The Men - The Commander listing

Georg Lassen

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 35)

Successes
26 ships sunk for a total of 156.082 GRT
5 ships damaged for a total of 34.419 GRT

Born

12 May, 1915

Berlin-Steglitz

Korvettenkapitän Georg Lassen wearing his Knights Cross.

Ranks

25 Sep, 1935	Seekadett
1 Jul, 1936	Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan, 1938	Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr, 1938	Leutnant zur See
1 Oct, 1939	Oberleutnant zur See
1 Sep, 1942	Kapitänleutnant
1 Apr, 1945	Korvettenkapitän

Decorations

26 Sep, 1939	Iron Cross 2nd Class
18 Jul, 1940	Iron Cross 1st Class
18 Jul, 1940	U-boat War Badge 1939
10 Aug, 1942	Knights Cross
7 Mar, 1943	Knights Cross with Oak Leaves
22 Oct, 1944	U-boat War Badge with Diamonds

U-boat Commands

U-29	3 Jan, 1941	-	14 Sep, 1941	No war patrols
U-160	16 Oct, 1941	-	14 Jun, 1943	4 patrols (328 days)

Personal information

For more than a year Georg Lassen was I WO on the very successful U-29 under Kptlt. Otto Schuhart. They sank 12 ships for a total of 80,688 tons as well as the aircraft carrier HMS Courageous. From January to September 1941, Kptlt. Georg Lassen was the commander of U-29, which at this time was a training boat in the 24th U-boat flotilla.

On 16 October, 1941 Lassen commissioned the Type IXC U-boat U-160, and on his first patrol as commander in March/April 1942 he sank or damaged six ships for a total of 43,560 tons. Also outstanding was his last patrol in South African waters, where on 3/4 March, 1943 he sank or damaged six ships in less than 5 hours for a total of 41,076 tons. Three days later he received the Oak Leaves cluster to the Knights Cross.

On 9 March, 1943 the daily Wehrmachtsbericht announced:

Der Oberste Befehlshaber verlieh dem Kapitänleutnant Georg Lassen als 208. Soldaten der deutschen Wehrmacht das Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz. Kapitänleutnant Lassen hat auf 4 Feindfahrten 31 Schiffe mit 212,544 BRT versenkt. Zwei weitere Schiffe wurden von ihm torpediert. Siebzehn Schiffe mit 101,860 BRT schoß er aus stark gesicherten Geleitzügen heraus.

Georg Lassen then became a tactics instructor and the chief of the "Offiziers-kompanie" in the 1st ULD (U-Boot-Lehrdivision).

Patrol info

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-160	24 Feb, 1942	Wilhelmshaven	24 Feb, 1942	Helgoland		1 days
2.	U-160	1 Mar, 1942	Helgoland	28 Apr, 1942	Lorient	Patrol	59 days
3.	U-160	20 Jun, 1942	Lorient	24 Aug, 1942	Lorient	Patrol	66 days
4.	U-160	23 Sep, 1942	Lorient	9 Dec, 1942	Lorient	Patrol	78 days
5.	U-160	6 Jan, 1943	Lorient	10 May, 1943	Bordeaux	Patrol	125 days

Ships hit by Georg Lassen

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
27 Mar, 1942	U-160	Equipoise	6.210		pa
29 Mar, 1942	U-160	City of New York	8.272		am
1 Apr, 1942	U-160	Rio Blanco	4.086		br
6 Apr, 1942	U-160	Bidwell	6.837		am		damaged
9 Apr, 1942	U-160	Malchace	3.516		am
11 Apr, 1942	U-160	Ulysses	14.647		br
16 Jul, 1942	U-160	Beaconlight	6.926		pa
18 Jul, 1942	U-160	Carmona	5.496		pa
21 Jul, 1942	U-160	Donovania	8.149		br
25 Jul, 1942	U-160	Telamon	2.078		nl
29 Jul, 1942	U-160	Prescodoc	1.938		ca
2 Aug, 1942	U-160	Treminnard	4.694		br
4 Aug, 1942	U-160	Havsten	6.161		nw		damaged
16 Oct, 1942	U-160	Castle Harbour	730		br	TRIN-19
16 Oct, 1942	U-160	Winona	6.197		am	TRIN-19	damaged
3 Nov, 1942	U-160	Chr. J. Kampmann	2.260		ca	TAG-18
3 Nov, 1942	U-160	Gypsum Empress	4.034		br	TAG-18
3 Nov, 1942	U-160	Leda	8.546		pa	TAG-18
3 Nov, 1942	U-160	Thorshavet	11.015		nw	TAG-18
6 Nov, 1942	U-160	Arica	5.431		br	TRIN-24
11 Nov, 1942	U-160	City of Ripon	6.368		br
21 Nov, 1942	U-160	Bintang	6.481		nl

8 Feb, 1943	U-160	Roger B. Taney	7.191		am
3 Mar, 1943	U-160	Harvey W. Scott	7.176		am	DN-21
3 Mar, 1943	U-160	Nirpura	5.961		br	DN-21
3 Mar, 1943	U-160	Tibia	10.356		nl	DN-21	damaged
4 Mar, 1943	U-160	Empire Mahseer	5.087		br	DN-21
4 Mar, 1943	U-160	Marietta E.	7.628		br	DN-21
4 Mar, 1943	U-160	Sheaf Crown	4.868		br	DN-21	damaged
8 Mar, 1943	U-160	James B. Stephens	7.176		am
11 Mar, 1943	U-160	Aelybryn	4.986		br
			190.501
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.