Georg Lassen
Korvettenkapitän (Crew 35)
| Successes 26 ships sunk for a total of 156,082 GRT 5 ships damaged for a total of 34,419 GRT |
| Born | 12 May 1915 | Berlin-Steglitz |
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Ranks
Decorations
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-29 | 3 Jan 1941 | 14 Sep 1941 | No war patrols |
| U-160 | 16 Oct 1941 | 14 Jun 1943 | 4 patrols (328 days) |
Personal information
For more than a year Georg Lassen was I WO on the very successful U-29 under Kptlt. Otto Schuhart. They sank 12 ships for a total of 80,688 tons as well as the aircraft carrier HMS Courageous. From January to September 1941, Kptlt. Georg Lassen was the commander of U-29, which at this time was a training boat in the 24th U-boat flotilla.
On 16 October, 1941 Lassen commissioned the Type IXC U-boat U-160, and on his first patrol as commander in March/April 1942 he sank or damaged six ships for a total of 43,560 tons. Also outstanding was his last patrol in South African waters, where on 3/4 March, 1943 he sank or damaged six ships in less than 5 hours for a total of 41,076 tons. Three days later he received the Oak Leaves cluster to the Knights Cross.
On 9 March, 1943 the daily Wehrmachtsbericht announced:
Der Oberste Befehlshaber verlieh dem Kapitänleutnant Georg Lassen als 208. Soldaten der deutschen Wehrmacht das Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz. Kapitänleutnant Lassen hat auf 4 Feindfahrten 31 Schiffe mit 212,544 BRT versenkt. Zwei weitere Schiffe wurden von ihm torpediert. Siebzehn Schiffe mit 101,860 BRT schoß er aus stark gesicherten Geleitzügen heraus.
Georg Lassen then became a tactics instructor and the chief of the "Offiziers-kompanie" in the 1st ULD (U-Boot-Lehrdivision).
Patrol info for Georg Lassen
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-160 | 24 Feb 1942 | Wilhelmshaven | 24 Feb 1942 | Helgoland | 1 days | ||
| 2. | U-160 | 1 Mar 1942 | Helgoland | 28 Apr 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 1, | 59 days | |
| 3. | U-160 | 20 Jun 1942 | Lorient | 24 Aug 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 2, | 66 days | |
| 4. | U-160 | 23 Sep 1942 | Lorient | 9 Dec 1942 | Lorient | Patrol 3, | 78 days | |
| 5. | U-160 | 6 Jan 1943 | Lorient | 10 May 1943 | Bordeaux | Patrol 4, | 125 days | |
| 4 patrols, 328 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Georg Lassen
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 27 Mar, 1942 | U-160 | Equipoise | 6,210 |  | pa | ||
| 29 Mar, 1942 | U-160 | City of New York | 8,272 |  | am | ||
| 1 Apr, 1942 | U-160 | Rio Blanco | 4,086 |  | br | ||
| 6 Apr, 1942 | U-160 | Bidwell | 6,837 | | am | damaged | |
| 9 Apr, 1942 | U-160 | Malchace | 3,516 | | am | ||
| 11 Apr, 1942 | U-160 | Ulysses | 14,647 | | br | ||
| 16 Jul, 1942 | U-160 | Beaconlight | 6,926 | | pa | ||
| 18 Jul, 1942 | U-160 | Carmona | 5,496 | | pa | ||
| 21 Jul, 1942 | U-160 | Donovania | 8,149 | | br | ||
| 25 Jul, 1942 | U-160 | Telamon | 2,078 |  | nl | ||
| 29 Jul, 1942 | U-160 | Prescodoc | 1,938 |  | ca | ||
| 2 Aug, 1942 | U-160 | Treminnard | 4,694 | | br | ||
| 4 Aug, 1942 | U-160 | Havsten | 6,161 |  | nw | damaged | |
| 16 Oct, 1942 | U-160 | Castle Harbour | 730 | | br | TRIN-19 | |
| 16 Oct, 1942 | U-160 | Winona | 6,197 | | am | TRIN-19 | damaged |
| 3 Nov, 1942 | U-160 | Chr. J. Kampmann | 2,260 | | ca | TAG-18 | |
| 3 Nov, 1942 | U-160 | Gypsum Empress | 4,034 | | br | TAG-18 | |
| 3 Nov, 1942 | U-160 | Leda | 8,546 | | pa | TAG-18 | |
| 3 Nov, 1942 | U-160 | Thorshavet | 11,015 | | nw | TAG-18 | |
| 6 Nov, 1942 | U-160 | Arica | 5,431 | | br | TRIN-24 | |
| 11 Nov, 1942 | U-160 | City of Ripon | 6,368 | | br | ||
| 21 Nov, 1942 | U-160 | Bintang | 6,481 | | nl | ||
| 8 Feb, 1943 | U-160 | Roger B. Taney | 7,191 | | am | ||
| 3 Mar, 1943 | U-160 | Harvey W. Scott | 7,176 | | am | DN-21 | |
| 3 Mar, 1943 | U-160 | Nirpura | 5,961 | | br | DN-21 | |
| 3 Mar, 1943 | U-160 | Tibia | 10,356 | | nl | DN-21 | damaged |
| 4 Mar, 1943 | U-160 | Empire Mahseer | 5,087 | | br | DN-21 | |
| 4 Mar, 1943 | U-160 | Marietta E. | 7,628 | | br | DN-21 | |
| 4 Mar, 1943 | U-160 | Sheaf Crown | 4,868 | | br | DN-21 | damaged |
| 8 Mar, 1943 | U-160 | James B. Stephens | 7,176 | | am | ||
| 11 Mar, 1943 | U-160 | Aelybryn | 4,986 | | br | ||
| 190,501 | |||||||
* 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.
