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Fritz Hein

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)


Successes
2 ships sunk for a total of 7,559 GRT
1 ship damaged for a total of 7,176 GRT
1 ship a total loss for a total of 9,551 GRT

Born  25 Dec 1919 Gumbinnen, East Prussia
Died  22 Feb 1945(25)west of Cadiz

Ranks

1 Oct 1938Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1939Seekadett
1 Dec 1939Fähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1940Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1941Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1943Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-300 29 Dec 1943 22 Feb 1945  (+)  4 patrols (127 days) 

Patrol info for Fritz Hein


 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-300 13 Jul 1944  Kiel  15 Jul 1944  Horten  Patrol 1,3 days
2. U-300 18 Jul 1944  Horten  17 Aug 1944  Trondheim  Patrol 2,31 days
3. U-300 4 Oct 1944  Trondheim  2 Dec 1944  Stavanger  Patrol 3,60 days
4. U-300 21 Jan 1945  Stavanger  22 Feb 1945  Sunk  Patrol 4,33 days
4 patrols, 127 days at sea

Ships hit by Fritz Hein


Date BoatName of shipTonsNat.ConvoyFate *
10 Nov, 1944 U-300 Godafoss1,542  is  UR-142 
10 Nov, 1944 U-300 Shirvan6,017  br  UR-142 
 
17 Feb, 1945 U-300 Michael J. Stone7,176  am  UGS-72 damaged
17 Feb, 1945 U-300 Regent Lion9,551  br  UGS-72 total loss
 24,286

* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.



Blood on the Sea
Parkin, Robert Sinclair


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Books dealing with this subject include:

Alemania pudo Vencer. Assmann, Kurt, et al., 1955.
Blood on the Sea. Parkin, Robert Sinclair, 1996.
Feindfahrten. Hirschfeld, Wolfgang, 1991.
Funkpeilung als alliierte Waffe gegen deutsche U-boote 1939-1945. Bauer, Arthur O., 1997.
Die Männer von U 96. Wiebicke, Karl, 1934.
Trial of Heinz Eck, August Hoffmann, Walter Weisspfennig, Hans Richard Lenz and Wolfgang Schwender (The Peleus Trial). Cameron, John (editor), 1948.
U-Boat Far from Home. Stevens, David, 1997.
Verdammter Atlantik. Herlin, Hans, 1994. (transl.)
Von Kolberg über La Rochelle nach Berlin. Marbach, Karl-Heinz, 1994.
The War Diaries of U-764. Guske, Heinz F. K., 1996.


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