The Men - U-boat Commanders

Karl-Heinz Lange

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)

Successes
1 ship sunk, total tonnage 7,176 GRT
2 warships sunk, total tonnage 1,171 tons
1 warship a total loss, total tonnage 1,653 tons

Born	10 Feb 1918		Strasbourg
Died	26 Aug 1944	(26)	Bay of Biscay

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

21 Sep 1937		Seekadett
1 May 1938		Fähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1939		Leutnant zur See
1 Sep 1941		Oberleutnant zur See
1944		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
		Iron Cross 1st Class
25 Aug 1944		German Cross in Gold

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-667	10 Jul 1944	26 Aug 1944 (+)	1 patrol (36 days)

Patrol info for Karl-Heinz Lange

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-667	22 Jul 1944	St. Nazaire	26 Aug 1944	Sunk	Patrol 1,	36 days

Ships hit by Karl-Heinz Lange

Date	U-boat		Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy
8 Aug 1944	U-667		Ezra Weston	7,176		am	EBC-66
8 Aug 1944	U-667		HMCS Regina (K 234)	925		ca	EBC-66
14 Aug 1944	U-667		USS LST-921 (t.)	1,653		am	EBC-72
14 Aug 1944	U-667		HMS LCI(L)-99	246		br	EBC-72
				10,000
4 ships sunk (10,000 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (t.) means the ship was a total loss (included in ships & tonnage lost).

Media links

U-Boat Attack Logs
Daniel Morgan and Bruce Taylor

amazon.co.uk
(£ 38.25)

German U-boat Commanders of World War II
Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders

As an Amazon Associate uboat.net earns a commission from qualifying purchases.