Egon-Reiner von Schlippenbach
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Egon-Reiner Freiherr von Schlippenbach
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Born | Cologne-Lindenthal |
10 April 1914
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Kiel |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany |
Service/ |
Kriegsmarine German Navy |
Years of service | 1934–45, 1956–72 |
Rank | Korvettenkapitän (Wehrmacht) Kapitän zur See (Bundeswehr) |
Unit | Schleswig-Holstein |
Commands held | U-121 U-453 |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Egon-Reiner Freiherr von Schlippenbach[a] (10 April 1914 – 11 May 1979) was a Korvettenkapitän with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and commander of U-121 and U-453. He is also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Egon-Reiner Freiherr von Schlippenbach is credited with the sinking of four ships for a total of 15,850 tons of Allied merchant shipping.
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Summary of career
Ships attacked
Date | Ship | Nationality | Tonnage | Fate[1] |
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13 December 1941 | Badalona | Spain | 4,202 | Sunk |
7 April 1942 | HMHS Somersetshire | Royal Navy | 9,716 | Damaged |
20 January 1943 | Jean Jadot | Belgium | 5,859 | Sunk |
30 June 1943 | Oligarch | United Kingdom | 6,894 | Damaged |
6 July 1943 | Shahjehan | United Kingdom | 5,454 | Sunk |
15 November 1943 | HMS Quail | Royal Navy | 1,705 | Total loss |
20 November 1943 | Jela | Yugoslavia | 335 | Sunk |
22 November 1943 | HMS Hebe | Royal Navy | 835 | Sunk |
Awards
- Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (8 April 1938)[2]
- Iron Cross (1939)
- U-boat War Badge (1939) (25 February 1942)[3]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 19 November 1943 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-453[4]
Footnotes
- a Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as Baron). In Germany since 1919, it forms part of family names. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.
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