Years of service 1931–43 | Name Siegfried Strelow | |
Born 15 April 1911
Kiel ( 1911-04-15 ) Buried at (39°48′N 14°22′W / 39.800°N 14.367°W / 39.800; -14.367 (U-156 (U-boat))) Allegiance Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany Service/branch Reichsmarine
Kriegsmarine Rank Korvettenkapitan (posthumous) Unit SSS Niobe
cruiser Karlsruhe
torpedo boat Seeadler
Schleswig-Holstein
Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee
destroyer Z4 Richard Beitzen
cruiser Leipzig Died July 9, 1943, Atlantic Ocean Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars Battle of the Atlantic, World War II | ||
Siegfried Strelow (15 April 1911 – 15 July 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), awarded for extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He and the entire crew of U-435 were killed in action west of Figueira da Foz Municipality, Portugal, in position 39°48′N 14°22′W when their boat was sunk by four depth charges from a Royal Air Force (RAF) Vickers Wellington bomber of No. 179 Squadron RAF.
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As a U-boat commander of U-435 Strelow is credited with the sinking of nine merchant ships for a total of 53,712 gross register tons (GRT), further sinking one auxiliary warship of 2,456 metric tons (2,417 long tons; 2,707 short tons) and three warships of 855 t (841 long tons; 942 short tons).