page_title: Fritz-Julius Lemp
hierarchical_section_title: Fritz-Julius Lemp
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Unterseeboot von erfolgreicher Feindfahrt zurück. Ein deutsches Unterseeboot versenkte unter Führung von Kapitänleutnant Lemp auf einer Feindfahrt 47 000 BRT. Kapitänleutnant Lemp berichtet dem Befehlshaber der Unterseeboote, Vizeadmiral Dönitz über seine erfolgreiche Feindfahrt.
context_page_description: Fritz-Julius Lemp was a captain in the Kriegsmarine during World War II and commander of U-28, U-30 and U-110.
  He sank the British passenger liner SS Athenia in September 1939, in violation of the Hague conventions. Germany’s responsibility for the sinking was suppressed by Admiral Karl Dönitz and the Nazi propaganda. Lemp died on 9 May 1941 when the U-boat he commanded was captured.
context_section_description: Fritz-Julius Lemp (19 February 1913 – 9 May 1941) was a captain in the Kriegsmarine during World War II and commander of U-28, U-30 and U-110. 
  He sank the British passenger liner SS Athenia in September 1939, in violation of the Hague conventions. Germany’s responsibility for the sinking was suppressed by Admiral Karl Dönitz and the Nazi propaganda. Lemp died on 9 May 1941 when the U-boat he commanded was captured.
caption: Fritz-Julius Lemp (with Karl Dönitz)
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