Talk:Georg Lassen

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From the lead:

• He sank 26 ships for a total of 156,082 gross register tons (GRT) during four patrols, leading to a remarkable average of 39,020 GRT per patrol. His total tonnage made him the 10th most successful U-boat ace of the war.

Biography

Lassen was born in Steglitz, a Berlin suburb. He joined the Kriegsmarine as Seekadett on 25 September 1935. When World War II started, Lassen was an Oberleutnant zur See and serving as I. Wachoffizier (1st Watch Officer) on U-29 under Kapitänleutnant Otto Schuhart. While serving with U-29 Schuhart sank 13 ships, including the aircraft carrier HMS Courageous. On 3 January 1941 Lassen assumed command over the U-29, which served as a training boat in 24th U-boat Flotilla by this time. He ended his command on 14 September.

On 16 October 1941 Lassen commissioned the Type IXC U-Uboat U-160. Lassen spent about four months training the crew and testing the boat with 4th U-boat Flotilla, before U-160 became operational and was transferred to 10th U-boat Flotilla on 1 March 1942.

U-160 left on her first patrol in early March 1942. During this patrol Lassen sank or damaged six ships for a total of 43,560 GRT. On 10 August 1942 he received the Ritterkreuz. On 1 September he was promoted to Kapitänleutnant. On his fourth and final patrol to South African waters in March 1943 he sank or damaged six ships in less than five hours for a total of 41,076 GRT during the night between 3 March and 4 March. On 8 March 1943 he sank the SS James B. Stephens and on 9 March he received a radio message awarding him with the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub (Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves). On 14 June 1943 Lassen was transferred away from U-160 to take up duties as a tactics instructor and commander of the "Offiziers-Kompanie" in 1. U-Boot-Lehrdivision, a training unit for future U-boat commanders. On 1 April 1945 he was promoted to Korvettenkapitän.

On 15 April 1945, Lassen took command of TS Pretoria, then a converted hospital ship. The ship transported 2,000 wounded and 200 refugees, and also the coffins of Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg and his wife, and the regimental colors from the Tannenberg Memorial from Pillau, present-day Baltiysk, Poland, to Stettin, present-day Szczecin, Poland.

Summary of career

As commander of U-160 Lassen is credited with the sinking of 26 ships for a total of 156,082 gross register tons (GRT) and further damaging five ships of 34,419 GRT.

Date	Name	Nationality	Tonnage (GRT)	Fate
27 March 1942	Equipoise	Panama	6,210	Sunk
29 March 1942	City of New York	United States	8,272	Sunk
1 April 1942	Rio Blanco	United Kingdom	4,086	Sunk
6 April 1942	Bidwell	United States	6,837	Damaged
9 April 1942	Malchace	United States	3,516	Sunk
11 April 1942	Ulysses	United Kingdom	14,647	Sunk
16 July 1942	Beaconlight	Panama	6,926	Sunk
18 July 1942	Carmona	Panama	5,496	Sunk
21 July 1942	Donovonia	United Kingdom	8,149	Sunk
25 July 1942	Telamon	Netherlands	2,078	Sunk
29 July 1942	Prescodoc	Canada	1,938	Sunk
2 August 1942	Treminnard	United Kingdom	4,694	Sunk
4 August 1942	Havsten	Norway	6,161	Damaged
9 October 1942	Coloradan	United States	6,557	Sunk
16 October 1942	Castle Harbour	United Kingdom	730	Sunk
16 October 1942	Winona	United States	6,197	Damaged
3 November 1942	Chr. J. Kampmann	Canada	2,260	Sunk
3 November 1942	Gypsum Express	United Kingdom	4,034	Sunk
3 November 1942	Leda	Panama	8,546	Sunk
3 November 1942	Thorshavet	Norway	11,015	Sunk
6 November 1942	Arica	United Kingdom	5,431	Sunk
11 November 1942	City of Ripon	United Kingdom	6,368	Sunk
21 November 1942	Bintang	Netherlands	6,481	Sunk
8 February 1943	Roger B. Taney	United States	7,191	Sunk
3 March 1943	Harvey W. Scott	United States	7,176	Sunk
3 March 1943	Nipura	United Kingdom	5,961	Sunk
3 March 1943	Tibia	Netherlands	10,356	Damaged
3 March 1943	Nipura	United Kingdom	5,961	Sunk
3 March 1943	Empire Mahseer	United Kingdom	5,087	Sunk
4 March 1943	Marietta E.	United Kingdom	7,628	Sunk
4 March 1943	Sheaf Crown	United Kingdom	4,868	Damaged
8 March 1943	James B. Stephens	United States	7,176	Sunk
11 March 1943	Aelbryn	United Kingdom	4,986	Sunk

K.e.coffman (talk) 23:56, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

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