Karl-Heinz Hagenau

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37b)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	31 Aug 1919		Remscheid
Died	1993	(73)

Ranks

9 Oct 1937		Offiziersanwärter
28 Jun 1938		Seekadett
1 Apr 1939		Fähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1940		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 May 1940		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1942		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jan 1945		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

15 May 1940		Iron Cross 2nd Class
1 Oct 1940		Destroyer War Badge
1 Oct 1940		Narvik Shield
15 Nov 1940		Minesweeper War Badge
5 Jan 1943		U-boat War Badge 1939
20 Apr 1944		War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-34	2 Feb 1943	11 Jun 1943	No war patrols
U-704	12 Jun 1943	Apr, 1944	No war patrols

Served aboard Zerstörer Z22 "Anton Schmitt" during Norwegian campaign where it was sunk by 2nd British Destroyer Fleet on 10 April 1940 after which he joined Marine Regiment Narvik a unit set up consisting of Kriegsmarine members whose ships had been destroyed then to Küstensicherungsverband West.

In 1942 he retrained in the U-boat arm, July to 3 U-boot Flottille aboard U-432 for 2 patrols, February 43 to 24 U-boot Flottille in command of U-34 a training ship, September 43 to 23 U-boot Flottille in command of U-704 another training ship, August 44 as "Schießleiter" with Lehrkommando 300 Kleinkampfverbande unit equipped with "Seehund" 2 man midget submarines.

Patrol info for Karl-Heinz Hagenau

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.