List Stud Nazi German U-boats
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Otto " Der Schweigsame " Kretschmer (May 1 1912-5 august 1998) of
Command U-boats : U - 35 , U - 23 and U - 99
Last Rank : Fregattenkapitän
The highest medal : Schwerter ( December 26, 1941 )
Total Patrol : 16 patrols ( 224 days at sea )
Number of victories : 47 ships sunk ( 274,418 GRT ) and 5 ships damaged ( 37,965 GRT )
Note : Awarded Schwerter when it became a prisoner of war so that the medal be sent through the International Red Cross !
Wolfgang August Eugen Lüth ( October 15, 1913 - May 13 1945)
Command U-boats : U - 13 , U - 9 , U - 138 , U - 43 and U - 181
Last Rank : Kapitan zur See
The highest medal : Brillanten ( August 9, 1943 )
Total Patrol : 15 patrols ( 640 days at sea )
Number of victories : 47 ships sunk ( 225,756 grt ) and 2 ships damaged ( 17,343 GRT )
Note : To see the tragic death after being shot by a guard facility German Navy accidentally in the night !
Erich Topp (July 2, 1914-26 December 2005)
Command U-boats : U - 57 , U - 552 , U - 3010 and U - 2513
Last Rank : Fregattenkapitän
The highest medal : Schwerter ( August 17, 1942 )
Total Patrol : 12 patrols ( 352 days at sea )
Number of victories : 36 ships sunk ( 198,650 GRT ) and 4 ships damaged ( 32,317 GRT )
Note : After the war Bundesmarine continue his career in West Germany and retired with the rank of Konteradmiral
Günther Prien ( January 16, 1908 - March 7, 1941)
Command U-boats : U - 47
Last Rank : Korvettenkapitän
The highest medal : Oak Leaves ( October 20, 1940 )
Total Patrol : 10 patrols ( 238 days at sea )
Number of victories : 31 ships sunk ( 191,919 GRT ) and 8 ships damaged ( 62,751 GRT )
Note : Famous thanks to dare to attack Scapa Flow
Heinrich Liebe ( January 29, 1908 - July 27, 1997 )
U - boat Command : U - 2 and U - 38
Last Rank : Fregattenkapitän
The highest medal : Oak Leaves ( June 10, 1941 )
Total Patrol : 9 patrols ( 333 days at sea )
Number of victories : 34 ships sunk ( 187,267 GRT ) and 1 ship damaged ( 3,670 tons )
Note : Liebe is one of the few German submarine captain who had a long and solid experience in the position from the days before the war
Viktor Schütze (February 16, 1906-23 September 1950)
Command U-boats : U - 19 , U - 11 , U - 25 and U - 103
Last Rank : Kapitan zur See
The highest medal : Oak Leaves ( July 14, 1941 )
Total Patrol : 7 patrols ( 306 days at sea )
Number of victories : 35 ships sunk ( 180,073 grt ) and 2 ships damaged ( 14,213 GRT )
Note : At the end of the war became " FDU Ausbildungsflottillen "
Heinrich Lehmann - Willenbrock (December 11 1911-18 April 1986)
Command U-boats : U - 8 , U - 5 , U - 96 and U - 256
Last Rank : Fregattenkapitän
The highest medal : Oak Leaves ( December 31, 1941 )
Total Patrol : 10 patrols ( 327 days at sea )
Number of victories : 25 ships sunk ( 179,125 grt ) and 2 ships damaged ( 15,864 GRT )
Note : The story of his life as a U-boat captain became inspiration for the film " Das Boot "
Karl- Friedrich Merten ( August 15, 1905 - May 2 1993)
Command U-boats : U - 68
Last Rank : Kapitan zur See
The highest medal : Oak Leaves ( 16 November 1942 )
Total patrol : 5 patrols ( 368 days at sea )
Number of victories : 27 ships sunk ( 170,151 GRT )
Note : Operates in all waters in the world , in the period September / October 1942 she drowned no less than 100,000 GRT cruise Allies !
- Emil Herbert Schultze ( July 24, 1909 - June 3, 1987)
U - boat Command : U - 2 and U - 48
Last Rank : Korvettenkapitän
The highest medal : Oak Leaves ( June 12, 1941 )
Total Patrol : 8 patrols ( 227 days at sea )
Number of victories : 26 ships sunk ( 169,709 GRT ) and 1 ship damaged ( 9456 tons )
Note : Could be the commander of the U - 48 which later became the most successful submarine in World War II !
Werner Henke ( May 13, 1909 - June 15, 1944)
Command U-boats : U - 515
Last Rank : Korvettenkapitän ( posthumous )
The highest medal : Oak Leaves ( July 4, 1943 )
Total Patrol : 7 patrols ( 341 days at sea )
Number of victories : 25 ships sunk ( 157,064 GRT ) and damaged 2 ships ( 7,954 GRT )
Note : On the night of April 30 / May 1, 1943 , Henke sink the 8 vessels ( 49 456 GRT ) in just 8 hours ! For this achievement he was awarded the Oak Leaves
Georg Lassen ( May 12, 1915 - January 18 2012)
Command U-boats : U - 29 and U - 160
Last Rank : Korvettenkapitän
The highest medal : Oak Leaves ( March 7, 1943 )
Total Patrol : 4 patrols ( 328 days at sea )
Number of victories : 26 ships sunk ( 156,082 GRT ) and 5 ships damaged ( 34,419 GRT )
Note : In his first patrol as captain she drowned 6 ships ( 43,560 GRT ) , and in his last patrol boat also drowned 6 ( 41 076 GRT ) !
Joachim Schepke ( March 8, 1912 - March 17, 1941 )
Command U-boats : U - 3 , U - 19 and U - 100
Last Rank : Kapitänleutnant
The highest medal : Oak Leaves ( December 1, 1940 )
Total Patrol : 14 patrols ( 200 days at sea )
Number of victories : 37 ships sunk ( 155,882 GRT ) and 4 ships damaged ( 17,229 GRT )
Note : Schepke was awarded the Knight's Cross in September 1940 after sank 7 ships ( 50,340 GRT ) in just two days !
Heinrich Bleichrodt ( October 21, 1909 - January 9, 1977)
Command U-boats : U - 48 , U - 67 and U - 109
Last Rank : Korvettenkapitän
The highest medal : Oak Leaves ( 23 September 1942 )
Total Patrol : 8 patrols ( 405 days at sea )
Number of victories : 25 ships sunk ( 152,320 grt ) and 2 ships damaged ( 11,684 GRT )
Note : Bleichrodt refused to accept the Knight before a brilliant observer officer , Oberleutnant zur See Teddy Suhren , also accept it !
Carl Emmermann ( March 6, 1915 - March 25, 1990 )
Command U-boats : U - 172 and U - 3037
Last Rank : Korvettenkapitän
The highest medal : Oak Leaves ( July 4, 1943 )
Total patrol : 5 patrols ( 373 days at sea )
Number of victories : 26 ships sunk ( 152,080 GRT )
Note : Emmermann greatest achievement was the sinking of the British transport vessel " Orcades " which weighs 23,456 tons !
Robert Gysae ( January 14, 1911 - April 26, 1989)
Command U-boats : U - 98 and U - 177
Last Rank : Korvettenkapitän
The highest medal : Oak Leaves ( May 31, 1943 )
Total Patrol : 8 patrols ( 506 days at sea )
Number of victories : 25 ships sunk ( 146,815 GRT ) and 1 ship damaged ( 2,588 tons )
Note : Gysae is one of the very few Kriegsmarine officer who captained the U - boat without first becoming superintendent submarine officer in advance !
Ernst Kals (August 2, 1905-2 November 1979)
Command U-boats : U - 130
Last Rank : Kapitan zur See
Highest Medal : Knight ( 1 September 1942 )
Total patrol : 5 patrols ( 286 days at sea )
Number of victories : 20 ships sunk ( 145,656 GRT ) and 1 ship damaged ( 6,986 tons )
Note : His biggest achievement was when he attacked the transport ships closely guarded in Moroccan waters in 1942 and drowned three of them ( 34 507 GRT ) !
Adolf Cornelius Piening ( 16 September 1910 - 15 May 1984)
Command U-boats : U - 155
Last Rank : Korvettenkapitän
Highest Medal : Knight ( August 13, 1942 )
Total Patrol : 9 patrols ( 462 days at sea )
Number of victories : 26 ships sunk ( 140,449 GRT ) and 1 ship damaged ( 6,736 tons )
Note : Piening famous through what is called the " Route Piening " which he created as a way to escape from Allied aircraft in the Bay of Biscay
Johann Mohr (June 12, 1916-2 April 1943)
Command U-boats : U - 124
Last Rank : Korvettenkapitän
The highest medal : Oak Leaves ( January 13, 1943 )
Total Patrol : 6 patrols ( 268 days at sea )
Number of victories : 29 ships sunk ( 135,751 GRT ) and 3 ships damaged ( 26,167 GRT )
Note : On the night of May 12, 1942 Mohr and the U - 124 sink the four ships ( 21,784 GRT ) from convoy ONS - 92 !
Klaus Scholtz ( March 22, 1908 - May 1 1987)
Command U-boats : U - 108
Last Rank : Fregattenkapitän
The highest medal : Oak Leaves ( 10 September 1942 )
Total Patrol : 8 patrols ( 361 days at sea )
Number of victories : 25 ships sunk ( 128,190 GRT )
Note : In April 1941 Scholtz managed to sink the British armed merchant ships " Rajputana " ( 16 644 tonnes ) in a thrilling chase !
Helmut Witte ( 6 April 1915 - October 3, 2005)
Command U-boats : U - 159
Last Rank : Korvettenkapitän
Highest Medal : Knight ( October 22, 1942 )
Total Patrol : 4 patrols ( 261 days at sea )
Number of victories : 23 ships sunk ( 119,554 GRT ) and 1 ship damaged ( 265 tons )
Note : After the war became manager of Germany 's leading industrial companies
Günter Hessler ( June 14, 1909 - 4th April 1968)
Command U-boats : U - 107
Last Rank : Fregattenkapitän
Highest Medal : Knight ( June 24, 1941 )
Total Patrol : 3 patrols ( 200 days at sea )
Number of victories : 21 ships sunk ( 118,822 GRT )
Note : This Doenitz -law recorded the most successful patrols in World War II where he menennggelamkan 14 ships in just one patrol !
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Otto " Der Schweigsame " Kretschmer (May 1 1912-5 august 1998) of
Command U-boats : U - 35 , U - 23 and U - 99
Last Rank : Fregattenkapitän
The highest medal : Schwerter ( December 26, 1941 )
Total Patrol : 16 patrols ( 224 days at sea )
Number of victories : 47 ships sunk ( 274,418 GRT ) and 5 ships damaged ( 37,965 GRT )
Note : Awarded Schwerter when it became a prisoner of war so that the medal be sent through the International Red Cross !
Wolfgang August Eugen Lüth ( October 15, 1913 - May 13 1945)
Command U-boats : U - 13 , U - 9 , U - 138 , U - 43 and U - 181
Last Rank : Kapitan zur See
The highest medal : Brillanten ( August 9, 1943 )
Total Patrol : 15 patrols ( 640 days at sea )
Number of victories : 47 ships sunk ( 225,756 grt ) and 2 ships damaged ( 17,343 GRT )
Note : To see the tragic death after being shot by a guard facility German Navy accidentally in the night !
Erich Topp (July 2, 1914-26 December 2005)
Command U-boats : U - 57 , U - 552 , U - 3010 and U - 2513
Last Rank : Fregattenkapitän
The highest medal : Schwerter ( August 17, 1942 )
Total Patrol : 12 patrols ( 352 days at sea )
Number of victories : 36 ships sunk ( 198,650 GRT ) and 4 ships damaged ( 32,317 GRT )
Note : After the war Bundesmarine continue his career in West Germany and retired with the rank of Konteradmiral
Günther Prien ( January 16, 1908 - March 7, 1941)
Command U-boats : U - 47
Last Rank : Korvettenkapitän
The highest medal : Oak Leaves ( October 20, 1940 )
Total Patrol : 10 patrols ( 238 days at sea )
Number of victories : 31 ships sunk ( 191,919 GRT ) and 8 ships damaged ( 62,751 GRT )
Note : Famous thanks to dare to attack Scapa Flow
Heinrich Liebe ( January 29, 1908 - July 27, 1997 )
U - boat Command : U - 2 and U - 38
Last Rank : Fregattenkapitän
The highest medal : Oak Leaves ( June 10, 1941 )
Total Patrol : 9 patrols ( 333 days at sea )
Number of victories : 34 ships sunk ( 187,267 GRT ) and 1 ship damaged ( 3,670 tons )
Note : Liebe is one of the few German submarine captain who had a long and solid experience in the position from the days before the war
Viktor Schütze (February 16, 1906-23 September 1950)
Command U-boats : U - 19 , U - 11 , U - 25 and U - 103
Last Rank : Kapitan zur See
The highest medal : Oak Leaves ( July 14, 1941 )
Total Patrol : 7 patrols ( 306 days at sea )
Number of victories : 35 ships sunk ( 180,073 grt ) and 2 ships damaged ( 14,213 GRT )
Note : At the end of the war became " FDU Ausbildungsflottillen "
Heinrich Lehmann - Willenbrock (December 11 1911-18 April 1986)
Command U-boats : U - 8 , U - 5 , U - 96 and U - 256
Last Rank : Fregattenkapitän
The highest medal : Oak Leaves ( December 31, 1941 )
Total Patrol : 10 patrols ( 327 days at sea )
Number of victories : 25 ships sunk ( 179,125 grt ) and 2 ships damaged ( 15,864 GRT )
Note : The story of his life as a U-boat captain became inspiration for the film " Das Boot "
Karl- Friedrich Merten ( August 15, 1905 - May 2 1993)
Command U-boats : U - 68
Last Rank : Kapitan zur See
The highest medal : Oak Leaves ( 16 November 1942 )
Total patrol : 5 patrols ( 368 days at sea )
Number of victories : 27 ships sunk ( 170,151 GRT )
Note : Operates in all waters in the world , in the period September / October 1942 she drowned no less than 100,000 GRT cruise Allies !
- Emil Herbert Schultze ( July 24, 1909 - June 3, 1987)
U - boat Command : U - 2 and U - 48
Last Rank : Korvettenkapitän
The highest medal : Oak Leaves ( June 12, 1941 )
Total Patrol : 8 patrols ( 227 days at sea )
Number of victories : 26 ships sunk ( 169,709 GRT ) and 1 ship damaged ( 9456 tons )
Note : Could be the commander of the U - 48 which later became the most successful submarine in World War II !
Werner Henke ( May 13, 1909 - June 15, 1944)
Command U-boats : U - 515
Last Rank : Korvettenkapitän ( posthumous )
The highest medal : Oak Leaves ( July 4, 1943 )
Total Patrol : 7 patrols ( 341 days at sea )
Number of victories : 25 ships sunk ( 157,064 GRT ) and damaged 2 ships ( 7,954 GRT )
Note : On the night of April 30 / May 1, 1943 , Henke sink the 8 vessels ( 49 456 GRT ) in just 8 hours ! For this achievement he was awarded the Oak Leaves
Georg Lassen ( May 12, 1915 - January 18 2012)
Command U-boats : U - 29 and U - 160
Last Rank : Korvettenkapitän
The highest medal : Oak Leaves ( March 7, 1943 )
Total Patrol : 4 patrols ( 328 days at sea )
Number of victories : 26 ships sunk ( 156,082 GRT ) and 5 ships damaged ( 34,419 GRT )
Note : In his first patrol as captain she drowned 6 ships ( 43,560 GRT ) , and in his last patrol boat also drowned 6 ( 41 076 GRT ) !
Joachim Schepke ( March 8, 1912 - March 17, 1941 )
Command U-boats : U - 3 , U - 19 and U - 100
Last Rank : Kapitänleutnant
The highest medal : Oak Leaves ( December 1, 1940 )
Total Patrol : 14 patrols ( 200 days at sea )
Number of victories : 37 ships sunk ( 155,882 GRT ) and 4 ships damaged ( 17,229 GRT )
Note : Schepke was awarded the Knight's Cross in September 1940 after sank 7 ships ( 50,340 GRT ) in just two days !
Heinrich Bleichrodt ( October 21, 1909 - January 9, 1977)
Command U-boats : U - 48 , U - 67 and U - 109
Last Rank : Korvettenkapitän
The highest medal : Oak Leaves ( 23 September 1942 )
Total Patrol : 8 patrols ( 405 days at sea )
Number of victories : 25 ships sunk ( 152,320 grt ) and 2 ships damaged ( 11,684 GRT )
Note : Bleichrodt refused to accept the Knight before a brilliant observer officer , Oberleutnant zur See Teddy Suhren , also accept it !
Carl Emmermann ( March 6, 1915 - March 25, 1990 )
Command U-boats : U - 172 and U - 3037
Last Rank : Korvettenkapitän
The highest medal : Oak Leaves ( July 4, 1943 )
Total patrol : 5 patrols ( 373 days at sea )
Number of victories : 26 ships sunk ( 152,080 GRT )
Note : Emmermann greatest achievement was the sinking of the British transport vessel " Orcades " which weighs 23,456 tons !
Robert Gysae ( January 14, 1911 - April 26, 1989)
Command U-boats : U - 98 and U - 177
Last Rank : Korvettenkapitän
The highest medal : Oak Leaves ( May 31, 1943 )
Total Patrol : 8 patrols ( 506 days at sea )
Number of victories : 25 ships sunk ( 146,815 GRT ) and 1 ship damaged ( 2,588 tons )
Note : Gysae is one of the very few Kriegsmarine officer who captained the U - boat without first becoming superintendent submarine officer in advance !
Ernst Kals (August 2, 1905-2 November 1979)
Command U-boats : U - 130
Last Rank : Kapitan zur See
Highest Medal : Knight ( 1 September 1942 )
Total patrol : 5 patrols ( 286 days at sea )
Number of victories : 20 ships sunk ( 145,656 GRT ) and 1 ship damaged ( 6,986 tons )
Note : His biggest achievement was when he attacked the transport ships closely guarded in Moroccan waters in 1942 and drowned three of them ( 34 507 GRT ) !
Adolf Cornelius Piening ( 16 September 1910 - 15 May 1984)
Command U-boats : U - 155
Last Rank : Korvettenkapitän
Highest Medal : Knight ( August 13, 1942 )
Total Patrol : 9 patrols ( 462 days at sea )
Number of victories : 26 ships sunk ( 140,449 GRT ) and 1 ship damaged ( 6,736 tons )
Note : Piening famous through what is called the " Route Piening " which he created as a way to escape from Allied aircraft in the Bay of Biscay
Johann Mohr (June 12, 1916-2 April 1943)
Command U-boats : U - 124
Last Rank : Korvettenkapitän
The highest medal : Oak Leaves ( January 13, 1943 )
Total Patrol : 6 patrols ( 268 days at sea )
Number of victories : 29 ships sunk ( 135,751 GRT ) and 3 ships damaged ( 26,167 GRT )
Note : On the night of May 12, 1942 Mohr and the U - 124 sink the four ships ( 21,784 GRT ) from convoy ONS - 92 !
Klaus Scholtz ( March 22, 1908 - May 1 1987)
Command U-boats : U - 108
Last Rank : Fregattenkapitän
The highest medal : Oak Leaves ( 10 September 1942 )
Total Patrol : 8 patrols ( 361 days at sea )
Number of victories : 25 ships sunk ( 128,190 GRT )
Note : In April 1941 Scholtz managed to sink the British armed merchant ships " Rajputana " ( 16 644 tonnes ) in a thrilling chase !
Helmut Witte ( 6 April 1915 - October 3, 2005)
Command U-boats : U - 159
Last Rank : Korvettenkapitän
Highest Medal : Knight ( October 22, 1942 )
Total Patrol : 4 patrols ( 261 days at sea )
Number of victories : 23 ships sunk ( 119,554 GRT ) and 1 ship damaged ( 265 tons )
Note : After the war became manager of Germany 's leading industrial companies
Günter Hessler ( June 14, 1909 - 4th April 1968)
Command U-boats : U - 107
Last Rank : Fregattenkapitän
Highest Medal : Knight ( June 24, 1941 )
Total Patrol : 3 patrols ( 200 days at sea )
Number of victories : 21 ships sunk ( 118,822 GRT )
Note : This Doenitz -law recorded the most successful patrols in World War II where he menennggelamkan 14 ships in just one patrol !
sources :
Private photo collection Gordon Williamson
www.finearts - autographs.com
www.gmic.co.uk
www.johannmohr.deviantart.com
www.maritimequest.com
www.thirdreichcolorpictures.blogspot.com
www.uboat.net
www.u - boote.fr
www.web.iwebcenters.com
www.wehrmacht - awards.com
www.weitze.net