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Years of service
  
1928–45

Rank
  
Korvettenkapitan

Name
  
Georg Schewe


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Born
  
24 November 1909Ueckermunde (
1909-11-24
)

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany

Service/branch
  
Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine

Unit
  
SSS NiobeSchnellboot "S-5"U-15

Battles/wars
  
World War IIBattle of the Atlantic

Died
  
September 16, 1989, Hamburg, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Battle of the Atlantic, World War II

Commands held
  
German submarine U-60, German submarine U-105

Georg Schewe (24 November 1909 – 16 September 1989) was an 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 Günther Hessler's patrol on U-107.

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Awards

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  • Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (2 October 1936)
  • Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (20 December 1939) & 1st Class (13 June 1940)
  • Sudetenland Medal (20 December 1939)
  • U-boat War Badge (1939) (24 January 1940)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 May 1941 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-105

    • References

    Georg Schewe Wikipedia
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