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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, 1923Berlin
Died  29 Mar, 2008Wunstorf-Idensen, Germany


Hans Georg Hess

Ranks

1 Mar, 1944Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

11 Feb, 1945Knights Cross

U-boat Commands

U-99510 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-boatDeparture Arrival  
1. U-995 14 Oct, 1944  Skjomenfjord11 Nov, 1944  NarvikPatrol29 days
2. U-995 30 Nov, 1944  Narvik9 Dec, 1944  BogenbuchtPatrol10 days
3. U-995 11 Dec, 1944  Bogenbucht7 Jan, 1945  NarvikPatrol28 days
4. U-995 2 Feb, 1945  Narvik6 Mar, 1945  NarvikPatrol33 days
5. U-995 13 Mar, 1945  Narvik25 Mar, 1945  HarstadPatrol13 days
6. U-995 26 Mar, 1945  Harstad28 Mar, 1945  Trondheim 3 days

Ships hit by Hans-Georg Hess


DateBoatName of shipTonsNat.ConvoyFate *
5 Dec, 1944 U-995Proletarij1.123 sj PK-20 
21 Dec, 1944 U-995Reshitel´nyj20 sj 
26 Dec, 1944 U-995RT-52 Som417 sj 
29 Dec, 1944 U-995T-883 (No 37)633 sj KB-37 
 
2 Mar, 1945 U-995BO-224105 sj 
20 Mar, 1945 U-995Horace Bushnell7.176 am JW-65 total loss
 9.474

* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.



U-Boat Adventures

Wiggins, Melanie

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Books dealing with this subject include:

Die Männer von U-995, Hess, Hans-Georg, 1987
Profile Warship 8: Kriegsmarine U-107/Submarine, Rohwer, Jürgen, 1971
U-Boat Adventures, Wiggins, Melanie, 1999


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