Siegfried Strelow
| Siegfried Strelow | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
15 April 1911 Kiel |
| Died |
9 July 1943 (aged 32) North Atlantic |
| Buried at | (39°48′N 14°22′W / 39.800°N 14.367°W) |
| Allegiance |
.svg.png){kind=small} Weimar Republic (to 1933).svg.png){kind=small} Nazi Germany |
| Service/branch |
.svg.png){kind=small} Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine |
| Years of service | 1931–1943 |
| Rank | Korvettenkapitän (posthumous) |
| Unit |
SSS Niobe cruiser Karlsruhe torpedo boat Seeadler Schleswig-Holstein Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee destroyer Z4 Richard Beitzen cruiser Leipzig |
| Commands held |
torpedo boat G-11 torpedo boat Albatros torpedo boat Löwe U-435 |
| Battles/wars |
|
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
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 / 39.800°N 14.367°W when their boat was sunk by 4 depth charges from a Royal Air Force (RAF) Vickers Wellington bomber of No. 179 Squadron RAF.
Summary of career
Ships Attacked
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).
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 March 1942 | Effingham |  United States | 6,421 | Sunk |
| 13 April 1942 | El Occidente |  Panama | 6,008 | Sunk |
| 13 April 1942 | Harpalion |  United Kingdom | 5,486 | Sunk |
| 20 September 1942 | HMS Leda (J 93) |  Royal Navy | 835 | Sunk |
| 22 September 1942 | Bellingham | United States | 5,345 | Sunk |
| 22 September 1942 | Grey Ranger | United Kingdom | 3,313 | Sunk |
| 22 September 1942 | Ocean Voice | United Kingdom | 7,174 | Sunk |
| 29 December 1942 | Empire Shackleton | United Kingdom | 7,068 | Sunk |
| 29 December 1942 | Norse King |  Norway | 5,701 | Sunk |
| 30 December 1942 | HMS Fidelity (D57) | Royal Navy | 2,456 | Sunk |
| 30 December 1942 | HMS LCV-752 | Royal Navy | 10 | Sunk |
| 30 December 1942 | HMS LCV-754 | Royal Navy | 10 | Sunk |
| 17 March 1943 | William Eustis | United States | 7,196 | Sunk |
Awards
- Wehrmacht Long Service Award (2 October 1936)[2]
- Sudetenland Medal (1 August 1939)[2]
- Iron Cross (1939)
- Destroyer War Badge (19 February 1941)[2]
- U-boat War Badge (1939) (15 April 1942)[2]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 27 October 1942 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-435[3]
References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Busch, Hans-Joachim; Röll (2003). Der U-Boot-Krieg 1939–1945 — Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Boot-Waffe von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [The U-Boat War 1939–1945 — The Knight's Cross Bearers of the U-Boat Force from September 1939 to May 1945] (in German). Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn Germany: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn. ISBN 978-3-8132-0515-2.
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 – Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtsteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
External links
- "Siegfried Strelow". uboat.net. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
- "Siegfried Strelow". Lexikon der Wehrmacht (in German). Retrieved 4 July 2013.
