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Karl Neitzel

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Years of service
  
1924–45

Name
  
Karl Neitzel

Unit
  
SMS Berlin, SMS Elsass

Commands held
  
Minesweeper M 75 U-510

Rank
  
Captain at sea

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Service/branch
  
Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine

Battles/wars
  
World War II Battle of the Atlantic

Died
  
November 13, 1966, Kiel, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Battle of the Atlantic, World War II

Karl Neitzel (30 January 1901 – 13 November 1966) 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.

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Ships attacked

As commander of U-510, Neitzel is credited with the sinking of three merchant ships totalling 14,128 gross register tons (GRT), damaging another two ships of 14,368 GRT that it had to be considered a total loss and damaging seven further ships of 49,587 GRT.

Awards

  • Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 2nd Class (2 October 1936)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (10 January 1940)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 1st Class (23 March 1940)
  • Minesweeper War Badge (1940)
  • U-boat War Badge (1939) (September 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 27 March 1943 as Korvettenkapitan and commander of U-510

    • References

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