Number
|
Name
|
Rank
|
Unit
|
Date of award
|
Notes
|
1
|
Günther Prien
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-47
|
18 October 1939
|
Awarded 5th Oak Leaves 20 October 1940
|
2
|
Herbert Schultze
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-48
|
1 March 1940
|
Awarded 15th Oak Leaves 12 June 1941
|
3
|
Karl Dönitz
|
18-MKonteradmiral
|
Befehlshaber der U-Boote (B.d.U.)
|
21 April 1940
|
Awarded 223rd Oak Leaves 6 April 1943
|
4
|
Werner Hartmann
|
15-MKorvettenkapitän
|
Commander of U-37
|
9 May 1940
|
Awarded 645th Oak Leaves 5 November 1944
|
5
|
Otto Schuhart
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-29
|
16 May 1940
|
—
|
6
|
Wilhelm Rollmann
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-34
|
31 July 1940
|
killed in action 5 November 1943
|
7
|
Otto Kretschmer
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-99
|
4 August 1940
|
Awarded 6th Oak Leaves 4 November 1940 5th Swords 26 December 1941
|
8
|
Heinrich Liebe
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-38
|
14 August 1940
|
Awarded 13th Oak Leaves 10 June 1941
|
9
|
Fritz-Julius Lemp
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-30
|
14 August 1940
|
killed in action 9 May 1941
|
10
|
Hans-Rudolf Rösing
|
15-MKorvettenkapitän
|
Chief of the 7. Unterseebootsflottille and commander of U-48
|
29 August 1940
|
—
|
11
|
Fritz Frauenheim
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-101
|
29 August 1940
|
—
|
12
|
Engelbert Endrass
|
13-MOberleutnant zur See
|
Commander of U-46
|
5 September 1940
|
Awarded 14th Oak Leaves 10 June 1941
|
13
|
Günter Kuhnke
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-28
|
19 September 1940
|
—
|
14
|
Joachim Schepke
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-100
|
24 September 1940
|
Awarded 7th Oak Leaves 1 December 1940
|
15
|
Hans Jenisch
|
13-MOberleutnant zur See
|
Commander of U-32
|
7 October 1940
|
—
|
16
|
Victor Oehrn
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-37
|
21 October 1940
|
—
|
17
|
Gerd Suhren
|
13-MOberleutnant (Ing.)
|
Chief engineer on U-37
|
21 October 1940
|
—
|
18
|
Heinrich Bleichrodt
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-48
|
24 October 1940
|
Awarded 125th Oak Leaves 23 September 1942
|
19
|
Wolfgang Lüth
|
13-MOberleutnant zur See
|
Commander of U-138
|
24 October 1940
|
Awarded 142nd Oak Leaves 13 November 1942 29th Swords 15 April 1943 7th Diamonds 9 August 1943
|
20
|
Reinhard Suhren
|
13-MOberleutnant zur See
|
1st watch officer on U-48
|
3 November 1940
|
Awarded 56th Oak Leaves 31 December 1941 18th Swords 1 September 1942
|
21
|
Heinrich Petersen
|
11-MStabsobersteuermann
|
Watch officer and coxswain on U-99
|
5 November 1940
|
—
|
22
|
Viktor Schütze
|
15-MKorvettenkapitän
|
Commander of U-103
|
11 December 1940
|
Awarded 23rd Oak Leaves 14 July 1941
|
23
|
Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen
|
15-MKorvettenkapitän
|
Commander of U-65
|
14 January 1941
|
—
|
24
|
Karl-Heinz Moehle
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-123
|
26 February 1941
|
—
|
25
|
Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-96
|
26 February 1941
|
Awarded 51st Oak Leaves 31 December 1941
|
26
|
Jürgen Oesten
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-106
|
26 March 1941
|
—
|
27
|
Georg-Wilhelm Schulz
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-124
|
4 April 1941
|
—
|
28
|
Erich Zürn
|
13-MOberleutnant (Ing.)
|
Chief engineer on U-48
|
23 April 1941
|
—
|
29
|
Herbert Kuppisch
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-94
|
14 May 1941
|
killed in action 27 August 1943
|
30
|
Herbert Wohlfarth
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-556
|
15 May 1941
|
—
|
31
|
Georg Schewe
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-105
|
23 May 1941
|
—
|
32
|
Claus Korth
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-93
|
29 May 1941
|
—
|
33
|
Erich Topp
|
13-MOberleutnant zur See
|
Commander of U-552
|
20 June 1941
|
Awarded 87th Oak Leaves 11 April 1942 17th Swords 17 August 1942
|
34
|
Günter Hessler
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-107
|
24 June 1941
|
—
|
35
|
Jost Metzler
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-69
|
28 July 1941
|
—
|
36
|
Adalbert Schnee
|
13-MOberleutnant zur See
|
Commander of U-201
|
30 August 1941
|
Awarded 105th Oak Leaves 15 July 1942
|
37
|
Rolf Mützelburg
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-203
|
17 November 1941
|
Awarded 104th Oak Leaves 15 July 1942
|
38
|
Ernst Mengersen
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-101
|
18 November 1941
|
—
|
39
|
Friedrich Guggenberger
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-81
|
10 December 1941
|
Awarded 171st Oak Leaves 8 January 1943
|
40
|
Klaus Scholtz
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-108
|
26 December 1941
|
Awarded 123rd Oak Leaves 10 September 1942
|
41
|
Gerhard Bigalk
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-751
|
26 December 1941
|
killed in action 17 July 1942
|
42
|
Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-74
|
31 December 1941
|
—
|
43
|
Robert Gysae
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-98
|
31 December 1941
|
Awarded 250th Oak Leaves 31 May 1943
|
44
|
Reinhard Hardegen
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-123
|
23 January 1942
|
Awarded 89th Oak Leaves 23 April 1942
|
45
|
Hans-Diedrich Freiherr von Tiesenhausen
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-331
|
27 January 1942
|
—
|
46
|
Nicolai Clausen
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-129
|
13 March 1942
|
killed in action 16 May 1943
|
47
|
Ernst Bauer
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-126
|
16 March 1942
|
—
|
48
|
Johann Mohr
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-124
|
27 March 1942
|
Awarded 177th Oak Leaves 13 January 1943
|
49
|
Otto Ites
|
13-KOberleutnant zur See
|
Commander of U-94
|
28 March 1942
|
—
|
50
|
Robert-Richard Zapp
|
15-MKorvettenkapitän
|
Commander of U-66
|
23 April 1942
|
—
|
51
|
Werner Winter
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-103
|
5 June 1942
|
—
|
52
|
Peter-Erich Cremer
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-333
|
5 June 1942
|
—
|
53
|
Karl-Friedrich Merten
|
15-MKorvettenkapitän
|
Commander of U-68
|
13 June 1942
|
Awarded 147th Oak Leaves 16 November 1942
|
54
|
Hans-Werner Kraus
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-83
|
19 June 1942
|
—
|
55
|
Erwin Rostin
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-158
|
28 June 1942
|
—
|
56
|
Heinz-Otto Schultze
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-432
|
9 July 1942
|
killed in action 25 November 1943
|
57
|
Georg Lassen
|
13-MOberleutnant zur See
|
Commander of U-160
|
10 August 1942
|
Awarded 208th Oak Leaves 7 March 1943
|
58
|
Helmut Rosenbaum
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-73
|
12 August 1942
|
—
|
59
|
Adolf Piening
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-155
|
13 August 1942
|
—
|
60
|
Heinrich Schonder
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-77
|
19 August 1942
|
killed in action 28 June 1943
|
61
|
Karl Thurmann
|
15-MKorvettenkapitän
|
Commander of U-553
|
24 August 1942
|
missing in action 28 January 1943
|
62
|
Ernst Kals
|
15-MKorvettenkapitän
|
Commander of U-130
|
1 September 1942
|
—
|
63
|
Werner Hartenstein
|
15-MKorvettenkapitän
|
Commander of U-156
|
17 September 1942
|
killed in action 8 March 1943
|
64
|
Günther Krech
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-558
|
17 September 1942
|
—
|
65
|
Otto von Bülow
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-404
|
20 October 1942
|
Awarded 234th Oak Leaves 26 April 1943
|
66
|
Helmut Witte
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-159
|
22 October 1942
|
—
|
67
|
Siegfried Strelow
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-435
|
27 October 1942
|
killed in action 15 July 1943
|
68
|
Fritz Poske
|
15-MKorvettenkapitän
|
Commander of U-504
|
6 November 1942
|
—
|
69
|
Carl Emmermann
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-172
|
27 November 1942
|
Awarded 256th Oak Leaves 4 July 1943
|
70
|
Günther Müller-Stöckheim
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-67
|
27 November 1942
|
killed in action 16 July 1943
|
71
|
Wilhelm Dommes
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-431
|
2 December 1942
|
—
|
72
|
Hans Witt
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-129
|
17 December 1942
|
—
|
73
|
Werner Henke
|
13-MOberleutnant zur See zur Verwendung (for disposition)
|
Commander of U-515
|
17 December 1942
|
Awarded 257th Oak Leaves 4 July 1943
|
74
|
Hermann Rasch
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-106
|
29 December 1942
|
—
|
75
|
Harro Schacht
|
15-MKorvettenkapitän
|
Commander of U-507
|
9 January 1943
|
killed in action 14 January 1943
|
76
|
Albrecht Achilles
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-161
|
16 January 1943
|
killed in action 27 September 1943
|
77
|
Herbert Schneider
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-522
|
16 January 1943
|
killed in action 24 February 1943
|
78
|
Ulrich Heyse
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-128
|
21 January 1943
|
—
|
79
|
Albrecht Brandi
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-617
|
21 January 1943
|
Awarded 224th Oak Leaves 11 April 1943 66th Swords 9 May 1944 22nd Diamonds 24 November 1944
|
80
|
Siegfried Freiherr von Forstner
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-402
|
9 February 1943
|
killed in action 13 October 1943[Note 2]
|
81
|
Gerhard Bielig
|
14-MKapitänleutnant (Ing.)
|
Chief engineer on U-177
|
10 February 1943
|
—
|
82
|
Erich Würdemann
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-506
|
14 March 1943
|
killed in action 14 July 1943
|
83
|
Reinhart Reche
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-255
|
17 March 1943
|
—
|
84
|
Hans-Hartwig Trojer
|
13-MOberleutnant zur See
|
Commander of U-221
|
24 March 1943
|
—
|
85
|
Harald Gelhaus
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-107
|
26 March 1943
|
—
|
86
|
Karl Neitzel
|
15-MKorvettenkapitän
|
Commander of U-510
|
27 March 1943
|
—
|
87
|
Günther Seibicke
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-436
|
27 March 1943
|
killed in action 26 May 1943
|
88
|
Ulrich Folkers
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-125
|
27 March 1943
|
killed in action 6 May 1943
|
89
|
Hans Heidtmann
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-559
|
12 April 1943
|
—
|
90
|
Helmut Möhlmann
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-571
|
16 April 1943
|
—
|
91
|
Gunter Jahn
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-596
|
30 April 1943
|
—
|
92
|
Wilhelm Franken
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-565
|
30 April 1943
|
killed in accident 13 January 1945
|
93
|
Klaus Bargsten
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-521
|
30 April 1943
|
—
|
94
|
Günther Heydemann
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-575
|
3 July 1943
|
—
|
95
|
Friedrich Markworth
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-66
|
8 July 1943
|
—
|
96
|
Georg Staats
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-508
|
14 July 1943
|
killed in action 12 November 1943
|
97
|
Gerd Kelbling
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-593
|
18 August 1943
|
—
|
98
|
Herbert Panknin
|
14-MKapitänleutnant (Ing.)
|
Chief engineer on U-106
|
4 September 1943
|
|
99
|
Dipl.-Ing. Willi Lechtenbörger*
|
13-MOberleutnant (Ing.) of the Reserves
|
Chief engineer on U-847
|
4 September 1943
|
killed in action 27 August 1943
|
100
|
Heinz Krey*
|
12-MLeutnant (Ing.)
|
Chief engineer on U-752
|
4 September 1943
|
killed in action 23 May 1943
|
101
|
August Maus
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-185
|
21 September 1943
|
—
|
102
|
Dietrich Schöneboom
|
13-MOberleutnant zur See
|
Commander of U-431
|
20 October 1943
|
killed in action 23 October 1943
|
103
|
Carl-August Landfermann
|
13-MOberleutnant (Ing.) of the Reserve
|
Chief engineer on U-181
|
27 October 1943
|
—
|
104
|
Hellmut Rohweder
|
14-MKapitänleutnant (Ing.)
|
Chief engineer on U-69 and U-514
|
14 November 1943
|
—
|
105
|
Egon-Reiner Freiherr von Schlippenbach
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-453
|
19 November 1943
|
—
|
106
|
Horst-Arno Fenski
|
13-MOberleutnant zur See
|
Commander of U-410
|
26 November 1943
|
—
|
107
|
Heinz Franke
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-262
|
30 November 1943
|
—
|
108
|
Max-Martin Teichert*
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-456
|
19 December 1943*
|
killed in action 12 May 1943
|
109
|
Siegfried Koitschka
|
13-MOberleutnant zur See
|
Commander of U-616
|
27 January 1944
|
—
|
110
|
Hans-Jürgen Hellriegel
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-543
|
3 February 1944
|
killed in action 2 July 1944
|
111
|
Siegfried Lüdden
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-188
|
11 February 1944
|
killed on active service 13 January 1945
|
112
|
Johann-Friedrich Wessels
|
14-MKapitänleutnant (Ing.)
|
Chief engineer on U-198
|
9 March 1944
|
—
|
113
|
Gustav Poel
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-413
|
21 March 1944
|
—
|
114
|
Waldemar Mehl
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-371
|
28 March 1944
|
—
|
115
|
Alfred Eick
|
13-MOberleutnant zur See
|
Commander of U-510
|
31 March 1944
|
—
|
116
|
Georg Olschewski
|
13-MOberleutnant (Ing.)
|
Chief engineer on U-66
|
23 April 1944
|
—
|
117
|
Walter Käding
|
10-MObersteuermann
|
3rd watch officer and coxswain on U-123
|
15 May 1944
|
—
|
118
|
Horst Hofmann
|
10-MObersteuermann
|
Coxswain and watch officer on U-672
|
20 May 1944
|
—
|
119
|
Karl-Heinz Wiebe
|
14-MKapitänleutnant (Ing.)
|
Chief engineer on U-178
|
22 May 1944
|
—
|
120
|
Horst von Schroeter
|
13-MOberleutnant zur See
|
Commander of U-123
|
1 June 1944
|
—
|
—
|
Johann-Otto Krieg
|
13-MOberleutnant zur See
|
Chief of the Kleinkampfmittel-Flottille 361
|
8 July 1944
|
—
|
121
|
Reinhard König
|
13-MOberleutnant (Ing.)
|
Chief engineer on U-123
|
8 July 1944
|
—
|
122
|
Heinz Sieder
|
13-MOberleutnant zur See
|
Commander of U-984
|
8 July 1944
|
killed in action 20 August 1944
|
123
|
Karl Fleige
|
13-MOberleutnant zur See
|
Commander of U-18
|
18 July 1944
|
—
|
124
|
Karl-Heinz Marbach
|
13-MOberleutnant zur See
|
Commander of U-953
|
22 July 1944
|
—
|
125
|
Hermann Stuckmann
|
13-MOberleutnant zur See
|
Commander of U-621
|
11 August 1944
|
killed in action 23 August 1944
|
126
|
Heinrich Dammeier
|
11-MStabsobermaschinist
|
Chief mechanic on U-270
|
12 August 1944
|
—
|
127
|
Hans-Günther Lange
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-711
|
26 August 1944
|
Awarded (853rd) Oak Leaves 29 April 1945
|
128
|
Heinrich Timm
|
15-MKorvettenkapitän
|
Commander of U-862
|
17 September 1944
|
—
|
129
|
Gerhard Schaar
|
13-MOberleutnant zur See
|
Commander of U-957
|
1 October 1944
|
—
|
130
|
Hans-Joachim Förster
|
13-MOberleutnant zur See
|
Commander of U-480
|
18 December 1944
|
killed in action 24 February 1945
|
131
|
Paul Brasack
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-737
|
30 October 1944
|
—
|
132
|
Rudolf Mühlbauer
|
08-MOberbootsmannsmaat
|
Brückenmaat (look out on the bridge) on U-123
|
10 December 1944
|
—
|
133
|
Günther Pulst
|
13-MOberleutnant zur See
|
Commander of U-978
|
21 December 1944
|
—
|
134
|
Rolf Thomsen
|
14-MKapitänleutnant
|
Commander of U-1202
|
4 January 1945
|
Awarded (852nd) Oak Leaves 29 April 1945
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135
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Ernst Hechler
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15-MKorvettenkapitän
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Commander of U-870
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21 January 1945
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—
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136
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Dr. jur. Kurt Dobratz
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17-MKapitän zur See
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Commander of U-1232
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23 January 1945
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—
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137
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Johannes Limbach
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12-LLeutnant zur See
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1st watch officer on U-181
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6 February 1945
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—
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138
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Hans-Georg Hess
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13-MOberleutnant zur See of the Reserves
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Commander of U-995
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11 February 1945
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—
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139
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Otto Westphalen
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13-MOberleutnant zur See
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Commander of U-968
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23 March 1945
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—
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140
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Philipp Lichtenberg
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14-MKapitänleutnant (Ing.)
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Chief engineer on U-516
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31 March 1945
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—
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141
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Hans Johannsen
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13-MOberleutnant (Ing.)
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Chief engineer on U-802
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31 March 1945
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—
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142
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Heinrich Praßdorf
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09-MObermaschinist
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Lead machinist on U-1203
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21 April 1945
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—
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143
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Heinrich Schroeteler
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14-MKapitänleutnant
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Commander of U-1023
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2 May 1945
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—
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144
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Hans Lehmann
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13-MOberleutnant zur See of the Reserves
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Commander of U-997
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7 May 1945[Note 3]
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