Karl-Franz Heine

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

Successes
1 ship sunk, total tonnage 4,959 GRT

Born	30 Oct 1915		Kiel
Died	18 Aug 1943	(27)	Central Atlantic

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

8 Apr 1934		Offiziersanwärter
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 Mar 1942		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-303	7 Jul 1942	21 May 1943	2 patrols (83 days)
U-403	16 Jun 1943	18 Aug 1943 (+)	1 patrol (37 days)

Patrol info for Karl-Franz Heine

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-303	31 Dec 1942	Kiel	8 Mar 1943	Lorient	Patrol 1,	68 days
2.	U-303	1 Apr 1943	Lorient	15 Apr 1943	La Spezia	Patrol 2,	15 days
3.	U-303	23 Apr 1943	La Spezia	24 Apr 1943	Toulon		2 days
4.	U-303	21 May 1943	Toulon	21 May 1943	Sunk		1 days
5.	U-403	13 Jul 1943	Brest	18 Aug 1943	Sunk	Patrol 3,	37 days
3 patrols, 120 days at sea

Ships hit by Karl-Franz Heine

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons	Convoy
23 Feb 1943	U-303	Expositor	4,959	am	ON-166
	4,959
1 ship sunk (4,959 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel.

Date

U-boat

Name of ship

Tons

Nat.

Convoy

23 Feb 1943

U-303

Expositor

4,959

ON-166

4,959

1 ship sunk (4,959 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.

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.