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 |
U-boat Commands
| UB 14 | 25 Mar, 1915 | - | 4 Dec, 1915 |
| UB 15 | 4 Jun, 1915 | - | 17 Jun, 1915 |
| UB 14 | 6 Feb, 1916 | - | 16 Jun, 1916 |
| UC 22 | 1 Jul, 1916 | - | 13 Jul, 1917 |
| UB 68 | 5 Oct, 1917 | - | 1 Jul, 1918 |
| U 35 | 14 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.