpt.	Heyse, Ulrich	U-128
KrvKpt.	Hoeckner, Fritz +	U-215
KrvKpt.	Hoffmann, Eberhard +	U-146, U-451
KrvKpt.	Hoppe, Joachim +	U-65
KrvKpt.	Horrer, Hans-Joachim +	U-555, U-589
KrvKpt.	Hymmen, Reinhard von +	U-408
Kptlt.	Höltring, Horst +	U-149, U-604
KrvKpt.	Jacobs, Nikolaus von +	U-611
Kptlt.	Jenisch, Hans	U-32
KrvKpt.	Jeppener-Haltenhoff, Harald	U-17, U-24
Kptlt.	Kasch, Lorenz +	U-333, U-540
Kptlt.	Kaufmann, Wolfgang	U-9, U-19, U-79
Kptlt.	Kell, Walter +	U-8, U-204
KrvKpt.	Kettner, Paul-Hugo +	U-142, U-379
Kptlt.	Kleinschmidt, Wilhelm +	U-111
Kptlt.	Krech, Günther	U-558
Kptlt.	Kuppisch, Herbert +	U-58, U-94, U-516, U-847
KrvKpt.	Köppe, Helmut +	U-613
KrvKpt.	Lemcke, Rudolf +	U-210
Kptlt.	Lerchen, Kai +	U-252
Kptlt.	Liebe, Johannes	U-6, U-332
KrvKpt.	Linder, Hans-Heinz +	U-18, U-202
Kpt.	Lüth, Wolfgang +	U-13, U-9, U-138, U-43, U-181
Kptlt.	Mannesmann, Gert +	U-545, U-2502
Kptlt.	March, Jürgen +	U-452
KrvKpt.	Mehl, Waldemar	U-62, U-72, U-371
KrvKpt.	Mengersen, Ernst	U-18, U-143, U-101, U-607
Kptlt.	Michalowski, Hans-Bernhard +	U-6, U-62
KrvKpt.	Michel, Georg-Heinz	U-29, U-25, U-54, U-8
KrvKpt.	Müller-Arnecke, Wilhelm	U-19
KrvKpt.	Müller-Edzards, Heinrich	U-590
KrvKpt.	Möhlmann, Helmut	U-143, U-52, U-571
KrvKpt.	Oesten, Jürgen	U-61, U-106, U-861
Kptlt.	Oestermann, Hans +	U-151, U-754
Kptlt.	Otto, Hermann +	U-449
Oblt.	Perleberg, Rüdiger	U-1104
Kptlt.	Pfeifer, Werner	U-56, U-581
Oblt.	Plohr, Helmut	U-149
KrvKpt.	Prellberg, Wilfried	U-19, U-31
Kptlt.	Preuss, Joachim	U-10, U-568
KrvKpt.	Rabenau, Wolf-Rüdiger von +	U-10, U-52, U-702
Kptlt.	Rosenstiel, Jürgen von +	U-143, U-502
Kptlt.	Rostin, Erwin +	U-158
Kptlt.	Scheltz, Hans-Ulrich	UD-5
KrvKpt.	Schiebusch, Günter	U-252, U-262
Oblt.	Schreyer, Hilmar-Karl +	U-987
Kptlt.	Schulte, Max-Martin	U-9, U-13
KrvKpt.	Senkel, Hans +	U-658
Kptlt.	Strauch, Günter	U-1010
KrvKpt.	Timm, Heinrich	U-251, U-862
Ltn.	Walther, Herbert	U-59
Kptlt.	Wohlfarth, Herbert	U-14, U-137, U-556
Kptlt.	Würdemann, Erich +	U-506
Kptlt.	Ziehm, Ernst +	U-78, U-232
Kptlt.	Zimmermann, Heinrich +	U-136
KrvKpt.	Zinke, Arnim +	U-1229
KrvKpt.	Zurmühlen, Bernhard +	U-600
91 men from Crew 33 located. Legend We have a photo of the commander. We have personal info for the commander. + means the man died in the war (49 of these 91 men fell in the war).