Fregattenkapitän Heinrich Liebe - German U-boat Commanders of WWII - The Men of the Kriegsmarine (original) (raw)

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) Eisenach / Thürigen, Germany

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 (328 days)


Kptlt. Heinrich Liebe after a patrol.

Heinrich Liebe began his naval career in April 1927. Starting in 1931 he served on the battleship Schleswig- Holstein, then in September 1935 transferred to the newly-formed U-boat force.

He was one of the few commanders with long and thorough pre-war U-boat experience. In October 1938 he commissioned U-38 and took her on a total of nine patrols. 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 to the Knights Cross.

In July 1941 he left U-38 and served for three years as a staff officer at OKM (Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine, Naval High Command).

From August 1944 to the end of the war he served on the staff of the BdU (Commander in Chief U-boats) as 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 | 24 Jun 1941 | Lorient | Patrol 9, | 77 days | | 9 patrols, 328 days at sea | | | | | | | |

Ships hit by Heinrich Liebe

Date U-boat Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
6 Sep 1939 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Manaar 7,242 br
11 Sep 1939 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Inverliffey 9,456 br
7 Dec 1939 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Thomas Walton 4,460 br
11 Dec 1939 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Garoufalia 4,708 gr
13 Dec 1939 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Deptford 4,101 br
9 Mar 1940 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Leukos 216 ir
17 Mar 1940 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Argentina 5,375 da
21 Mar 1940 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Algier 1,654 da
21 Mar 1940 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Christiansborg 3,270 da
26 Mar 1940 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Cometa 3,794 nw
2 Apr 1940 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Signe 1,540 fi HN-23A
14 Jun 1940 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Mount Myrto 5,403 gr
15 Jun 1940 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Italia 9,973 nw HX-47
15 Jun 1940 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Erik Boye 2,238 ca HX-47
20 Jun 1940 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Tilia Gorthon 1,776 sw
21 Jun 1940 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Luxembourg 5,809 be
22 Jun 1940 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Neion 5,154 gr
7 Aug 1940 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Mohamed Ali El-Kebir 7,527 br
11 Aug 1940 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Llanfair 4,966 br SL-41
31 Aug 1940 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Har Zion 2,508 br OB-205
1 Oct 1940 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Highland Patriot 14,172 br
17 Oct 1940 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Aenos 3,554 gr SC-7
18 Oct 1940 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Carsbreck (d.) 3,670 br SC-7
19 Oct 1940 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Matheran 7,653 br HX-79
19 Oct 1940 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Bilderdijk 6,856 nl HX-79
27 Dec 1940 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Waiotira 12,823 br
31 Dec 1940 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Valparaiso 3,760 sw HX-97
4 May 1941 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Japan 5,230 sw OB-310
5 May 1941 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Queen Maud 4,976 br OB-309
23 May 1941 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Berhala 6,622 nl OB-318
24 May 1941 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Vulcain 4,362 br OB-317
29 May 1941 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Tabaristan 6,251 br
30 May 1941 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Empire Protector 6,181 br
31 May 1941 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Rinda 6,029 nw
8 Jun 1941 U-38 Heinrich Liebe Kingston Hill 7,628 br
190,937
34 ships sunk (187,267 tons) and 1 ship damaged (3,670 tons).Legend We have a picture of this vessel.(d.) means the ship was damaged.

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