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Ulrich Heyse

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 33)


Successes
12 ships sunk for a total of 83.639 GRT

Born  27 Sep, 1906Berlin-Friedenau
Died  19 Nov, 1970


Ulrich Heyse

Ranks

1 Jan, 1934Fähnrich zur See
1 Sep, 1935Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Jun, 1936Leutnant zur See
1 Oct, 1937Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr, 1939Kapitänleutnant
1 Apr, 1943Korvettenkapitän

Decorations

11 Feb, 1940Iron Cross 2nd Class
24 Mar, 1942Iron Cross 1st Class
24 Mar, 1942U-boat War Badge 1939
21 Jan, 1943Knights Cross

U-boat Commands

U-12812 May, 1941 - 28 Feb, 1943  5 patrols (311 days) 

Personal information

Heyse 2
Kptlt. Ulrich Heyse after a patrol.

Ulrich Heyse began his naval career in April 1933. Later he served for more than a year on the destroyer Theodor Riedel, including 12 patrols in the first year of the war. In July 1940 he transferred to the U-boat force. After the usual training he served on U-37 for one patrol as Kommandantenschüler (commander-in-training).

On 12 May, 1941 he commissioned U-128, a Type IXC boat. On the boat's second patrol in February 1942, he operated successfully in North American waters following the first Paukenschlag boats. Later Heyse led U-128 on two patrols in Brazilian waters.

In March 1943 Kptlt. Heyse left U-128 and became a teacher in several ULD's (Unterseebootslehrdivision). In March 1945 he became commander of the 32nd Flotilla.


Patrol info


 U-boatDeparture Arrival  
1. U-128 9 Dec, 1941  Kiel10 Dec, 1941  Kristiansand 2 days
2. U-128 11 Dec, 1941  Kristiansand24 Dec, 1941  LorientPatrol14 days
3. U-128 8 Jan, 1942  Lorient23 Mar, 1942  LorientPatrol75 days
4. U-128 25 Apr, 1942  Lorient22 Jul, 1942  LorientPatrol89 days
5. U-128 2 Sep, 1942  Lorient10 Sep, 1942  LorientPatrol9 days
6. U-128 14 Sep, 1942  Lorient15 Jan, 1943  LorientPatrol124 days

Ships hit by Ulrich Heyse


DateBoatName of shipTonsNat.ConvoyFate *
19 Feb, 1942 U-128Pan Massachusetts8.202 am 
22 Feb, 1942 U-128Cities Service Empire8.103 am 
5 Mar, 1942 U-128O.A. Knudsen11.007 nw 
13 May, 1942 U-128Denpark3.491 br SL-109 
8 Jun, 1942 U-128South Africa9.234 nw 
21 Jun, 1942 U-128West Ira5.681 am 
23 Jun, 1942 U-128Andrea Brøvig10.173 nw 
27 Jun, 1942 U-128Polybius7.041 am 
8 Nov, 1942 U-128Maloja6.400 nw 
10 Nov, 1942 U-128Cerinthus3.878 br ON-141 
10 Nov, 1942 U-128Start Point5.293 br ON-141 
5 Dec, 1942 U-128Teesbank5.136 br 
 83.639

* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.


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