Gerd Schreiber
Korvettenkapitän (Crew 31)
| Successes 8 ships sunk, total tonnage 28,415 GRT 4 ships damaged, total tonnage 27,916 GRT |
| Born | 2 Apr 1912 | Hirschberg, Silesia |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-3 | 3 Jan 1940 | 28 Jul 1940 | 2 patrols (22 days) |
| U-95 | 31 Aug 1940 | 28 Nov 1941 | 7 patrols (184 days) |
Gerd Schreiber survived the loss of this boat, U-95, along with 11 of his men in the Mediterranean on 28 Nov 1941 (Niestlé, 1998). They were rescued by the attacker, the Dutch submarine O-21, and sent to POW camps Initially Schreiber was in Gibraltar where he managed to escape his British captors along with Hans Ey of U-433. They intended to flee to Spain and then to Germany but they were recaptured shortly after their escape and sent to London (Blair, 1996).
Sources
Blair, C. (1996). Hitler’s U-boat War. The Hunters, 1939-1942.
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Niestlé, A. (1998). German U-boat losses during World War II.
Patrol info for Gerd Schreiber
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-3 | 16 Mar 1940 | Kiel | 29 Mar 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol 1, | 14 days | |
| 2. | U-3 | 12 Apr 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 19 Apr 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol 2, | 8 days | |
| 3. | U-95 | 20 Nov 1940 | Kiel | 6 Dec 1940 | Lorient | Patrol 3, | 17 days | |
| 4. | U-95 | 16 Dec 1940 | Lorient | 14 Jan 1941 | Lorient | Patrol 4, | 30 days | |
| 5. | U-95 | 16 Feb 1941 | Lorient | 19 Mar 1941 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 5, | 32 days | |
| 6. | U-95 | 12 Apr 1941 | St. Nazaire | 13 May 1941 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 6, | 32 days | |
| 7. | U-95 | 30 Jun 1941 | St. Nazaire | 31 Jul 1941 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 7, | 32 days | |
| 8. | U-95 | 21 Aug 1941 | St. Nazaire | 20 Sep 1941 | Lorient | Patrol 8, | 31 days | |
| 9. | U-95 | 19 Nov 1941 | Lorient | 28 Nov 1941 | Sunk | Patrol 9, | 10 days | |
| 9 patrols, 206 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Gerd Schreiber
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
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| 27 Nov 1940 | U-95 |  | Irene Maria | 1,862 |  | br | OB-248 |
| 28 Nov 1940 | U-95 | Ringhorn (d.) | 1,298 |  | nw | OB-248 | |
| 2 Dec 1940 | U-95 | | Conch (d.) | 8,376 | | br | HX-90 |
| 26 Dec 1940 | U-95 | | Waiotira (d.) | 12,823 | | br | |
| 24 Feb 1941 | U-95 | | Svein Jarl | 1,908 | | nw | OB-288 |
| 24 Feb 1941 | U-95 | Cape Nelson | 3,807 | | br | OB-288 | |
| 24 Feb 1941 | U-95 | | Temple Moat | 4,427 | | br | OB-288 |
| 2 Mar 1941 | U-95 | | Pacific | 6,034 | | br | HX-109 |
| 5 Mar 1941 | U-95 | Murjek | 5,070 |  | sw | ||
| 3 May 1941 | U-95 | | Taranger | 4,873 | | nw | |
| 20 Jul 1941 | U-95 | Palma (d.) | 5,419 | | br | ||
| 6 Sep 1941 | U-95 | Trinidad | 434 |  | pa | ||
| 56,331 | |||||||
8 ships sunk (28,415 tons) and 4 ships damaged (27,916 tons). Legend | |||||||