Horst Hepp
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)
Successes 4 ships sunk, total tonnage 23,048 GRT 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 7,176 GRT |
Born | 10 Oct 1917 | Kempen | |
Died | 9 Feb 1944 | (26) | North Atlantic |
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U-boat Commands
U-boat | From | To | |
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U-272 | 7 Oct 1942 | 12 Nov 1942 | No war patrols |
U-238 | 20 Feb 1943 | 9 Feb 1944 (+) | 3 patrols (80 days) |
The four ships sunk and one damaged in two separate attacks (on the 20th and 23rd) on convoy ON-202 in Sept 1943 was the best performance of any U-boat in the Atlantic for many months. Hepp proved to be a a highly successful commander under extremely difficult conditions on this first patrol.
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 Horst Hepp
U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
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1. | U-238 | 12 Aug 1943 | Kiel | 16 Aug 1943 | Bergen | 5 days | ||
2. | U-238 | 24 Aug 1943 | Bergen | 26 Aug 1943 | Trondheim | 3 days | ||
3. | U-238 | 5 Sep 1943 | Trondheim | 8 Oct 1943 | Brest | Patrol 1, | 34 days | |
4. | U-238 | 11 Nov 1943 | Brest | 12 Dec 1943 | Brest | Patrol 2, | 32 days | |
5. | U-238 | 27 Jan 1944 | Brest | 9 Feb 1944 | Sunk | Patrol 3, | 14 days | |
3 patrols, 80 days at sea |
Ships hit by Horst Hepp
Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | |||
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20 Sep 1943 | U-238 | Frederick Douglass (d.) | 7,176 | am | ON-202 | |||
20 Sep 1943 | U-238 | Theodore Dwight Weld | 7,176 | am | ON-202 | |||
23 Sep 1943 | U-238 | Fort Jemseg | 7,134 | br | ON-202 | |||
23 Sep 1943 | U-238 | Oregon Express | 3,642 | nw | ON-202 | |||
23 Sep 1943 | U-238 | Skjelbred | 5,096 | nw | ON-202 | |||
30,224 | ||||||||
4 ships sunk (23,048 tons) and 1 ship damaged (7,176 tons). Legend |
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.
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