Alfred Schulze-Hinrichs
| Alfred Schulze-Hinrichs | |
|---|---|
| Born |
6 November 1899 Leipzig |
| Died |
23 June 1972 (aged 72) Waldshut-Tiengen |
| Allegiance |
.svg.png){kind=small} Weimar Republic.svg.png){kind=small} Nazi Germany |
| Service/branch |
.svg.png){kind=small} Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine |
| Rank | Kapitän zur See |
| Commands held |
Z13 Erich Koellner 6. Zerstörerflottille |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Alfred Schulze-Hinrichs (6 November 1899 – 23 June 1972) was a Kapitän zur See with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
- 1924 Oct.: Vermessungsschiff "Panther".
- 1927 Jan.: Sperrversuchskommando, Kommandant Torpedoboot "G 10".
- 1930 Oct.: II Torpedobootsflottille, Kommandant.
- 1935 Oct.: Marineakademie.
- 1940 April: Kommandant des Zerstorers "Erich Koellner" in Narvik campaign.
- 1941 Dec.: Chef des Stabes beim "Admiral Nordmeer" in Kirkenes.
- 1943 May – 1945 Feb.: Kommandeur der Marinekriegsakademie, in Berlin then in Bad Homburg.
- 1957: Joined the new Bundesmarine (see Searle's Wehrmacht Generals).
During the 1940 Norwegian Campaign Schulze-Hinrichs was captured at Narvik after the sinking of his destroyer Erich Koellner. He was imprisoned by the Norwegians, first at Vardøhus Fortress in Finnmark and later at Skorpa prisoner of war camp in Troms until released at the end of that campaign in mid-June 1940.[1][2]
From November 1940 until April 1943 he commanded the 6th Destroyer Flotilla, acting in Norway and Arctic waters. On 1 May 1942, during action against Convoy QP 11, his destroyer Hermann Schoemann was disabled and scuttled on the next day.[3] Nevertheless the attack also resulted in the sinking of HMS Edinburgh on 2 May 1942.[4]
Awards
- Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 2nd Class (2 October 1936)[5]
- Iron Cross (1939)
- Destroyer War Badge (19 October 1940)[5]
- Narvik Shield (10 November 1940)[5]
- German Cross in Gold (21 January 1942)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 15 June 1943 as Kapitän zur See and chief of the 6. Zerstörerflotille[6]
- Lappland Shield (20 July 1945)[5]
References
- ↑ Sandberg, Rei (1945). Vi ville slåss (in Norwegian). Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. p. 148.
- ↑ Steen, E. A. (1958). Norges sjøkrig 1940-45: Sjøforsvarets kamper og virke i Nord-Norge i 1940 (in Norwegian) 4. Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. p. 250.
- ↑ (Russian) S.V. Patyanin, Esmincy tipa Leberecht Maass, Morskaya Kollekcya 5/2004
- ↑ Dörr 1996, p. 251.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Dörr 1996, p. 253.
- ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 394.
Further reading
- Dörr, Manfred (1996). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2:L–Z (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2497-2.
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 – Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [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.
- Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Navy]. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87943-355-1.
- Searle, Alaric (2003). Wehrmacht Generals, West German Society, and the Debate on Rearmament, 1949-1959. Westport, CT USA: Praeger Pub.
External links
- Alfred Schulze-Hinrichs in the German National Library catalogue
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Kapitän zur See Erich Bey |
Chief of the 6. Zerstörerflottille 1 November 1940 – 30 April 1943 |
Succeeded by Kapitän zur See Friedrich Kothe |