Günther Seibicke

Günther Seibicke
Günther Seibicke
Born	30 August 1911
Died	26 May 1943 (age 76)
Place of birth	Eggersdorf
Place of death	North Atlantic
Buried at	(48°16′N 05°33′W / 48.267°N 5.55°W)
Allegiance	<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Flag_of_Germany_%283-2_aspect_ratio%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany_%283-2_aspect_ratio%29.svg.png" alt="Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_Germany_%283-2_aspect_ratio%29.svg" data-image-name="Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg" width="23" height="15" > Weimar Republic (to 1933); <img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/military/images/9/99/Flag_of_German_Reich_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/23?cb=20131224212112" alt="Flag of German Reich (1935–1945).svg" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_German_Reich_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg" data-image-name="Flag of German Reich (1935–1945).svg" width="23" height="14" > Nazi Germany
Service/branch	<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_Weimar_Republic_%28jack%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Weimar_Republic_%28jack%29.svg.png" alt="Flag of Weimar Republic (jack).svg" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="Flag_of_Weimar_Republic_%28jack%29.svg" data-image-name="Flag of Weimar Republic (jack).svg" width="22" height="15" > Reichsmarine; <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281938%E2%80%931945%29.svg/22px-War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281938%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png" alt="War Ensign of Germany (1938–1945).svg" class="thumbborder " data-image-key="War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281938%E2%80%931945%29.svg" data-image-name="War Ensign of Germany (1938–1945).svg" width="22" height="13" > Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1932–1943
Rank	Korvettenkapitän (posthumous)
Unit	cruiser Köln; Schleswig-Holstein; cruiser Königsberg
Commands held	U-436
Battles/wars	World War II Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945);
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Günther Seibicke (30 August 1911 – 26 May 1943) was a German U-boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. (German language:Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He and the entire crew of U-436 were killed on 26 May 1943 by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Test and the corvette HMS Hyderabad.

Summary of careerEdit

Ships attackedEdit

As a U-boat commander of U-436 Günther Seibicke is credited with sinking six merchant ship of 36,208 gross register tons (GRT), one warship of 291 metric tons (286 long tons; 321 short tons), and damaging two ships of 15,575 GRT.

Date	Name	Nationality	Tonnage (GRT)	Fate^[1]
1 March 1942	RT-19 Komintern	Soviet Union	577	Sunk
13 April 1942	Kiev	Soviet Union	5,823	Sunk
27 October 1942	Frontenac	Norway	7,350	Damaged
27 October 1942	Gurney E. Newlin	USA	8,225	Damaged
27 October 1942	HMS LCT-2281*	United Kingdom	291	Sunk
27 October 1942	Sourabaya	United Kingdom	10,107	Sunk
29 October 1942	Barrwhin	United Kingdom	4,998	Sunk
8 January 1943	Albert L. Ellsworth	Norway	5,283	Sunk
8 January 1943	Oltenia II	United Kingdom	6,394	Sunk

* Carried by Sourabaya

AwardsEdit

Sudetenland Medal (20 December 1939)^[2]
Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (17 September 1939)^[2]
- 1st Class (16 May 1940)^[2]
U-boat War Badge (1939) (24 April 1942)^[2]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 27 March 1943 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-436^[3]

ReferencesEdit

Citations

↑ http://uboat.net/boats/successes/u436/html
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Busch and Röll 2003, p. 335.
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 397.

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 (in German). Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn Germany: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn. ISBN 3-8132-0515-0.
Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945 (in German). Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 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 (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

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[0] ttp://uboat.net/boats/successes/u436/html

[Busch_and_R.C3.B6ll_p335-1] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Busch and Röll 2003, p. 335.

[2] Fellgiebel 2000, p. 397.

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Günther Seibicke
Born	(1911-08-30)30 August 1911
Died	26 May 1943(1943-05-26) (age 76)
Place of birth	Eggersdorf
Place of death	North Atlantic
Buried at	(48°16′N 05°33′W / 48.267°N 5.55°W / 48.267; -5.55 (U-436 (U-boat)))
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1932–1943
Rank	Korvettenkapitän (posthumous)
Unit	cruiser Köln Schleswig-Holstein cruiser Königsberg
Commands held	U-436
Battles/wars	World War II Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945)
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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Summary of careerEdit

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