Heimar Wedemeyer

Kapitänleutnant (R)


Successes
1 ship sunk, total tonnage 7,540 GRT
2 warships sunk, total tonnage 1,250 tons

Born  22 Sep 1906 Marburg, Lahn
Died  13 Nov 1998(92)


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Ranks

1 Nov 1943 Kapitänleutnant (R)

Decorations

  Iron Cross 2nd Class
  Iron Cross 1st Class
5 Nov 1944 German Cross in Gold

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-365 8 Jun 1943 17 Nov 1944   7 patrols (142 days) 

Heimar Wedemeyer, possibly promoted to officer status during the war, did not belong to Crew 34. He may have been belatedly attached to the Crew for administrative purposes by the Navy’s personnel office, but he did not share the common training experience of the Crew’s regular members nor did he participate in any Crew events, such as reunions after the war (Rust, 2009).

Sources

Rust, E. (2009) E-mail correspondence. Author of Naval Officers under Hitler.

Patrol info for Heimar Wedemeyer

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-365 19 Feb 1944  Kiel  22 Feb 1944  Bergen   4 days
2. U-365 26 Mar 1944  Bergen  5 Apr 1944  Bergen  Patrol 1,11 days
3. U-365 8 Apr 1944  Bergen  24 Apr 1944  Bergen  Patrol 2,17 days
4. U-365 1 May 1944  Bergen  21 May 1944  Bergen  Patrol 3,21 days
5. U-365 3 Jun 1944  Bergen  7 Jun 1944  Skjomenford   5 days
6. U-365 23 Jun 1944  Skjomenford  22 Jul 1944  Hammerfest  Patrol 4,30 days
7. U-365 5 Aug 1944  Hammerfest  25 Aug 1944  Hammerfest  Patrol 5,21 days
8. U-365 27 Aug 1944  Hammerfest  28 Aug 1944  Narvik   2 days
9. U-365 6 Sep 1944  Narvik  8 Sep 1944  Bogenbucht  Patrol 6,3 days
10. U-365 28 Sep 1944  Bogenbucht  3 Oct 1944  Bogenbucht  Patrol 6,6 days
11. U-365 7 Oct 1944  Bogenbucht  8 Oct 1944  Tromsö  Patrol 7,2 days
12. U-365 12 Oct 1944  Tromsö  11 Nov 1944  Kilbotn  Patrol 7,31 days
7 patrols, 142 days at sea

Ships hit by Heimar Wedemeyer

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
12 Aug 1944U-365 Marina Raskova7,540sjBD-5
12 Aug 1944U-365 T-118625sjBD-5
12 Aug 1944U-365 T-114625sjBD-5
 8,790

3 ships sunk (8,790 tons).

Legend
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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


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