Hans-Dieter Heinicke
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 33)
| Successes 4 ships sunk for a total of 15,450 GRT 2 ships damaged for a total of 19,457 GRT |
| Born | 18 May 1913 | Gera, Thüringen | |
| Died | 15 Jul 1942 | (29) | Cape Hatteras, US coast |
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Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-576 | 26 Jun 1941 | 15 Jul 1942 (+) | 5 patrols (163 days) |
Patrol info for Hans-Dieter Heinicke
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-576 | 27 Sep 1941 | Kiel | 29 Sep 1941 | Bergen | 3 days | ||
| 2. | U-576 | 30 Sep 1941 | Bergen | 5 Oct 1941 | Kirkenes | 6 days | ||
| 3. | U-576 | 6 Oct 1941 | Kirkenes | 5 Nov 1941 | Kirkenes | Patrol 1, | 31 days | |
| 4. | U-576 | 8 Nov 1941 | Kirkenes | 12 Nov 1941 | Bergen | 5 days | ||
| 5. | U-576 | 11 Dec 1941 | Bergen | 23 Dec 1941 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 2, | 13 days | |
| 6. | U-576 | 20 Jan 1942 | St. Nazaire | 28 Feb 1942 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 3, | 40 days | |
| 7. | U-576 | 29 Mar 1942 | St. Nazaire | 16 May 1942 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 4, | 49 days | |
| 8. | U-576 | 16 Jun 1942 | St. Nazaire | 15 Jul 1942 | Sunk | Patrol 5, | 30 days | |
| 5 patrols, 163 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Hans-Dieter Heinicke
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
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| 14 Feb 1942 | U-576 | Empire Spring | 6,946 |  | br | ON-63 | |
| 21 Apr 1942 | U-576 |  | Pipestone County | 5,102 |  | am | |
| 30 Apr 1942 | U-576 | Taborfjell | 1,339 |  | nw | ||
| 15 Jul 1942 | U-576 | | Bluefields | 2,063 |  | ni | KS-520 |
| 15 Jul 1942 | U-576 | | Chilore (d.) | 8,310 | | am | KS-520 |
| 15 Jul 1942 | U-576 | | J.A. Mowinckel (d.) | 11,147 |  | pa | KS-520 |
| 34,907 | |||||||
4 ships sunk (15,450 tons) and 2 ships damaged (19,457 tons). Legend | |||||||
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.