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| {{Infobox military person | |||
| |name=Hans-Georg Hess | |||
| |birth_date={{birth date|1923|5|6|df=y}} | |||
| |death_date= {{death date and age|2008|3|29|1923|5|6|df=y}} | |||
| |birth_place=] | |||
| |death_place=] | |||
| |image=Hans-Georg Hess.jpg | |||
| |caption= | |||
| |nickname= | |||
| |allegiance={{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} ] | |||
| |branch={{navy|Nazi Germany}} | |||
| |serviceyears=1940–1945 | |||
| |rank=] | |||
| |commands=], 10 October 1944 – 8 May 1945 | |||
| |unit=]<br>]<br>]<br>] | |||
| |battles= | |||
| |awards=] | |||
| |laterwork=}} | |||
| '''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 2,298 ], and caused another to be declared a total loss for 7,176 GRT. For this he received 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 ] 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 ] 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 by the ], 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 a U-boat commander of {{GS|U-995||2}} Hans-Georg Hess is credited with the sinking of 3 merchant ships for a total of {{GRT|1,560|metric=yes|first=yes}}, an auxiliary warships of {{GRT|633|metric=yes}}, a warship of {{GRT|105|metric=yes}} and severely damaging a ship which was later declared a total loss of {{GRT|7,176|metric=yes}}. | |||
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| <center> | |||
| {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;" | |||
| |- | |||
| !scope="col"| Date | |||
| !scope="col"| Name of ship | |||
| !scope="col"| Flag | |||
| !scope="col"| Tonnage | |||
| !scope="col"| Fate | |||
| |- | |||
| | 5 December 1944 | |||
| | ''Proletarij'' | |||
| | style="text-align: left;" | {{flag|Soviet Union}} | |||
| | 1,123 | |||
| | style="text-align: left;" | sunk at {{coord|69|57|N|32|53|E|type:event|name=Proletarij (ship)}} | |||
| |- | |||
| | 21 December 1944 | |||
| | ''Reshitel'nyj'' | |||
| | style="text-align: left;" | {{flag|Soviet Union}} | |||
| | 20 | |||
| | style="text-align: left;" | sunk at {{coord|68|44|N|37|49|E|type:event|name=Reshitel'nyj (ship)}} | |||
| |- | |||
| | 26 December 1944 | |||
| | ''RT-52 Som'' | |||
| | style="text-align: left;" | {{flag|Soviet Union}} | |||
| | 417 | |||
| | style="text-align: left;" | sunk at {{coord|68|41|N|38|58|E|type:event|name=RT-52 Som (ship)}} | |||
| |- | |||
| | 29 December 1944 | |||
| | ''T-883 (No 37)'' | |||
| | style="text-align: left;" | {{flag|Soviet Union}} | |||
| | 633 | |||
| | style="text-align: left;" | sunk at {{coord|68|41|N|38|58|E|type:event|name=T-883 (No 37) (ship)}} | |||
| |- | |||
| | 2 March 1945 | |||
| | ''BO-224'' | |||
| | style="text-align: left;" | {{flag|Soviet Union}} | |||
| | 105 | |||
| | style="text-align: left;" | sunk at {{coord|69|21|N|33|38|E|type:event|name=BO-224 (ship)}} | |||
| |- | |||
| | 20 March 1945 | |||
| | ''Horace Bushnell'' | |||
| | style="text-align: left;" | {{flag|United States}} | |||
| | 7,176 | |||
| | style="text-align: left;" | damaged at {{coord|69|23|N|35|17|E|type:event|name=Horace Bushnell (ship)}} | |||
| |} | |||
| </center> | |||
| === Awards === | |||
| *'']'' (August 1941)<ref name="Busch and Röll p504">Busch and Röll 2003, p. 504.</ref> | |||
| *] (1939) | |||
| ** 2nd Class (September 1941)<ref name="Busch and Röll p504"/> | |||
| ** 1st Class (November 1944)<ref name="Busch and Röll p505">Busch and Röll 2003, p. 505.</ref> | |||
| *] in Black (August 1943)<ref name="Busch and Röll p505"/> | |||
| *] (1939) (July 1943)<ref name="Busch and Röll p504"/> | |||
| *] on 11 February 1945 as ] of the Reserves and commander of ''U-995''<ref>Scherzer 2007, p. 387.</ref> | |||
| ==References== | |||
| ;Citations | |||
| {{Reflist}} | |||
| ;Bibliography | |||
| {{Refbegin}} | |||
| * Busch, Rainer & Röll, Hans-Joachim (2003). ''Der U-Boot-Krieg 1939-1945 - Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Boot-Waffe von September 1939 bis Mai 1945'' (in German). Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn Germany: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn. ISBN 3-8132-0515-0. | |||
| * Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). ''Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945''. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5. | |||
| * Kurowski, Franz (1995). ''Knight's Cross Holders of the U-Boat Service''. Schiffer Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-88740-748-X. | |||
| * Range, Clemens (1974). ''Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine''. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-87943-355-0. | |||
| * Scherzer, Veit (2007). ''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'' (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. | |||
| {{Refend}} | |||
| ;External links | |||
| {{Portal|Military of Germany|Submarine}} | |||
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| * | |||
| {{Knight's Cross recipients of the U-boat service}} | |||
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| {{Persondata | |||
| |NAME= Hess, Hans-Georg | |||
| |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= | |||
| |SHORT DESCRIPTION=German World War II U-boat commander | |||
| |DATE OF BIRTH=6 May 1923 | |||
| |PLACE OF BIRTH=] | |||
| |DATE OF DEATH=29 March 2008 | |||
| |PLACE OF DEATH=] | |||
| }} | |||
| {{DEFAULTSORT:Hess, Hans-Georg}} | |||
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