Georg Schewe

Georg Schewe (* November 24, 1909 in Ueckermuende; † September 16, 1989 in Hamburg ) was a German naval officer of the Imperial Navy and the Navy, most recently in the rank of Lieutenant Commander.

Military career

Patrols

U 60

U 105

Schewe came into effect on October 15, 1928, first as a recruit in the Imperial Navy and was assigned there until 28 September 1929, the 1st Company of the First Marine Artillery Division. He then completed by September 29, 1929 until September 25, 1931 in the second half Torpedo Flotilla, a training board, where he was named top sailors as well as on 12 June 1931 NCO cadets on 1 November 1930. Following this, followed by the end of December 1932 further training as well as another board training. Previously Schewe had been appointed on 1 October 1932 Bootsmannmaat. In this official capacity he was 23 December 1932 to the February 14, 1934 Sailor No. 1 on the speedboat S-5, where he was appointed on February 5, 1934 Seeoffiziersanwärter. There, he graduated from the usual military training, which he finished in early December 1935 since risen to the rank of Midshipman. Appointed midshipman on 1 January 1936 he was from April 1, 1936 as a company officer of the III. Ship home department of the Baltic Sea used in Stralsund.

12 October 1936, his transfer to the U- boat arm. After attending several courses Schewe was born on April 15, 1937 watch on U 15, where he remained until 8 January 1939. Following this, he served until March 11, 1939 as a teacher at the Torpedo School in Flensburg- Mürwik and was then maintained until July 9, within the U- Flotilla Weddingen " available ". The delegation Baubelehrung of U 60 was made on July 10. On 22 July, Schewe commander of U 60, where he was appointed on 1 October 1939, Lieutenant. With U 60 he ran out to six patrols, where he could sink a ship with 4,373 GRT. To September 10, 1940 he was commander of U 105, with which he was able to sink 16 ships with 88 731 GRT on four patrols. For the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, he was awarded on 23 May 1941. On January 6, 1942, he gave the command of U 105 to Heinrich Schuch and was second later 1st Admiral Staff Officer on the staff of the leaders of the U- boats in the Mediterranean. This position held Schewe held until 6 September 1944. During his service there, he was raised on 1 August 1943 in the rank of Lieutenant Commander. September 21, 1944, he was appointed the 33rd Flotilla U- Flotilla in Flensburg, but changed a few weeks later on 27 October as a speaker in the 5th Naval Operations Staff of the High Command of the Navy for. There he came on 8 May 1945 in British captivity, from which he was released again a little later. Then Schewe worked until April 16, 1946 at the German Hydrographic Institute.

Awards

  • Service Award IV class on October 2, 1936
  • Medal commemorating the October 1, 1938 on December 20, 1939
  • U- boat War Badge (1939 ) on January 24, 1940
  • Iron Cross (1939 ) II and I. Class on December 20, 1939 and on June 13, 1941
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on May 23, 1941
  • Double nomination in the Wehrmacht report on March 22, 1941 and May 17, 1941
Army recruit Leutnant zur See German submarine U-15 (1936) German submarine U-60 (1939) Gross register tonnage German submarine U-105 (1940) Oberkommando der Marine Wehrmacht Long Service Award Sudetenland Medal Wehrmachtbericht
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