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Georg Haag

Born on 23 Apr 1889 in Neu Ulm.
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 in Gerdauen, East Prussia.
Crew 4/13. Leutnant zur See (27 Jan 1916)
Died on 20 Jul 1976

Commands:
U 79

Erich Haecker

Born on 30 Jun 1886 in Bismarckshöhe, West Prussia.
Crew 4/06. Kapitänleutnant (19 Sep 1916)
Died on 27 Apr 1958, Lübeck.

Commands:
UB 6, UC 79

Franz Hagen

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

Commands:
UC 73

Nikolaus Halavanja

Born on 21 Apr 1883 in Fiume (Rijeka).
Crew 1901. 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 in Augsburg.
Crew 4/09. Oberleutnant zur See (2 May 1915)
Died on 15 Jul 1977, Augsburg.

Commands:
UC 4

Max Hammerle

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

Commands:
U 14

Klaus Hansen

Born on 5 Jan 1883 in Cöln.
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 in Dresden.
Crew 4/03. Kapitänleutnant (16 Dec 1914)
Died on 11 Sep 1917, Atlantic.

Commands:
U 49

Kurt Hartwig

Born on 21 Jan 1887 in Hanau.
Crew 4/05. Kapitänleutnant (24 Apr 1916)
Awarded the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern on 20 Jan 1917
Awarded the Pour le Mérite on 3 Oct 1918
Died on 16 Oct 1972, Weinheim.

Commands:
U 32, U 63

Ernst Hashagen

Born on 24 Aug 1885 in Leipzig.
Crew 4/05. Kapitänleutnant (24 Apr 1916)
Awarded the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern on 27 Nov 1917
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 der Reserve (16 Apr 1915)
Died on 12 Apr 1978, Bremen.

Commands:
U 48, U 22

Waldemar Haumann

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

Commands:
U 52, UB 94

Erich Hecht

Born on 17 Jan 1891 in Hannover.
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 in Ronsdorf b. Elberfeld.
Crew 4/01. Kapitänleutnant (19 Sep 1912)
Awarded the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern on 29 Oct 1918
Died on 9 Apr 1941, Krefeld.

Commands:
U 54

Heino von Heimburg

Born on 24 Oct 1889 in Hannover.
Crew 4/07. Kapitänleutnant (28 Apr 1918)
Awarded the Order of Leopold
Awarded the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern on 8 Nov 1915
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 Hennig

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. Kapitänleutnant (17 Oct 1915)
Died on 9 Dec 1958, Heiningen, Thuringen, East Germany.

Commands:
UB 91

Karsten von Heydebreck

Born on 15 Aug 1889 in Bornzin.
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 Apr 1916)
Awarded the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern on 7 Dec 1917

Commands:
U 16, U 46, U 46

Martin Hoffmann

Born on 22 Jun 1888.
Crew 4/07. Oberleutnant zur See (19 Sep 1914)
Died on 9 Sep 1918, North Sea.

Commands:
U 79

Josef Holub

Born on 31 Dec 1885 in Przemysi, Galicia.
Crew 1904. Linenschiffleutnant (1 Nov 1912)
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 in Stettin.
Crew 4/01. Kapitänleutnant (25 Apr 1912)
Died on 17 Feb 1917, W Ireland.

Commands:
U 22, U 83

Eugen Hornyák

Born on 22 Oct 1883 in Budapest.
Crew 1904. 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 Royal House Order of Hohenzollern on 23 Jul 1917
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).
Crew 1906. 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.
Crew 1902. Linenschiffleutnant (1 Nov 1911)
Died on 22 Oct 1975, Budapest.

Commands:
k.u.k. U3

Hans Hufnagel

Born on 27 Nov 1884 in Vandsburg, Flatow (now Wiecbork, Poland).
Crew 4/03. Kapitänleutnant (14 Jul 1914)
Died on 9 Oct 1917, North Sea.

Commands:
U 106

Paul Hundius

Born on 2 Feb 1889 in Gera.
Crew 4/07. Kapitänleutnant (16 Jul 1917)
Awarded the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern on 23 Jul 1917
Awarded the Pour le Mérite on 18 Aug 1918
Died on 14 Aug 1918, off Flanders.

Commands:
UB 16, UC 47, UB 103

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