Hermann Hesse

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

Successes
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 1,920 tons

Born	10 Mar 1910		Cologne
Died	24 Jun 1943	(33)	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 Feb 1940		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-133	5 Jul 1941	1 Mar 1942	2 patrols (71 days)
U-194	8 Jan 1943	24 Jun 1943 (+)	1 patrol (13 days)

Patrol info for Hermann Hesse

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-133	22 Oct 1941	Kiel	26 Nov 1941	St. Nazaire	Patrol 1,	36 days
2.	U-133	16 Dec 1941	St. Nazaire	26 Dec 1941	Messina	Patrol 2,	11 days
3.	U-133	28 Dec 1941	Messina	29 Dec 1941	Messina	Patrol 2,	2 days
4.	U-133	1 Jan 1942	Messina	22 Jan 1942	Salamis	Patrol 2,	22 days
5.	U-194	12 Jun 1943	Kiel	24 Jun 1943	Sunk	Patrol 3,	13 days
3 patrols, 84 days at sea

Ships hit by Hermann Hesse

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
17 Jan 1942	U-133	HMS Gurkha (G 63)	1,920	br	MW-8B
			1,920
1 ship sunk (1,920 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.