Heinrich Grote

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)



No ships sunk or damaged.


Born  9 Nov 1920 Lingen, Ems
Died  25 Oct 1995(74)Hamburg, Germany


Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

1 Oct 1938 Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1939 Seekadett
1 Dec 1939 Fähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1940 Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1941 Leutnant zur See
1 Jan 1943 Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-3516 Mar, 1945 2 May 1945   No war patrols 

After the war he joined the post-war German Navy, Bundesmarine, and later retired as Flottillenadmiral (e. Commodore or Rear ADmiral).

Special thanks to Mr. Fernando Almeida for details on date of death and post-war career.

Patrol info for Heinrich Grote

This commander did not go out on patrols with his boats.


About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.

Media links


German U-boat Commanders of World War II

Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders


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