Heinrich Liebe
Fregattenkapitän (Crew 27)
| Successes 34 ships sunk, total tonnage 187,267 GRT 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 3,670 GRT |
| Born | 29 Jan 1908 | Gotha | |
| Died | 27 Jul 1997 | (89) |
|
|
Ranks
Decorations
|
U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| U-2 | 1 Oct 1936 | 31 Jan 1938 | No war patrols |
| U-38 | 24 Oct 1938 | 22 Jul 1941 | 9 patrols (333 days) |
Kptlt. Heinrich Liebe after a patrol.
Heinrich Liebe began his naval career in April 1927. Starting in 1931 he served on the line ship Schleswig- Holstein, then transferred in September 1935 to the newly formed U-boat force.
He was one of the few commanders with a long and solid pre-war U-boat experience. In October 1938 he commissioned U-38 and made a total of nine patrols with this boat. On his last patrol he sank eight ships with a total of 47,279 tons in the waters off Freetown, Africa. During this patrol he received the Oak Leaves cluster to the Knights Cross.
In July 1941 he left U-38 and served for three years a staff member in the OKM (Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine, German Navy High Command).
From August 1944 to the end of the war he served on the staff of the BdU (2. SKL, BdU op).
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 Heinrich Liebe
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-38 | 19 Aug 1939 | Wilhelmshaven | 18 Sep 1939 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol 1, | 31 days | |
| 2. | U-38 | 14 Nov 1939 | Wilhelmshaven | 16 Dec 1939 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol 2, | 33 days | |
| 3. | U-38 | 26 Feb 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 5 Apr 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol 3, | 40 days | |
| 4. | U-38 | 8 Apr 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 27 Apr 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol 4, | 20 days | |
| 5. | U-38 | 6 Jun 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 2 Jul 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol 5, | 27 days | |
| 6. | U-38 | 1 Aug 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 3 Sep 1940 | Lorient | Patrol 6, | 34 days | |
| 7. | U-38 | 25 Sep 1940 | Lorient | 24 Oct 1940 | Lorient | Patrol 7, | 30 days | |
| 8. | U-38 | 18 Dec 1940 | Lorient | 22 Jan 1941 | Lorient | Patrol 8, | 36 days | |
| 9. | U-38 | 9 Apr 1941 | Lorient | 29 Jun 1941 | Lorient | Patrol 9, | 82 days | |
| 9 patrols, 333 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Heinrich Liebe
Media links
|
