Georg Schewe

Georg Schewe (born November 24, 1909 in Ueckermünde ; † September 16, 1989 in Hamburg ) was a German naval officer in the Reichsmarine and the Kriegsmarine , most recently in the rank of corvette captain .

Military career

Patrols

U 60

1. November 4, 1939 to November 21, 1939
2. December 4, 1939 to December 19, 1939 (1 ship with 4,375 GRT sunk)
3. January 9, 1940 to January 21, 1940
4. February 14, 1940 to February 29, 1940
5. April 4, 1940 to June 13, 1941
6. May 18, 1940 to June 1, 1940

U 105

1. December 24, 1941 to January 31, 1941 (2 ships with 11,359 GRT sunk)
2. February 22, 1941 to June 13, 1941 (12 ships with 71,450 GRT sunk)
3. August 3, 1941 to September 20, 1941 (1 ship with 1,549 GRT sunk)
4. November 8, 1941 to December 13, 1941

Schewe entered the Reichsmarine as a recruit on October 15, 1928 and was assigned to the 1st Company of the 1st Marine Artillery Department until September 28, 1929. He then completed on 29 September 1929 to the Sept. 25, 1931 within the second half Torpedo Flotilla a boarding training, where he on November 1, 1930, top sailors and on June 12, 1931 NCO candidate was appointed. This was followed by further courses and on-board training by the end of December 1932. Previously, Schewe had been appointed bosun's mate on October 1, 1932. In this service title he was from December 23, 1932 to February 14, 1934 seaman No. 1 on the Schnellboot S-5 , where he was appointed sea ​​officer candidate on February 5, 1934 . There he completed the usual military training, which he completed at the beginning of December 1935, which has since risen to the rank of senior ensign at sea . On January 1, 1936 appointed lieutenant at sea , he was from April 1, 1936 as a company officer of the III. Ship master department of the Baltic Sea deployed in Stralsund.

On October 12, 1936, he switched to submarine weapons. After attending several courses, Schewe became a watch officer on U 15 on April 15, 1937 , where he stayed until January 8, 1939. Subsequently he worked as a teacher at the torpedo school in Flensburg - Mürwik until March 11, 1939 and was then “available” within the Weddingen U-Flotilla until July 9. The delegation for the building instruction of U 60 took place on July 10th. On July 22nd, Schewe became the commander of U 60 , where he was appointed lieutenant captain on October 1st, 1939 . With U 60 he ran out to six patrols, where he was able to sink a ship with 4,373 GRT . On September 10, 1940, he was then commander of U 105 , with which he was able to sink 16 ships with 88,731 GRT on four patrols. For this he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on May 23, 1941. On January 6, 1942, he gave command of U 105 to Heinrich Schuch and became 2nd later 1st Admiral Staff Officer on the staff of the leader of the U-Boats in the Mediterranean . Schewe held this position until September 6, 1944. During his service there he was promoted to the rank of corvette captain on August 1, 1943 . On September 21, 1944, he was appointed flotilla chief of the 33rd U-Flotilla in Flensburg, but only a few weeks later on October 27th he switched to the 5th Naval Command of the Navy as a consultant . There he was taken prisoner by the British on May 8, 1945, from which he was released a little later. Then Schewe worked at the German Hydrographic Institute until April 16, 1946 .

Awards

• Service award IV class on October 2, 1936
• Medal in memory of October 1, 1938 on December 20, 1939
• Submarine War Badge (1939) on January 24, 1940
• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st class on December 20, 1939 and June 13, 1941, respectively
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on May 23, 1941
• twice mentioned in the Wehrmacht report on March 22, 1941 and May 17, 1941

literature

• Rainer Busch and Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War 1939–1945: The knight's cross bearers of the U-boat weapon from September 1939 to May 1945. Mittler and Son, 2003, ISBN 3-8132-0515-0 .