Siegfried Lüdden

Siegfried Lüdden (20 May 1916 – 13 January 1945) was a German U-boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Lüdden is credited with the sinking of 8 ships of and one warship, the HMS Beverley, and damaging a further ship of. Among others, he and Korvettenkapitän Wilhelm Franken were killed on 13 January 1945 when a fire broke out on the accommodation ship Daressalem in Kiel harbor.

Ships attacked
As a U-boat commander of GS U-188 Siegfried Lüdden is credited with the sinking of eight and one warship, the HMS Beverley, and damaging a further ship of.

Awards

 * Sudetenland Medal (20 December 1939)
 * Iron Cross (1939)
 * 2nd Class (18 December 1941)
 * 1st Class (8 April 1942)
 * U-boat War Badge (1939) (29 December 1941)
 * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 11 February 1944 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-188
 * U-boat Front Clasp (27 September 1944)