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 | Cape Hatteras, US coast |
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Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| 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, | 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 | 13 days | |
| 6. | U-576 | 20 Jan, 1942 | St. Nazaire | 28 Feb, 1942 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 40 days |
| 7. | U-576 | 29 Mar, 1942 | St. Nazaire | 16 May, 1942 | St. Nazaire | Patrol, | 49 days |
| 8. | U-576 | 16 Jun, 1942 | St. Nazaire | 15 Jul, 1942 | Sunk | Patrol, | 30 days |
| 4 patrols, 150 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Hans-Dieter Heinicke
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 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 | 8.310 | | am | KS-520 | damaged |
| 15 Jul, 1942 | U-576 | J.A. Mowinckel | 11.147 |  | pa | KS-520 | damaged |
| 34.907 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.