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Heino von Heimburg

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 4/07)

Successes
21 ships sunk for a total of 55.036 GRT
2 warships sunk for a total of 659 tons
8 ships damaged for a total of 49.699 GRT

Born:24 Oct, 1889  
Dead:Oct, 1945 Stalingrad 

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Ranks

Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

Iron Cross 2nd class
Iron Cross 1st Class
11 Aug, 1917Pour le Mérite

U-boat Commands

UB 1425 Mar, 1915 - 4 Dec, 1915
UB 154 Jun, 1915 - 17 Jun, 1915
UB 146 Feb, 1916 - 16 Jun, 1916
UC 221 Jul, 1916 - 13 Jul, 1917
UB 685 Oct, 1917 - 1 Jul, 1918
U 3514 Oct, 1918 - 11 Nov, 1918

Notes

Was awarded the Pour le Mérite on 11 August 1917 in recognition of outstanding naval operations and for having sunk 62.000 BRT of enemy shipping, including the British submarine E20 and the British troop transport HMS Royal Edward, in the Mediterranean. He also sank the Italian submarine Medusa and the Italian cruiser Amalfi.

At the end of WWII Soviet forces abducted Heino von Heimburg, a then 55-year-old retired naval officer and transported him to POW camp near Stalingrad. He died there in late 1945.

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