| Siegfried Strelow | |
|---|---|
| File:File:Siegfried Strelow.JPG | |
| Born | 15 April 1911 |
| Died | 9 July 1943 (aged 32) |
| Place of birth | Kiel |
| Place of death | North Atlantic |
| Buried at | (39°48′N 14°22′W / 39.8°N 14.367°W) |
| Allegiance |
 Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
| Service/branch |
 Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine |
| Years of service | 1931–1943 |
| 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 | |
| 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 language: 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 / 39.8°N 14.367°W when their boat was sunk by 4 depth charges from a Royal Air Force (RAF) Vickers Wellington bomber of No. 179 Squadron RAF.
Summary of career[edit | edit source]
Ships attacked[edit | edit source]
As a U-boat 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 metric tons (2,417 long tons; 2,707 short tons) and three warships of 855 t (841 long tons; 942 short tons).
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 March 1942 | Effingham |  USA |
6,421 | Sunk |
| 13 April 1942 | El Occidente |  Panama |
6,008 | Sunk |
| 13 April 1942 | Harpalion |  United Kingdom |
5,486 | Sunk |
| 20 September 1942 | HMS Leda (J 93) |  United Kingdom |
835 | Sunk |
| 22 September 1942 | Bellingham | USA |
5,345 | Sunk |
| 22 September 1942 | Grey Ranger | United Kingdom |
3,313 | Sunk |
| 22 September 1942 | Ocean Voice | United Kingdom |
7,174 | Sunk |
| 29 December 1942 | Empire Shackleton | United Kingdom |
7,068 | Sunk |
| 29 December 1942 | Norse King |  Norway |
5,701 | Sunk |
| 30 December 1942 | HMS Fidelity (D57) | United Kingdom |
2,456 | Sunk |
| 30 December 1942 | HMS LCV-752 | United Kingdom |
10 | Sunk |
| 30 December 1942 | HMS LCV-754 | United Kingdom |
10 | Sunk |
| 17 March 1943 | William Eustis | USA |
7,196 | Sunk |
Awards[edit | edit source]
- Wehrmacht Long Service Award (2 October 1936)[2]
- Sudetenland Medal (1 August 1939)[2]
- Iron Cross (1939)
- Destroyer War Badge (19 February 1941)[2]
- U-boat War Badge (1939) (15 April 1942)[2]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 27 October 1942 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-435[3]
References[edit | edit source]
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Busch, Rainer and 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. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
External links[edit | edit source]
- "Siegfried Strelow". uboat.net. http://uboat.net/men/strelow.htm. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
- "Siegfried Strelow" (in German). Lexikon der Wehrmacht. http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/S/StrelowS.htm. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
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