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Knights Cross
(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuz)

The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross was introduced in 1939 as an addtion to the Iron Cross family. Like the Iron Cross itself it had the year of its intruduction embodied into it. About 7,318 of these awards were presented to members of all branches of the German armed forces. U-boat men received 144 of those.

Commanders and WO's


 Name and rankAgeCrewDateBoat
1.Kptlt. Prien, Günther +(31)3318 Oct, 1939U-47
2.Kptlt. Schultze, Herbert(30)301 Mar, 1940U-48
3.KrvKpt. Hartmann, Werner(37)219 May, 1940
4.Kptlt. Schuhart, Otto(31)2916 May, 1940U-29
5.Kptlt. Rollmann, Wilhelm +(33)2631 Jul, 1940U-34
6.Kptlt. Kretschmer, Otto(28)304 Aug, 1940U-99
7.Kptlt. Liebe, Heinrich(32)2714 Aug, 1940U-38
8.Kptlt. Lemp, Fritz-Julius +(27)3114 Aug, 1940U-30
9.Kptlt. Frauenheim, Fritz(28)3029 Aug, 1940U-101
10.KrvKpt. Rösing, Hans Rudolf(34)2429 Aug, 1940U-48
11.Oblt. Endrass, Engelbert +(29)345 Sep, 1940U-46
12.Kptlt. Kuhnke, Günter(28)3119 Sep, 1940U-28
13.Kptlt. Schepke, Joachim +(28)3024 Sep, 1940U-100
14.Oblt. Jenisch, Hans(26)337 Oct, 1940U-32
15.Kptlt. Oehrn, Victor(33)2721 Oct, 1940U-37
16.Oblt. Lüth, Wolfgang +(27)3324 Oct, 1940U-43
17.Kptlt. Bleichrodt, Heinrich(31)3324 Oct, 1940U-48
18.Oblt. Suhren, Reinhard(24)353 Nov, 1940
19.KrvKpt. Schütze, Viktor(34)2511 Dec, 1940U-103
20.KrvKpt. Stockhausen, Hans-Gerrit von +(33)2614 Jan, 1941U-65
21.Kptlt. Lehmann-Willenbrock, Heinrich(29)3126 Feb, 1941U-96
22.Kptlt. Moehle, Karl-Heinz(30)3026 Feb, 1941U-123
23.Kptlt. Oesten, Jürgen(27)3326 Mar, 1941U-106
24.Kptlt. Schulz, Georg-Wilhelm(35)324 Apr, 1941U-124
25.Kptlt. Kuppisch, Herbert +(31)3314 May, 1941U-94
26.Kptlt. Wohlfarth, Herbert(25)3315 May, 1941U-556
27.Kptlt. Schewe, Georg(31)3023 May, 1941U-105
28.Kptlt. Korth, Claus(29)3229 May, 1941U-93
29.Oblt. Topp, Erich(26)3420 Jun, 1941U-552
30.Kptlt. Hessler, Günter(32)2724 Jun, 1941U-107
31.Kptlt. Metzler, Jost(32)3228 Jul, 1941U-69
32.Oblt. Schnee, Adalbert(27)3430 Aug, 1941U-201
33.Kptlt. Mützelburg, Rolf +(28)3217 Nov, 1941U-203
34.Kptlt. Mengersen, Ernst(29)3318 Nov, 1941U-101
35.Kptlt. Guggenberger, Friedrich(26)3410 Dec, 1941U-81
36.KrvKpt. Scholtz, Klaus(33)2726 Dec, 1941U-108
37.Kptlt. Bigalk, Gerhard +(33)3326 Dec, 1941U-751
38.Kptlt. Gysae, Robert(30)3131 Dec, 1941U-98
39.Kptlt. Kentrat, Eitel-Friedrich(35)2831 Dec, 1941U-74
40.Kptlt. Hardegen, Reinhard(28)3323 Jan, 1942U-123
41.Kptlt. Tiesenhausen, Freiherr Hans-Diedrich von(28)3427 Jan, 1942U-331
42.Kptlt. Clausen, Asmus Nicolai +(30)2913 Mar, 1942U-129
43.Kptlt. Bauer, Ernst(28)3316 Mar, 1942U-126
44.Kptlt. Mohr, Johann +(25)3427 Mar, 1942U-124
45.Oblt. Ites, Otto(24)3628 Mar, 1942U-94
46.KrvKpt. Zapp, Richard(38)2623 Apr, 1942U-66
47.Kptlt. Cremer, Peter-Erich(31)325 Jun, 1942U-333
48.Kptlt. Winter, Werner(30)305 Jun, 1942U-103
49.KrvKpt. Merten, Karl-Friedrich(36)2613 Jun, 1942U-68
50.Kptlt. Kraus, Hans-Werner(26)3419 Jun, 1942U-83
51.Kptlt. Rostin, Erwin +(34)3328 Jun, 1942U-158
52.Kptlt. Schultze, Heinz-Otto +(26)349 Jul, 1942U-432
53.Oblt. Lassen, Georg(27)3510 Aug, 1942U-160
54.Kptlt. Rosenbaum, Helmut +(29)3212 Aug, 1942U-73
55.Kptlt. Piening, Adolf Cornelius(31)3013 Aug, 1942U-155
56.Kptlt. Schonder, Heinrich +(32)3419 Aug, 1942U-77
57.KrvKpt. Thurmann, Karl +(32)2824 Aug, 1942U-553
58.KrvKpt. Kals, Ernst(37)241 Sep, 1942U-130
59.KrvKpt. Hartenstein, Werner +(34)2817 Sep, 1942U-156
60.Kptlt. Krech, Günther(28)3317 Sep, 1942U-558
61.Kptlt. Bülow, Otto von(31)3020 Oct, 1942U-404
62.Kptlt. Witte, Helmut(27)3422 Oct, 1942U-159
63.Kptlt. Strelow, Siegfried +(31)3127 Oct, 1942U-435
64.KrvKpt. Poske, Hans-Georg Friedrich(38)236 Nov, 1942U-504
65.Kptlt. Emmermann, Carl(27)3427 Nov, 1942U-172
66.Kptlt. Müller-Stöckheim, Günther +(28)3427 Nov, 1942U-67
67.Kptlt. Dommes, Wilhelm(35)312 Dec, 1942U-431
68.Kptlt. Henke, Werner +(33)3317 Dec, 1942U-515
69.Kptlt. Witt, Hans-Ludwig(33)2917 Dec, 1942U-129
70.Kptlt. Rasch, Hermann(28)3429 Dec, 1942U-106
71.KrvKpt. Schacht, Harro +(35)269 Jan, 1943U-507
72.Kptlt. Achilles, Albrecht +(28)3416 Jan, 1943U-161
73.Kptlt. Schneider, Herbert +(27)3416 Jan, 1943U-522
74.Kptlt. Heyse, Ulrich(36)3321 Jan, 1943U-128
75.Kptlt. Brandi, Albrecht(28)3521 Jan, 1943U-617
76.Kptlt. Forstner, Baron Siegfried von +(32)309 Feb, 1943U-402
77.Kptlt. Würdemann, Erich +(29)3314 Mar, 1943U-506
78.Kptlt. Reche, Reinhart(27)3417 Mar, 1943U-255
79.Oblt. Trojer, Hans-Hartwig +(27)3624 Mar, 1943U-221
80.Kptlt. Gelhaus, Harald(27)3526 Mar, 1943U-107
81.Kptlt. Seibicke, Günther +(31)3227 Mar, 1943U-436
82.KrvKpt. Neitzel, Karl(42)2327 Mar, 1943U-510
83.Kptlt. Folkers, Ulrich +(28)3427 Mar, 1943U-125
84.Kptlt. Heidtmann, Hans(28)3412 Apr, 1943
85.Kptlt. Möhlmann, Helmut(29)3316 Apr, 1943U-571
86.Kptlt. Bargsten, Klaus(31)3630 Apr, 1943U-521
87.Kptlt. Jahn, Gunter(32)3130 Apr, 1943U-596
88.Kptlt. Franken, Wilhelm +(28)3530 Apr, 1943U-565
89.Kptlt. Heydemann, Günther(29)333 Jul, 1943U-575
90.Kptlt. Markworth, Friedrich(28)348 Jul, 1943U-66
91.Kptlt. Staats, Georg +(27)3514 Jul, 1943U-508
92.Kptlt. Kelbling, Gerd(28)3419 Aug, 1943U-593
93.Kptlt. Maus, August(28)3421 Sep, 1943
94.Oblt. Schöneboom, Dietrich +(25)37a20 Oct, 1943U-431
95.Kptlt. Schlippenbach, Freiherr Egon Reiner von(29)3419 Nov, 1943U-453
96.Oblt. Fenski, Horst-Arno(25)37b26 Nov, 1943U-410
97.Kptlt. Franke, Heinz(28)3630 Nov, 1943U-262
98.Kptlt. Teichert, Max-Martin +(28)3419 Dec, 1943
99.Oblt. Koitschka, Siegfried(26)37a27 Jan, 1944U-616
100.Kptlt. Hellriegel, Hans-Jürgen +(26)363 Feb, 1944U-543
101.Kptlt. Lüdden, Siegfried +(27)3611 Feb, 1944U-188
102.Kptlt. Mehl, Waldemar(29)3328 Mar, 1944U-371
103.Oblt. Eick, Alfred(28)37a31 Mar, 1944U-510
104.Kaeding, Walter(28)3515 May, 1944
105.Oblt. Schroeter, Horst von(24)37b1 Jun, 1944U-123
106.Oblt. Sieder, Heinz +(24)388 Jul, 1944U-984
107.Oblt. Krieg, Johann-Otto(25)37b8 Jul, 1944
108.Oblt. Fleige, Karl(38)2418 Jul, 1944U-18
109.Oblt. Marbach, Karl-Heinz(27)37a22 Jul, 1944U-953
110.Oblt. Stuckmann, Hermann +(23)X/3911 Aug, 1944U-621
111.Kptlt. Lange, Hans-Günther(27)37a26 Aug, 1944U-711
112.KrvKpt. Timm, Heinrich(34)3317 Sep, 1944U-862
113.Oblt. Schaar, Gerd(25)37b1 Oct, 1944U-957
114.Oblt. Förster, Hans-Joachim +(24)3818 Oct, 1944U-480
115.Kptlt. Brasack, Paul(28)37a30 Oct, 1944U-737
116.Oblt. Pulst, Günther(26)37b21 Dec, 1944U-978
117.Kptlt. Thomsen, Rolf(29)364 Jan, 1945U-1202
118.Kptlt. Poel, Gustav(27)364 Jan, 1945
119.KrvKpt. Hechler, Ernst(37)2921 Jan, 1945U-870
120.Kpt. Dobratz, Kurt(40)2223 Jan, 1945U-1232
121Oblt. Limbach, Johann (IWO)(32)19306 Feb, 1945
122.Oblt. Hess, Hans-Georg(21)4011 Feb, 1945U-995
123.Oblt. Westphalen, Otto(25)3823 Mar, 1945U-968
124.Kptlt. Schroeteler, Heinrich-Andreas(29)362 May, 1945U-1023
125.Oblt. Lehmann, Hans(29)388 May, 1945U-997

Engineers (LI)


 1.  Oblt.(Ing)  Suhren, Gerd         1933   (26)   21/10/1940     LI  U-37
 2.  Oblt.(Ing)	Zürn, Erich         1925   (34)   23/04/1941	   LI  U-48
 3.  Kptlt.(Ing) Bielig, Gerhard      1934   (26)   10/02/1943     LI  U-177
 4.  Lt.(Ing)    Krey, Heinz       +  1939   (21)   04/09/1943     LI  U-752
 5.  Kptlt.(Ing) Panknin, Herbert     1934   (29)   04/09/1943     LI  U-106
 6.  Oblt.(Ing)  Lechtenbörger,Willi+ 1934*  (29)   04/09/1943     LI  U-847
 7.  Oblt.(Ing)  Landfermann, Carl A. 1934*  (29)   27/10/1943     LI  U-181
 8.  Kptlt.(Ing) Rohweder, Helmut     1935   (29)   14/11/1943     LI  U-514
 9.  Kptlt.(Ing) Wessels, Johann-F.   1923   (39)   09/03/1944     LI  U-198
10.  Oblt.(Ing)  Olschewski, Georg    1928*  (32)   23/04/1944     LI  U-66 
11.  Kptlt.(Ing) Wiebe, Karl-Heinz    1935   (28)   22/05/1944     LI  U-178
12.  Oblt.(Ing)  König, Reinhardt     1928*  (35)   08/07/1944     LI  U-123
13.  Kptlt.(Ing) Lichtenberg, Philipp 1928*  (36)   31/03/1945     LI  U-516
14.  Oblt.(Ing)  Johannsen, Hans      1935*  (32)   31/03/1945     LI  U-802

Mates

 1.  StOstrm. Petersen, Heinrich      1919*  (38)   05/11/1940         U-99 
 2.  Ostrm.   Kaeding, Walter         1935*  (28)   15/05/1944         U-123
 3.  Ostrm.   Hofmann, Horst          1937*  (25)   20/05/1944         U-672
 4.  StOstrm. Dammeier, Heinrich      1933*  (30)   12/08/1944         U-270
 5.  OBtsMt.  Mühlbauer, Rudolf              (25)   10/12/1940         U-123
 6.  OMasch.  Prassdorf, Heinrich     1937*  (26)   21/04/1945         U-1203
 7.  OStrm.   Jäckel, Karl            1937*  (31)   28/04/1945         U-907


+ died in WW II * service begins in the Navy
+* died in WW II by accident


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