Herbert Schultze (naval officer)

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Herbert Schultze, 1941

Herbert Schultze (born July 24, 1909 in Kiel , † June 3, 1987 in Hereford near London , England ) was a highly decorated German naval officer and submarine commander in World War II .

Life

Herbert Schultze, also known by his nickname "Vaddi", was born on July 24, 1909 in Kiel. Due to the proximity to the sea, he had a lot to do with different boats and vehicles as a child.

Imperial Navy

He joined the Reichsmarine in 1930 . This was followed by basic training in Stralsund , on-board training on the sailing training ship Niobe and the light cruiser Emden , with which he completed a world tour (December 1, 1930 - December 8, 1931). After various training courses in Flensburg, Kiel and Wilhelmshaven (1932-1933), as well as commands on the light cruisers Leipzig and Karlsruhe (1933-1936), he entered his service as a group and training officer at the naval school Mürwik in Flensburg - Mürwik or at the Marine training department at Wesermünde (1936–1937). This was followed by the commander training (in the same time he commander in Representation of U 5 was), and a torpedo course in Flensburg-Mürwik. 1938-1939 he was in command of the 1935 type II A boat U 2 , a so-called “dugout canoe” that belonged to the U-school flotilla. In March 1939 the building instruction of U 48 , which was to become the most successful submarine of the war, took place at the Germania shipyard in Kiel.

Second World War

At the beginning of the Second World War, Schultze was in command of U 48 until he had to give up command in May 1940 due to a serious illness. During this time he carried out five operations in which his boat sank 16 ships with 109,074 GRT . After a stay in the hospital, he became chief representing the 7th U-Flotilla in Kiel until he took command of U 48 again in December 1940 . He carried out three more operations, in which ten ships with 60,635 GRT were sunk. After his return he became chief of the 3rd U-Flotilla in La Pallice in July 1941 and served as admiral staff officer in various commands (until 1945). Shortly before the end of the war, he took command of a department at the Schleswig Naval War School and, after the surrender, became battalion commander of the Wehrmacht order force in Flensburg- Mürwik .

1945-1956

In August 1945 he was used by the Allies as commander of the Mürwik Naval School and the Heinz Krey Camp. In November 1945, now as a civilian, he took over the job of operations manager for the naval facilities in Flensburg-Mürwik. This activity ended in October 1946.

Federal Navy

After joining the German Navy in 1956, he became the commander of the 3rd ship master department, served as a staff officer (A1) in the staff of the command of the fleet base , was commander of the supply ships , teaching group leader at the Naval School Mürwik and head of the Navy's volunteer acceptance center until he was on September 30, 1968 was retired. Herbert Schultze died on June 3, 1987 in London and was buried in Wilhelmshaven.

Ranks

armed forces

Military background

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  • April 1, 1930: Joined the Reichsmarine . Crew 30
  • April 1, 1930-30. June 1930: Infantry training in the 2nd division of the ship's trunk division of the Baltic Sea, Stralsund
  • July 1, 1930-9. October 1930: On-board training on the training ship Niobe
  • October 10, 1930-4. January 1942: On-board training on the light cruiser Emden
  • January 5, 1932-31. March 1932: Infantry course for ensigns in the 2nd division of the ship master division of the Baltic Sea, Stralsund
  • April 1, 1932-28. March 1933: Main course for ensigns at the Mürwik Naval School in Flensburg - Mürwik
  • March 29, 1933-28. June 1933: Barrier and artillery course for ensigns at the Barrier and Ship Artillery School Kiel-Wik
  • June 29, 1933-18. August 1933: Torpedo and communications course for ensigns at the Flensburg-Mürwik Naval School
  • August 18, 1933-31. August 1933: Flair training course for ensigns at the coastal artillery school Schilling and Wilhelmshaven
  • September 1, 1933–1. October 1933: Torpedo and communications course for ensigns at the Mürwik Naval School
  • October 2, 1933–7. October 1934: On-board training and division lieutenant on the light cruiser Leipzig
  • October 8, 1934-22. December 1934: Training as radio engineer at the Flensburg-Mürwik news school
  • December 23, 1934-22. September 1935: 2nd radio engineer on the light cruiser Leipzig
  • September 23, 1935-5. July 1936: 2nd radio engineering officer and division lieutenant on the light cruiser Karlsruhe
  • July 6, 1936-30. March 1937: Group officer in the Mürwik Naval School
  • March 31, 1937-18. May 1937: Training officer for reserve officer candidates in the Naval NCO training department in Wesermünde
  • May 19, 1937–4. October 1937: Commander student at the submarine school in Neustadt , at the same time commander representing U 5 ( Type II B ) (August 1937) in the submarine school flotilla
  • October 5, 1937-29. January 1938: Torpedo B and U torpedo officer course at the Torpedo and Communication School Flensburg-Mürwik
  • January 30, 1938-16. March 1939: Commander of U 2 ( Type II B ) in the U school flotilla
  • March 17, 1939-21. April 1939: Construction instruction U 48 at the Germania shipyard in Kiel
  • April 22, 1939-20. May 1940: Commander of U 48 ( Type VII B ) in the U-Flotilla Wegener and 7th U-Flotilla in Kiel . He sank 16 ships with 109,074 GRT on 5 operations , killing 22 people
  • May 21, 1940 – October 1940: hospital stay due to serious illness
  • October 1940–15. December 1940: Chief representing the 7th U-Flotilla in Kiel
  • December 16, 1940-27. July 1941: Commander of U 48 in the 7th U-Flotilla in Kiel and St. Nazaire . On 3 ventures he sank 10 ships with 60,635 GRT , at least 143 people were killed
  • July 28, 1941-16. March 1942: Chief of the 3rd U-Flotilla in La Pallice (in February 1942 he was staying in the Bad Nauheim hospital )
  • March 17, 1942–3. December 1942: U-Admiralstabsoffizier in the Marinegruppe Nord
  • December 4, 1942–5. March 1944: 6th Admiral Staff Officer in the 2nd Naval War Command / Commander of the U-Boats Operations Department (from February 1944 Edlach Hospital Hospital )
  • March 6, 1944-8. May 1945: Commander of Division II / Naval War School Schleswig
  • May 8, 1945–4. August 1945: Battalion Commander of the Wehrmacht Order Group
  • August 5, 1945–4. November 1945: Commander (deployed by the Allies) of the Mürwik Naval School and the "Heinz Krey" camp
  • November 5, 1945–31. October 1946: Operations manager (civil) of the Flensburg-Mürwik naval facilities

armed forces

  • July 2, 1956: Joined the German Navy
  • July 2, 1956-15. February 1959: Commander of the 3rd ship trunk division
  • February 16, 1959-31. December 1960: A1 on the staff of the command of the fleet base
  • January 1, 1961-15. July 1962: Commander (in charge of running the business ) at the command of the supply ships
  • July 16, 1962-30. September 1964: Teaching group leader at the Naval School Mürwik
  • October 1, 1964–2. June 1968: Head of the volunteer acceptance center of the German Navy
  • September 30, 1968: Retired

Awards

Web links

literature

  • Franz Kurowski: Herbert Schultze. In: Franz Kurowski: Hunter of the Seven Seas. The most famous submarine commanders of World War II. 2nd Edition. Motorbuch, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-613-01633-8 , pp. 221-243. (Biographical, representation of the patrols)

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 690.
personal data
SURNAME Schultze, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German naval officer and submarine commander in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiel
DATE OF DEATH 3rd June 1987
Place of death London