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Gunther Seibicke

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Years of service
  
1932–43

Name
  
Gunther Seibicke

Born
  
30 August 1911 Eggersdorf (
1911-08-30
)

Died
  
26 May 1943(1943-05-26) (aged 31) North Atlantic

Buried at
  
(48°16′N 05°33′W / 48.267°N 5.550°W / 48.267; -5.550 (U-436 (U-boat)))

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Service/branch
  
Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine

Rank
  
Korvettenkapitan (posthumous)

Gunther Seibicke (30 August 1911 – 26 May 1943) was a German U-boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He and the entire crew of U-436 were killed on 26 May 1943 by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Test and the corvette HMS Hyderabad.

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* Carried by Sourabaya

Ships attacked

As a U-boat commander of U-436 Gunther Seibicke is credited with sinking six merchant ship of 36,208 gross register tons (GRT), one warship of 291 metric tons (286 long tons; 321 short tons), and damaging two ships of 15,575 GRT.

* Carried by Sourabaya

Awards

  • Sudetenland Medal (20 December 1939)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (17 September 1939)
  • 1st Class (16 May 1940)
  • U-boat War Badge (1939) (24 April 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 27 March 1943 as Kapitanleutnant and commander of U-436

    • References

    Gunther Seibicke Wikipedia
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