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Georg Haag

Born on 23 Apr 1889.
Crew 4/08. Oberleutnant zur See (19 Sep 1914)
Died on 6 Jul 1916, North Sea.

Commands:
UC 8, UC 7

Rudolf (i.V.) Haagen

Born on 26 Aug 1895.
Crew 4/13. Leutnant zur See

Commands:
U 79

Erich Haecker

Born on 30 Jun 1886.
Crew 4/06. Kapitänleutnant (19 Sep 1916)
Died on 27 Apr 1958

Commands:
UB 6, UC 79

Franz Hagen

Born on 30 May 1891.
Crew 4/10. Oberleutnant zur See (22 Mar 1916)

Commands:
UC 73

Nikolaus Halavanja

Born on 21 Apr 1883 in Fiume (Rijeka).
Linenschiffleutnant (1 May 1911)
Died on 10 Nov 1965, Zagreb.

Commands:
k.u.k. U6, k.u.k. U6

Max Hamm

Born on 15 Nov 1890.
Crew 4/09. Oberleutnant zur See (2 May 1915)

Commands:
UC 4

Max Hammerle

Born on 23 Sep 1885.
Crew 4/04. Oberleutnant zur See (27 Mar 1909)
Died on 5 Jun 1915, off Aberdeen.

Commands:
U 14

Claus Hansen

Born on 5 Jan 1883.
Crew 4/02. Kapitänleutnant (22 Mar 1914)
Died on 24 Sep 1915, off Scilly Islands.

Commands:
U 16, U 41

Richard Hartmann

Born on 19 Aug 1883.
Crew 4/03. Kapitänleutnant (16 Dec 1914)
Died on 11 Sep 1917, Atlantic.

Commands:
U 49

Kurt Hartwig

Born on 21 Jan 1887.
Crew 4/05. Kapitänleutnant (24 Apr 1916)
Awarded the Pour le Mérite on (3 Oct 1918)
Died on 16 Oct 1972

Commands:
U 32, U 63

Ernst Hashagen

Born on 24 Aug 1885.
Crew 4/05. Kapitänleutnant (24 Apr 1916)
Died on 12 Jun 1947

Commands:
UB 21, U 62, U 62

Hinrich Hermann Hashagen

Born on 28 Aug 1885.
Crew 10/09. Oberleutnant zur See d.R. (16 Apr 1915)

Commands:
U 48, U 22

Waldemar Haumann

Born on 8 Nov 1885.
Crew 4/06. Kapitänleutnant (26 Apr 1917)
Died on 23 Nov 1946

Commands:
U 52, UB 94

Erich Hecht

Born on 17 Jan 1891.
Crew 4/09. Oberleutnant zur See (2 May 1915)
Died on 19 Mar 1918, English Channel.

Commands:
UC 4, UC 64, UB 54

Kurt Heeseler

Born on 27 Dec 1883.
Crew 4/01. Kapitänleutnant (19 Sep 1912)
Died on 9 Apr 1941

Commands:
U 54

Heino von Heimburg

Born on 24 Oct 1889.
Crew 4/07. Vizeadmiral (1 Apr 1942)
Awarded the Pour le Mérite on (11 Aug 1917)
Died on Oct 1945, Stalingrad.

Commands:
UB 14, UB 14, UB 15, UC 22, UB 68, U 35

Bruno Heller

Born on 1 May 1890.
Crew 4/09. Oberleutnant zur See (2 May 1915)
Died on 30 Nov 1916, Black Sea.

Commands:
UC 15

Heinrich von Henning

Born on 10 May 1883 in Dembrowalonka, West Prussia.
Crew 4/02. Kapitänleutnant (22 Mar 1913)
Died on 29 Nov 1947, Kiel.

Commands:
U 18

Peter Hermann

Born on 12 May 1884.
Crew 4/01. Kapitänleutnant (27 Jan 1913)
Died on 8 May 1945

Commands:
U 58

Otto Hersing

Born on 30 Nov 1885 in Mülhausen.
Crew 4/03. Kapitänleutnant (16 Dec 1914)
Awarded the Pour le Mérite on (5 Jun 1915)
Died on 5 Jul 1960, Oldenburg.

Commands:
U 21

Wolf Hans Hertwig

Born on 1 Oct 1885.
Crew 4/04. Kapitän zur See (1 Oct 1944)
Died on 9 Dec 1958, Heiningen, Thuringen, East Germany.

Commands:
UB 91

Karsten von Heydebreck

Born on 15 Aug 1889.
Crew 4/08. Oberleutnant zur See (19 Sep 1914)
Died on 1 Nov 1917, English Channel.

Commands:
UB 6, UC 63

Bernhard Hibsch

Born on 23 Jul 1893.
Crew 4/12. Oberleutnant zur See (25 Dec 1917)

Commands:
UB 87

Leo Hillebrand

Born on 6 Feb 1885.
Crew 4/05. Kapitänleutnant (24 Jan 1916)

Commands:
U 16, U 46, U 46

Martin Hoffmann

Born on 22 Jun 1888.
Crew 4/07. Oberleutnant zur See (13 May 1915)
Died on 9 Sep 1918, North Sea.

Commands:
U 79

Josef Holub

Born on 31 Dec 1885 in Przemysi, Galicia.
Korvettenkapitän (1 Jul 1919)
Died on Oct 1965, Prague.

Commands:
k.u.k. U21, k.u.k. U22, k.u.k. U27

Bruno Hoppe

Born on 13 Sep 1882.
Crew 4/01. Kapitänleutnant (25 Apr 1912)
Died on 17 Feb 1917, W Ireland.

Commands:
U 22, U 83

Eugen Hornyák Edler von Horn

Born on 1883 in Brünn.
Linenschiffleutnant (1 Jan 1914)
Died on 16 Jun 1942, Athens.

Commands:
k.u.k. U16, k.u.k. U1, k.u.k. U11, k.u.k. U43

Hans Howaldt

Born on 12 Nov 1888 in Kiel.
Crew 4/07. Kapitänleutnant (18 Jan 1918)
Awarded the Pour le Mérite on (23 Dec 1917)
Died on 6 Sep 1970, Bad Schwartau.

Commands:
UC 4, UB 40, UB 107

Zdenko Hudecek

Born on 22 Jun 1887 in Theresienstadt (Terezin).
Linenschiffleutnant (1 May 1914)
Died on 28 Sep 1974, Frydek Mystek, Czechoslovakia.

Commands:
k.u.k. U17, k.u.k. U17, k.u.k. U17, k.u.k. U28

Eduard Ritter von Hübner

Born on 3 Jul 1883 in Dobrn, Bohemia.
Linenschiffleutnant (1 Nov 1911)
Died on 22 Oct 1975, Budapest.

Commands:
k.u.k. U3

Hans Hufnagel

Born on 27 Nov 1884.
Crew 4/03. Kapitänleutnant (14 Jul 1914)
Died on 9 Oct 1917, North Sea.

Commands:
U 106

Paul Hundius

Born on 2 Feb 1889.
Crew 4/07. Kapitänleutnant (16 Jul 1917)
Awarded the Pour le Mérite on (18 Aug 1918)
Died on 15 Aug 1918, off Flanders.

Commands:
UB 16, UC 47, UB 103

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