Siegfried Hesemann

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 34)

Successes
3 ships sunk, total tonnage 18,782 GRT

Born	7 Jul 1912		Dortmund-Dorstfeld
Died	12 May 1943	(30)	North Atlantic

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

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 Dec 1941		Kapitänleutnant
1 May 1943		Korvettenkapitän

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-186	10 Jul 1942	12 May 1943 (+)	2 patrols (91 days)

Patrol info for Siegfried Hesemann

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-186	31 Dec 1942	Kiel	5 Mar 1943	Lorient	Patrol 1,	65 days
2.	U-186	17 Apr 1943	Lorient	12 May 1943	Sunk	Patrol 2,	26 days
2 patrols, 91 days at sea

Ships hit by Siegfried Hesemann

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
11 Jan 1943	U-186	Ocean Vagabond	7,174	br	SC-115
23 Feb 1943	U-186	Hastings	5,401	am	ON-166
23 Feb 1943	U-186	Eulima	6,207	br	ON-166
			18,782
3 ships sunk (18,782 tons).

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.