Siegfried Strelow

Siegfried Strelow
Born (1911-04-15)15 April 1911
Kiel
Died 9 July 1943(1943-07-09) (aged 32)
North Atlantic
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 Weimar Republic (to 1933)
 Nazi Germany
Service/branch  Reichsmarine
 Kriegsmarine
Years of service 1931–43
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

World War II

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 / 39.800; -14.367 (U-435 (U-boat)) when their boat was sunk by four depth charges from a Royal Air Force (RAF) Vickers Wellington bomber of No. 179 Squadron RAF.

Summary of career

Ships Attacked

As 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 GRT and three warships of 855 long tons (869 t).

Date Name Nationality Tonnage
(GRT)		 Fate[1]
30 March 1942Effingham United States6,421Sunk
13 April 1942El Occidente Panama6,008Sunk
13 April 1942Harpalion United Kingdom5,486Sunk
20 September 1942HMS Leda (J 93) Royal Navy835Sunk
22 September 1942Bellingham United States5,345Sunk
22 September 1942Grey Ranger United Kingdom3,313Sunk
22 September 1942Ocean Voice United Kingdom7,174Sunk
29 December 1942Empire Shackleton United Kingdom7,068Sunk
29 December 1942Norse King Norway5,701Sunk
30 December 1942HMS Fidelity (D57) Royal Navy2,456Sunk
30 December 1942HMS LCV-752 Royal Navy10Sunk
30 December 1942HMS LCV-754 Royal Navy10Sunk
17 March 1943William Eustis United States7,196Sunk

Awards

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit hy U-435". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Busch & Röll 2003, p. 270.
  3. ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 415.
  4. ↑ Scherzer 2007, p. 731.

Bibliography

  • Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (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) [1986]. 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. 
  • Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. 


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