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Hans-Georg Hess

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 40)

Successes
3 ships sunk for a total of 1.560 GRT
1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 633 GRT
1 warship sunk for a total of 105 tons
1 ship a total loss for a total of 7.176 GRT

Born	6 May, 1923	Berlin
Died	29 Mar, 2008	Wunstorf-Idensen, Germany

Hans Georg Hess

Ranks

1 Mar, 1944

Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

11 Feb, 1945

Knights Cross

U-boat Commands

U-995

10 Oct, 1944

8 May, 1945

5 patrols (113 days)

Personal information

Hans Georg Hess on board.

Hans Georg Hess joined the Kriegsmarine at the age of 16 in April 1940 as a volunteer. He spent two years on various minesweepers before transferring to the U-boat force in April 1942.

He made five patrols on U-466, mostly in the North Atlantic. During her fifth patrol the boat managed to break through into the Mediterranean.

In September 1944 Hess took over U-995 and made five patrols in the Arctic Sea. The boat surrendered on 8 May 1945 in Trondheim. Hans Georg Hess then spent a year in Norwegian captivity.

Later he became a lawyer in Hannover. He passed away on 20 March 2008 at his home in Wunstorf-Idensen, Germany and he is buried at the village cemetery.

Patrol info

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-995	14 Oct, 1944	Skjomenfjord	11 Nov, 1944	Narvik	Patrol	29 days
2.	U-995	30 Nov, 1944	Narvik	9 Dec, 1944	Bogenbucht	Patrol	10 days
3.	U-995	11 Dec, 1944	Bogenbucht	7 Jan, 1945	Narvik	Patrol	28 days
4.	U-995	2 Feb, 1945	Narvik	6 Mar, 1945	Narvik	Patrol	33 days
5.	U-995	13 Mar, 1945	Narvik	25 Mar, 1945	Harstad	Patrol	13 days
6.	U-995	26 Mar, 1945	Harstad	28 Mar, 1945	Trondheim		3 days

Ships hit by Hans-Georg Hess

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
5 Dec, 1944	U-995	Proletarij	1.123		sj	PK-20
21 Dec, 1944	U-995	Reshitel´nyj	20		sj
26 Dec, 1944	U-995	RT-52 Som	417		sj
29 Dec, 1944	U-995	T-883 (No 37)	633		sj	KB-37

2 Mar, 1945	U-995	BO-224	105		sj
20 Mar, 1945	U-995	Horace Bushnell	7.176		am	JW-65	total loss
			9.474
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.