Jump to content

Georg Schewe

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Georg Schewe
Born(1909-11-24)24 November 1909
Ueckermünde
Died16 September 1989(1989-09-16) (aged 79)
Hamburg
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Service / branch Kriegsmarine
RankKorvettenkapitän
UnitSSS Niobe
Schnellboot "S-5"
U-15
CommandsU-60
U-105
Battles / warsWorld War II
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Georg Schewe (24 November 1909 – 16 September 1989) was a German officer with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Schewe sailed with U-60 and U-105, sinking sixteen ships on ten patrols, for a total of 85.779 tons of Allied shipping of which 71,450 tons on one patrol alone. It was the second most successful patrol of World War II, second only to Günter Hessler's patrol on U-107.

Awards

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Busch & Röll 2003, p. 133.
  2. ^ Scherzer 2007, p. 660.
  3. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 376.

Bibliography

[edit]
  • Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (2003). Der U-Boot-Krieg 1939–1945 — Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Boot-Waffe von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [The U-Boat War 1939–1945 — The Knight's Cross Bearers of the U-Boat Force from September 1939 to May 1945] (in German). Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn Germany: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn. ISBN 978-3-8132-0515-2.
  • Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [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] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
  • 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 [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] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
Military offices
First Commanding officer, U-60
22 July 1939 – 19 July 1940
Succeeded by
Kapitänleutnant Adalbert Schnee
First Commanding officer, U-105
10 September 1940 – 6 January 1942
Succeeded by
Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Schuch
Preceded by
Commander of the 33rd U-boat Flotilla
September – October 1944
Succeeded by
Korvettenkapitän Günter Kuhnke