Heinrich Göllnitz

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 34)

Successes
1 ship sunk, total tonnage 5,196 GRT

Born	30 Aug 1909		Grossenhain, Saxony
Died	17 May 1943	(33)	Cape Farewell

Ranks

8 Apr 1934		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1935		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1937		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1937		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1939		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Mar 1942		Kapitänleutnant
1 May 1943		Korvettenkapitän

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-657	20 Dec 1941	17 May 1943 (+)	7 patrols (165 days)

Patrol info for Heinrich Göllnitz

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-657	18 Mar 1942	Hamburg	19 Mar 1942	Hamburg		2 days
2.	U-657	21 Mar 1942	Hamburg	22 Mar 1942	Helgoland		2 days
3.	U-657	26 Mar 1942	Helgoland	11 Apr 1942	Trondheim	Patrol 1,	17 days
4.	U-657	17 Jun 1942	Trondheim	9 Jul 1942	Skjomenfjord	Patrol 2,	23 days
5.	U-657	23 Jul 1942	Skjomenfjord	16 Aug 1942	Skjomenfjord	Patrol 3,	25 days
6.	U-657	17 Aug 1942	Skjomenfjord	20 Aug 1942	Bergen		4 days
7.	U-657	22 Aug 1942	Bergen	27 Aug 1942	Hamburg		6 days
8.	U-657	4 Nov 1942	Hamburg	4 Nov 1942	Kiel		1 days
9.	U-657	12 Nov 1942	Kiel	13 Nov 1942	Kristiansand		2 days
10.	U-657	14 Nov 1942	Kristiansand	15 Nov 1942	Bergen		2 days
11.	U-657	18 Nov 1942	Bergen	21 Nov 1942	Narvik		4 days
12.	U-657	22 Nov 1942	Narvik	25 Dec 1942	Narvik	Patrol 4,	34 days
13.	U-657	20 Jan 1943	Narvik	21 Jan 1943	Tromsö		2 days
14.	U-657	23 Jan 1943	Tromsö	14 Feb 1943	Hammerfest	Patrol 5,	23 days
15.	U-657	15 Feb 1943	Hammerfest	15 Mar 1943	Narvik	Patrol 6,	29 days
16.	U-657	16 Mar 1943	Narvik	19 Mar 1943	Bergen		4 days
17.	U-657	24 Apr 1943	Bergen	28 Apr 1943	Trondheim		5 days
18.	U-657	4 May 1943	Trondheim	17 May 1943	Sunk	Patrol 7,	14 days
7 patrols, 165 days at sea

Ships hit by Heinrich Göllnitz

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons	Convoy
17 May 1943	U-657	Aymeric	5,196	br	ONS-7
	5,196
1 ship sunk (5,196 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel.

Date

U-boat

Name of ship

Tons

Nat.

Convoy

17 May 1943

U-657

Aymeric

5,196

ONS-7

5,196

1 ship sunk (5,196 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.

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.