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 | |
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Died | 27 Jul 1997 | (89) | Eisenach / Thürigen, Germany |
U-boat Commands
U-boat | From | To | |
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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 | ||
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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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