Siegfried Strelow
Siegfried Strelow
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Born | Kiel |
15 April 1911
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Allegiance | ![]() ![]() |
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Years of service | 1931–43 |
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 | World War II |
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: 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 Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 668: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. when their boat was sunk by four depth charges from a Royal Air Force (RAF) Vickers Wellington bomber of No. 179 Squadron RAF.
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Summary of career
Ships Attacked
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] |
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30 March 1942 | Effingham | ![]() |
6,421 | Sunk |
13 April 1942 | El Occidente | ![]() |
6,008 | Sunk |
13 April 1942 | Harpalion | ![]() |
5,486 | Sunk |
20 September 1942 | HMS Leda (J 93) | ![]() |
835 | Sunk |
22 September 1942 | Bellingham | ![]() |
5,345 | Sunk |
22 September 1942 | Grey Ranger | ![]() |
3,313 | Sunk |
22 September 1942 | Ocean Voice | ![]() |
7,174 | Sunk |
29 December 1942 | Empire Shackleton | ![]() |
7,068 | Sunk |
29 December 1942 | Norse King | ![]() |
5,701 | Sunk |
30 December 1942 | HMS Fidelity (D57) | ![]() |
2,456 | Sunk |
30 December 1942 | HMS LCV-752 | ![]() |
10 | Sunk |
30 December 1942 | HMS LCV-754 | ![]() |
10 | Sunk |
17 March 1943 | William Eustis | ![]() |
7,196 | Sunk |
Awards
- 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][4]
References
Citations
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 978-3-8132-0515-2. Unknown parameter
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- Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87943-355-1. Unknown parameter
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External links
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "Siegfried Strelow". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 4 July 2013.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- "Siegfried Strelow". Lexikon der Wehrmacht (in German). Retrieved 4 July 2013.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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