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	\|name=Hans-Georg Hess
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	\|death_date= {{death date and age\|2008\|3\|29\|1923\|5\|6\|df=y}}
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	\|image=Hans-Georg Hess.jpg
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	\|nickname=
	\|allegiance={{flag\|Nazi Germany}}
	\|branch={{navy\|Nazi Germany}}
	\|serviceyears=1940–45
	\|rank='']''
	\|commands={{GS\|U-995\|\|2}}, 10 October 1944 – 8 May 1945
	\|unit=]<br/>]<br/>]<br/>]
	\|battles=
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	'''Hans-Georg Hess''' (6 May 1923 – 29 March 2008) was a ] ] ] of the ]. He commanded a single U-boat from September 1944 until the end of the war, and sank five ships for a total of {{GRT\|2,298\|disp=long}}, and caused another to be declared a total loss for {{GRT\|7,176\|link=off}}. For this he received the highest military and paramilitary award of Nazi Germany, the ].

	==Career==
	]]]
	Hess joined the '']'' as a volunteer in April 1940, when he was 16. He was initially assigned to the surface fleet, where he spent two years on ] before transferring to the U-boat force in April 1942. He was first assigned to {{GS\|U-466\|\|2}} under the command of Captain ] and was with her for her last five patrols, which were mostly spent in the ]. She broke into the ] during her last patrol, but was caught in ] during the ] and was scuttled on 19 August 1944. Hess returned to Germany, having been promoted to '']'' on 1 March 1944.

	He was appointed to command {{GS\|U-995\|\|2}} and took command on 10 October 1944. He eventually carried out a total of five patrols with her in the ], sinking a number of ] ships and causing one American one to be written off. He was awarded the ] on 11 February 1945. With the end of the war, ''U-995'' surrendered on 8 May 1945 in ]. Hess was imprisoned in ], eventually spending a year in captivity.

	After his release he returned to Germany, eventually becoming a ] in ]. He died on 20 March 2008 in ] at the age of 84, and is buried at the village cemetery.

	==Summary of career==

	===Ships attacked===
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	As commander of {{GS\|U-995\|\|2}} Hans-Georg Hess is credited with the sinking of three merchant ships for a total of {{GRT\|1,560\|disp=long}}, an auxiliary warship of {{GRT\|633}}, a warship of {{convert\|105\|LT}} and severely damaging a ship which was later declared a total loss of {{GRT\|7,176}}.
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	!scope="col"\| Name of ship
	!scope="col"\| Flag
	!scope="col"\| Tonnage
	!scope="col"\| Fate
	\|-
	\|align="right"\|5 December 1944
	\|align="left" \|]
	\|align="left" \|{{flag\|Soviet Union}}
	\|align="right"\|1,123
	\|align="left" \|Sunk at {{coord\|69\|57\|N\|32\|53\|E\|type:event\|name=Proletarij (ship)}}
	\|-
	\|align="right"\|21 December 1944
	\|align="left" \|]
	\|align="left" \|{{flag\|Soviet Union}}
	\|align="right"\|20
	\|align="left" \|Sunk at {{coord\|68\|44\|N\|37\|49\|E\|type:event\|name=Reshitel'nyj (ship)}}
	\|-
	\|align="right"\|26 December 1944
	\|align="left" \|]
	\|align="left" \|{{flag\|Soviet Union}}
	\|align="right"\|417
	\|align="left" \|Sunk at {{coord\|68\|41\|N\|38\|58\|E\|type:event\|name=RT-52 Som (ship)}}
	\|-
	\|align="right"\|29 December 1944
	\|align="left" \|]
	\|align="left" \|{{navy\|Soviet Union}}
	\|align="right"\|633
	\|align="left" \|Sunk at {{coord\|68\|41\|N\|38\|58\|E\|type:event\|name=T-883 (No 37) (ship)}}
	\|-
	\|align="right"\|2 March 1945
	\|align="left" \|]
	\|align="left" \|{{navy\|Soviet Union}}
	\|align="right"\|105
	\|align="left" \|Sunk at {{coord\|69\|21\|N\|33\|38\|E\|type:event\|name=BO-224 (ship)}}
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	\|align="right"\|20 March 1945
	\|align="left" \|]
	\|align="left" \|{{flag\|United States\|1912}}
	\|align="right"\|7,176
	\|align="left" \|Damaged at {{coord\|69\|23\|N\|35\|17\|E\|type:event\|name=Horace Bushnell (ship)}}
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	=== Awards ===
	*'']'' (August 1941)<ref name="Busch & Röll p504">Busch & Röll 2003, p. 504.</ref>
	*] (1939)
	** 2nd Class (September 1941)<ref name="Busch & Röll p504"/>
	** 1st Class (November 1944)<ref name="Busch & Röll p505">Busch & Röll 2003, p. 505.</ref>
	*] in Black (August 1943)<ref name="Busch & Röll p505"/>
	*] (1939) (July 1943)<ref name="Busch & Röll p504"/>
	*] on 11 February 1945 as ] of the Reserves and commander of ''U-995''<ref>Scherzer 2007, p. 387.</ref>

	==References==

	===Citations===
	{{Reflist\|25em}}

	===Bibliography===
	{{Refbegin}}
	* {{Cite book
	\|last1=Busch
	\|first1=Rainer
	\|last2=Röll
	\|first2=Hans-Joachim
	\|year=2003
	\|title=Der U-Boot-Krieg 1939–1945 — Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Boot-Waffe von September 1939 bis Mai 1945
	\|trans_title=The U-Boat War 1939–1945 — The Knight's Cross Bearers of the U-Boat Force from September 1939 to May 1945
	\|language=German
	\|location=Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn Germany
	\|publisher=Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn
	\|isbn=978-3-8132-0515-2
	}}
	* {{Cite book
	\|last=Fellgiebel
	\|first=Walther-Peer
	\|authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel
	\|year=2000
	\|origyear=1986
	\|title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile
	\|trans_title=The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches
	\|language=German
	\|location=Friedberg, Germany
	\|publisher=Podzun-Pallas
	\|isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6
	}}
	* {{Cite book
	\|last=Scherzer
	\|first=Veit
	\|year=2007
	\|title=Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives
	\|trans_title=The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives
	\|language=German
	\|location=Jena, Germany
	\|publisher=Scherzers Militaer-Verlag
	\|isbn=978-3-938845-17-2
	}}
	{{Refend}}

	==External links==
	* {{cite web
	\|last=Helgason
	\|first=Guðmundur
	\|website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net
	\|title=Hans-Georg Hess
	\|url=http://www.uboat.net/men/hess.htm
	\|accessdate=16 April 2015
	}}
	*

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	\| portal1=Biography
	\| portal2=Military of Germany
	\| portal3=Submarine
	\| portal4=World War II
	}}

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