Heinrich Hasenschar

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)


Successes
4 ships sunk, total tonnage 21,765 GRT
3 ships damaged, total tonnage 20,450 GRT

Born  27 Sep 1916 Hoeringhausen / Waldeck
Died  3 Jul 1943(26)Cape Ortegal


Ranks

3 Apr 1936 Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936 Seekadett
1 May 1937 Fähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1938 Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1940 Oberleutnant zur See
1 Mar 1943 Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

  Iron Cross 2nd Class
  Iron Cross 1st Class
7 Jul 1943 German Cross in Gold (posthumous)

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-29 15 Sep 1941 5 May 1942   No war patrols 
U-628 25 Jun 1942 3 Jul 1943  (+)  4 patrols (124 days) 

Heinrich Hasenschar joined the Kriegsmarine in 1936, and was part of the Olympia Crew. He went through U-boat training from Oct 1939 to June 1940, then served on the small "duck" U-59 ( Matz) until Dec 1940 (Busch & Röll, 1999).

Oblt. Hasenschar then joined the crew of the newly commissioned U-751 (Bigalk), leaving it to begin U-boat Commander training with the 24th (Training) Flotilla. On 15 Sept 1941 he took over command of the veteran type VIIA boat U-29 (Busch & Röll, 1999), famous for sinking the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous (50) at the start of the war. Hasenschar spent that winter in the Baltic learning how to handle the boat in preparation for active service, giving him extensive experience - over 90 days at sea - before his next command.

Hansenschar began Baubelehrung (U-boat construction familiarization) in May 1942, and commissioned the brand-new U-628 on 25 June 1942 (Busch & Röll, 1999).

U-628 was sunk with all hands on 3 July 1943 NW of Cape Ortegal, Spain by a British B-24 Liberator bomber (Niestlé, 1998).

Sources

Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Niestlé, A. (1998). German U-boat losses during World War II.

Patrol info for Heinrich Hasenschar

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-628 28 Nov 1942  Kiel  8 Jan 1943  Brest  Patrol 1,42 days
2. U-628 1 Feb 1943  Brest  9 Mar 1943  Brest  Patrol 2,37 days
3. U-628 8 Apr 1943  Brest  19 May 1943  Brest  Patrol 3,42 days
4. U-628 1 Jul 1943  Brest  3 Jul 1943  Sunk  Patrol 4,3 days
4 patrols, 124 days at sea

Ships hit by Heinrich Hasenschar

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
29 Dec 1942U-628 Lynton Grange5,029brONS-154
 
23 Feb 1943U-628 Glittre (d.)6,409nwON-166
23 Feb 1943U-628 Winkler (d.)6,907paON-166
24 Feb 1943U-628 Ingria4,391nwON-166
25 Feb 1943U-628 Manchester Merchant7,264brON-166
17 Apr 1943U-628 Fort Rampart (d.)7,134brHX-233
5 May 1943U-628 Harbury5,081brONS-5
 42,215

4 ships sunk (21,765 tons) and 3 ships damaged (20,450 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.
(d.) means the ship was damaged.


About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.

Media links


German U-boat Commanders of World War II

Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders


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