Heinrich Schonder
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Heinrich Schonder
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Born | Erfurt |
23 July 1910
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Atlantic Ocean |
Buried | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service/ |
Kriegsmarine |
Years of service | 1935–43 |
Rank | Korvettenkapitän (posthumous) |
Unit | Schleswig-Holstein torpedo boat Falke U-9 |
Commands held | U-58 U-77 U-200 |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Heinrich Schonder (23 July 1910 – 28 June 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). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.
U-200 was sunk by two depth charges on her first patrol with all hands lost on 24 June 1943 in the North Atlantic southwest of Iceland by a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber of No. 120 Squadron.
Awards
- Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (5 April 1939)[1]
- Iron Cross (1939)
- Medaglia di bronzo al Valore Militare (25 March 1942)[1]
- U-boat War Badge (1939) (1 December 1939)[1]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 19 August 1942 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-77[2]
Ships attacked
During his career Heinrich Schonder sank 14 merchant ships for 28,333 GRT, sank one warship of 1,050 GRT, damaged one merchant ship of 155 GRT and one warship of 1,690 GRT.
Date | U-boat | Name of Ship | Nationality | Tonnage | Fate |
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18 July 1940 | U-58 | Gyda | Norway | 1,591 | Sunk at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
4 August 1940 | U-58 | Pindos | Greece | 4,360 | Sunk at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
8 October 1940 | U-58 | Confield | United Kingdom | 4,956 | Sunk at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
13 June 1941 | U-77 | Tresillian | United Kingdom | 4,743 | Sunk at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
22 June 1941 | U-77 | Arakaka | United Kingdom | 2,379 | Sunk at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
25 June 1941 | U-77 | Anna Bulgaris | Greece | 4,603 | Sunk at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
15 December 1941 | U-77 | SS Empire Barracuda | United Kingdom | 4,972 | Sunk at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
12 January 1942 | U-77 | HMS Kimberley | Royal Navy | 1,690 | Damaged at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
12 June 1942 | U-77 | HMS Grove | Royal Navy | 1,050 | Sunk at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
22 July 1942 | U-77 | Vassiliki | Greece | 140 | Sunk at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
24 July 1942 | U-77 | Toufic El Rahman | Syria | 30 | Sunk at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
30 July 1942 | U-77 | Fany | Egypt | 43 | Sunk |
1 August 1942 | U-77 | St. Simon | Egypt | 100 | Sunk at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
6 August 1942 | U-77 | Adnan | Egypt | 155 | Damaged |
6 August 1942 | U-77 | Ezzet | Egypt | 158 | Sunk |
10 August 1942 | U-77 | Kharouf | Mandatory Palestine | 158 | Sunk at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
16 August 1942 | U-77 | Daniel | Mandatory Palestine | 100 | Sunk at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
References
Citations
Bibliography
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