Heinrich Liebe
Fregattenkapitän (Crew 27)
Successes 34 ships sunk, total tonnage 187,267 GRT 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 3,670 GRT |
Born | 29 Jan 1908 | Gotha | |
Died | 27 Jul 1997 | (89) | Eisenach / Thürigen, Germany |
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U-boat Commands
U-boat | From | To | |
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U-2 | 1 Oct 1936 | 31 Jan 1938 | No war patrols |
U-38 | 24 Oct 1938 | 22 Jul 1941 | 9 patrols (328 days) |
Heinrich Liebe began his naval career in April 1927. Starting in 1931 he served on the battleship Schleswig- Holstein, then in September 1935 transferred to the newly-formed U-boat force.
He was one of the few commanders with long and thorough pre-war U-boat experience. In October 1938 he commissioned U-38 and took her on a total of nine patrols. On his last patrol he sank eight ships with a total of 47,279 tons in the waters off Freetown, Africa. During this patrol he received the Oak Leaves to the Knights Cross.
In July 1941 he left U-38 and served for three years as a staff officer at OKM (Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine, Naval High Command).
From August 1944 to the end of the war he served on the staff of the BdU (Commander in Chief U-boats) as 2. SKL, BdU op.
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 Heinrich Liebe
U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
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1. | U-38 | 19 Aug 1939 | Wilhelmshaven | 18 Sep 1939 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol 1, | 31 days | |
2. | U-38 | 14 Nov 1939 | Wilhelmshaven | 16 Dec 1939 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol 2, | 33 days | |
3. | U-38 | 26 Feb 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 5 Apr 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol 3, | 40 days | |
4. | U-38 | 8 Apr 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 27 Apr 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol 4, | 20 days | |
5. | U-38 | 6 Jun 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 2 Jul 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol 5, | 27 days | |
6. | U-38 | 1 Aug 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 3 Sep 1940 | Lorient | Patrol 6, | 34 days | |
7. | U-38 | 25 Sep 1940 | Lorient | 24 Oct 1940 | Lorient | Patrol 7, | 30 days | |
8. | U-38 | 18 Dec 1940 | Lorient | 22 Jan 1941 | Lorient | Patrol 8, | 36 days | |
9. | U-38 | 9 Apr 1941 | Lorient | 24 Jun 1941 | Lorient | Patrol 9, | 77 days | |
9 patrols, 328 days at sea |
Ships hit by Heinrich Liebe
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