Allegiance Nazi Germany Years of service 1936–45 Name Siegfried Ludden | Service/branch Kriegsmarine Unit U-141 | |
Died 13 January 1945(1945-01-13) (aged 28)
Kiel Rank Korvettenkapitan (posthumous) | ||
Siegfried Ludden (20 May 1916 – 13 January 1945) 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. Ludden is credited with the sinking of 8 ships of 49,725 gross register tons (GRT) and one warship, the HMS Beverley, and damaging a further ship of 9,977 GRT. Among others, he and Korvettenkapitan Wilhelm Franken were killed on 13 January 1945 when a fire broke out on the accommodation ship Daressalem in Kiel harbor.
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As a U-boat commander of U-188 Siegfried Ludden is credited with the sinking of eight 49,725 gross register tons (GRT) and one warship, the HMS Beverley, and damaging a further ship of 9,977 GRT.