| Born | 21 Aug, 1913 | Magdeburg |
| Died | 13 Feb, 1943 | north-west of Lisbon, Portugal |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-8 | 5 Jun, 1940 | - | 9 Jun, 1940 | No war patrols |
| U-554 | 26 Jun, 1941 | - | Mar, 1942 | No war patrols |
| U-620 | 30 Apr, 1942 | - | 13 Feb, 1943 (+) | 2 patrols (119 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-620 | 12 Sep, 1942 | Kiel | 12 Nov, 1942 | La Pallice | Patrol, | 62 days |
| 2. | U-620 | 13 Dec, 1942 | La Pallice | 14 Dec, 1942 | La Pallice | 2 days | |
| 3. | U-620 | 19 Dec, 1942 | La Pallice | 13 Feb, 1943 | Sunk | Patrol, | 57 days |
| 2 patrols, 119 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Heinz Stein
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 11 Jan, 1943 | U-620 | British Dominion | 6.983 |  | br | TM-1 | |
| 6.983 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
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Books dealing with this subject include: Battle Beneath the Waves, Stern, Robert C., 1999 The Enemy We Killed, My Friend, Jones, David C., 1999 (transl.) Kapitänleutnant Otto Steinbrinck, Herzog, Bodo, 1963  Laconia, Perepeczko, Andrzej, 1963 |
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.