Heinz-Otto Schultze

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

Successes
20 ships sunk, total tonnage 67,991 GRT
2 ships damaged, total tonnage 15,666 GRT

Born	13 Sep 1915		Kiel
Died	25 Nov 1943	(28)

Kapitänleutnant Heinz-Otto Schultze

Ranks

8 Apr 1934		Offiziersanwärter
26 Sep 1934		Seekadett
1 Jul 1935		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1937		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1937		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1939		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Nov 1941		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

2 Oct 1939		Iron Cross 2nd Class
12 Dec 1939		U-boat War Badge 1939
23 Sep 1941		Iron Cross 1st Class
9 Jul 1942		Knights Cross

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-4	8 Jun 1940	28 Jul 1940	No war patrols
U-141	21 Aug 1940	30 Mar 1941	No war patrols
U-432	26 Apr 1941	15 Jan 1943	7 patrols (270 days)
U-849	11 Mar 1943	25 Nov 1943 (+)	1 patrol (55 days)

Heinz Otto Schultze was the son of Otto Schultze, commander of SM U-63 in World War I, who sank 52 ships with a total of 129,540 tons, and was decorated with the Pour le merite.

Heinz Otto Schultze began his naval career in April 1934 and joined the U-boat force in May 1937. After almost two years as Watch Officer on U-31 he commanded school boats in 1940 and 1941 before commissioning U-432 in April 1941.

Over seven patrols, mostly in the North Atlantic and on the US east coast, he sank many ships and was decorated with the Knights Cross. He left U-432 in February 1942 and a month later commissioned the type IX U-boat U-849.

Schultze died when his U-boat was sunk with all hands on 25 November 1943 in the South Atlantic by depth charges from an American B-24 Liberator bomber (Niestlé, 1998).

Sources

Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1997). Der U-Bootkrieg 1939-1945 (Band 2).
Niestlé, A. (1998). German U-boat losses during World War II.

Patrol info for Heinz-Otto Schultze

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-432	30 Jul 1941	Kiel	31 Jul 1941	Horten		2 days
2.	U-432	9 Aug 1941	Horten	12 Aug 1941	Trondheim		4 days
3.	U-432	25 Aug 1941	Trondheim	19 Sep 1941	Brest	Patrol 1,	26 days
4.	U-432	11 Oct 1941	Brest	2 Nov 1941	St. Nazaire	Patrol 2,	23 days
5.	U-432	10 Dec 1941	St. Nazaire	23 Dec 1941	La Pallice	Patrol 3,	14 days
6.	U-432	21 Jan 1942	La Pallice	16 Mar 1942	La Pallice	Patrol 4,	55 days
7.	U-432	30 Apr 1942	La Pallice	2 Jul 1942	La Pallice	Patrol 5,	64 days
8.	U-432	15 Aug 1942	La Pallice	4 Oct 1942	La Pallice	Patrol 6,	51 days
9.	U-432	30 Nov 1942	La Pallice	5 Jan 1943	La Pallice	Patrol 7,	37 days
10.	U-849	2 Oct 1943	Kiel	25 Nov 1943	Sunk	Patrol 8,	55 days
8 patrols, 325 days at sea

Ships hit by Heinz-Otto Schultze

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
10 Sep 1941	U-432	Muneric	5,229	br	SC-42
10 Sep 1941	U-432	Winterswijk	3,205	nl	SC-42
10 Sep 1941	U-432	Stargard	1,113	nw	SC-42
11 Sep 1941	U-432	Garm	1,231	sw	SC-42
17 Oct 1941	U-432	Bold Venture	3,222	pa	SC-48
17 Oct 1941	U-432	Evros	5,283	gr	SC-48
17 Oct 1941	U-432	Barfonn	9,739	nw	SC-48
28 Oct 1941	U-432	Ulea	1,574	br	HG-75

15 Feb 1942	U-432	Buarque	5,152	bz
18 Feb 1942	U-432	Olinda	4,053	bz
19 Feb 1942	U-432	Miraflores	2,158	br
21 Feb 1942	U-432	Azalea City	5,529	am
27 Feb 1942	U-432	Marore	8,215	am
17 May 1942	U-432	Foam	324	am
23 May 1942	U-432	Zurichmoor	4,455	br
31 May 1942	U-432	Liverpool Packet	1,188	ca
3 Jun 1942	U-432	Ben and Josephine	102	am
3 Jun 1942	U-432	Aeolus	41	am
9 Jun 1942	U-432	Kronprinsen (d.)	7,073	nw	BX-23A
9 Jun 1942	U-432	Malayan Prince (d.)	8,593	br	BX-23A
24 Sep 1942	U-432	Pennmar	5,868	am	SC-100
17 Dec 1942	U-432	Poitou	310	fr
			83,657
20 ships sunk (67,991 tons) and 2 ships damaged (15,666 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged.

About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.