Heino von Heimburg

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 4/07)

Successes
19 ships sunk with a total of 44,167 GRT
4 warships sunk with a total of 11,502 tons
8 ships damaged with a total of 49,699 GRT

Born:	24 Oct 1889	Hannover
Died:	Oct 1945	Stalingrad

Ranks

3 Apr 1907		Seekadett
21 Apr 1908		Fähnrich zur See
10 Apr 1911		Leutnant zur See
22 Mar 1914		Oberleutnant zur See
28 Apr 1918		Kapitänleutnant
1 Dec 1926		Korvettenkapitän
1 Oct 1932		Fregattenkapitän
1 Jul 1934		Kapitän zur See
1 Aug 1939		Konteradmiral
1 Apr 1942		Vizeadmiral

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd class
		Iron Cross 1st class
8 Nov 1915		Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
		Empire Silver Medal Imtiaz with Scimitars
		Order of the Iron Crown
		Iron Half Moon
		Liakat Medal
		Order of Leopold
		Friedrich-August Cross (Oldenburg)
11 Aug 1917		Pour le Mérite
1918 or later		House and Merit Order of Peter Frederick Louis (Oldenburg)
1918 or later		U-Boat War Badge
		Order of Military Merit (Bulgaria)
		Honor Cross for Combatants

U-boat Commands

UB 14	25 Mar 1915	-	4 Dec 1915
UB 15	4 Jun 1915	-	17 Jun 1915
UB 14	6 Feb 1916	-	16 Jun 1916
UC 22	1 Jul 1916	-	13 Jul 1917
UB 68	5 Oct 1917	-	1 Jul 1918
U 35	14 Oct 1918	-	11 Nov 1918

Notes

Was awarded the Pour le Mérite on 11 August 1917 in recognition of outstanding naval operations and for having sunk 62.000 BRT of enemy shipping, including the British submarine E20 and the British troop transport HMS Royal Edward, in the Mediterranean. He also sank the Italian submarine Medusa and the Italian cruiser Amalfi.

At the end of WWII Soviet forces abducted Heino von Heimburg, a then 55-year-old retired naval officer and transported him to POW camp near Stalingrad. He died there in late 1945.

Ships hit by Heino von Heimburg

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons

10 Jun 1915	UB 15	Medusa	Submarine	245	it
7 Jul 1915	UB 14	Amalfi	Armored cruiser	10,118	it
13 Aug 1915	UB 14	Royal Edward	Passenger steamer	11,117	ca
2 Sep 1915	UB 14	Southland (d.)	Passenger steamer	11,899	br
7 Oct 1915	UB 14	Katja	Steamer	474	ru
8 Oct 1915	UB 14	Apscheron	Steamer	1,864	ru
6 Nov 1915	UB 14	E 20	Submarine	725	br

28 Sep 1916	UC 22	Emma	Sailing vessel	279	ru
29 Nov 1916	UC 22	Luciston	Steamer	2,948	br
1 Dec 1916	UC 22	Burcombe	Steamer	3,516	br
4 Dec 1916	UC 22	Algerie	Passenger steamer	4,035	fr
28 Dec 1916	UC 22	Oronsay	Steamer	3,761	br
30 Dec 1916	UC 22	Apsleyhall	Steamer	3,882	br

1 Jan 1917	UC 22	Baycraig	Steamer	3,761	br
27 Feb 1917	UC 22	Bellorado (d.)	Steamer	4,649	br
3 Apr 1917	UC 22	Cloughton (d.)	Steamer	4,221	br
3 Apr 1917	UC 22	Oberon (d.)	Tanker	5,142	br
5 Apr 1917	UC 22	AGIA	Sailing vessel	20	gr
5 Apr 1917	UC 22	EVANGELISTRIA	Sailing vessel	29	gr
5 Apr 1917	UC 22	KYRIOTIS	Sailing vessel	19	gr
17 Jun 1917	UC 22	Aghios Georgios	Sailing vessel	16	gr
19 Jun 1917	UC 22	Ariane	Submarine	414	fr

10 Apr 1918	UB 68	Warwickshire (d.)	Passenger steamer	8,012	br
11 Apr 1918	UB 68	Kingstonian (d.)	Steamer	6,564	br
13 Apr 1918	UB 68	Provence Iii (d.)	Steamer	3,941	fr
26 Apr 1918	UB 68	Angelina Di Paola	Sailing vessel	228	it
1 Jun 1918	UB 68	Angelina	Steamer	1,260	it
3 Jun 1918	UB 68	Glaucus	Steamer	5,295	br
12 Jun 1918	UB 68	Monginevro (d.)	Steamer	5,271	it
13 Jun 1918	UC 22	Octo	Steamer	1,620	nw
24 Jun 1918	UB 68	Saint Antoine	Sailing vessel	43	fr
				105,368
23 ships sunk (55,669 tons) and 8 ships damaged (49,699 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. We have a picture of this vessel.