Hans-Heinz Linder
Korvettenkapitän (Crew 33)
| Successes 7 ships sunk, total tonnage 24,811 GRT 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 8,882 GRT |
| Born | 11 Feb 1913 | Otterberg, Kaiserslautern | |
| Died | 10 Sep 1944 | (31) |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-18 | 3 Sep 1940 | 17 Dec 1940 | No war patrols |
| U-202 | 22 Mar 1941 | 1 Sep 1942 | 6 patrols (236 days) |
Hans-Heinz Linder joined the Reichsmarine in 1933. He went through U-boat training from Nov 1939 to Aug 1940. Linder commanded the small "duck" school boat U-18 from 3 Sept to 17 Dec 1940 (Busch & Röll, 1999).
He joined the U-96 (Kptlt. Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock) for a U-boat Commander sea training from Jan to March 1941. During this patrol U-96 sank 7 ships for over 45,000 tons (Rohwer, 1998).
Linder went through his U-boat familiarization (Baubelehrung) in preparation for his own command. Hans-Heinz Linder commissioned the new type VIIC boat U-202 at Kiel on 22 March 1941. For the next 3 months he worked up boat and men in the Baltic (Busch & Röll, 1999).
Linder left Kiel, Germany for his patrol as Commander on 17 June 1941. He would operate the U-202 on 6 patrols, spending 236 days at sea (Busch & Röll, 1997). He was successful and sank 7 ships for almost 25,000 tons and damaged a large ship of 8,882 tons (Rohwer, 1998). Linder operated his boat very effectively and often escaped tough situations.
On 1 Sept 1942 Kptlt. Linder left U-202 and served in the 1st Flotilla until Nov when he joined 2/Adm U-boats until Jan 1943. From Jan 1943 to Sept 1944 he served as a Training Leader in the 25th Flotilla (Busch & Röll, 1999).
Kptlt. Hans-Heinz Linder died on 10 Sept 1944 (Busch & Röll, 1999).
Sources
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1997). Der U-Bootkrieg 1939-1945 (Band 2).
Rohwer, J. (1998). Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two.
Patrol info for Hans-Heinz Linder
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-202 | 17 Jun 1941 | Kiel | 23 Jul 1941 | Brest | Patrol 1, | 37 days | |
| 2. | U-202 | 11 Aug 1941 | Brest | 17 Sep 1941 | Brest | Patrol 2, | 38 days | |
| 3. | U-202 | 16 Oct 1941 | Brest | 13 Nov 1941 | Brest | Patrol 3, | 29 days | |
| 4. | U-202 | 13 Dec 1941 | Brest | 27 Dec 1941 | Brest | Patrol 4, | 15 days | |
| 5. | U-202 | 1 Mar 1942 | Brest | 26 Apr 1942 | Brest | Patrol 5, | 57 days | |
| 6. | U-202 | 27 May 1942 | Brest | 25 Jul 1942 | Brest | Patrol 6, | 60 days | |
| 6 patrols, 236 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Hans-Heinz Linder
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
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| 27 Aug 1941 | U-202 |  | Ladylove | 230 |  | br | |
| 11 Sep 1941 | U-202 | | Scania | 1,999 |  | sw | SC-42 |
| 3 Nov 1941 | U-202 | | Flynderborg | 2,022 | | br | SC-52 |
| 3 Nov 1941 | U-202 | | Gretavale | 4,586 | | br | SC-52 |
| 22 Mar 1942 | U-202 | | Athelviscount (d.) | 8,882 | | br | ON-75 |
| 1 Apr 1942 | U-202 | Loch Don | 5,249 | | br | ||
| 22 Jun 1942 | U-202 | | Rio Tercero | 4,864 |  | ar | |
| 1 Jul 1942 | U-202 | | City of Birmingham | 5,861 |  | am | |
| 33,693 | |||||||
7 ships sunk (24,811 tons) and 1 ship damaged (8,882 tons). Legend | |||||||
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