Freiherr Egon Reiner von Schlippenbach
Korvettenkapitän (Crew 34)
| Successes 4 ships sunk for a total of 15.850 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 835 tons 2 ships damaged for a total of 16.610 GRT 1 warship a total loss for a total of 1.705 tons |
| Born | 10 Apr, 1914 | Cologne-Lindenthal |
| Died | 11 May, 1979 | Kiel |
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Ranks
Decorations
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U-boat Commands
| U-121 | 31 Mar, 1941 | - | 8 Jul, 1941 | No war patrols |
| U-453 | 9 Jul, 1941 | - | 6 Dec, 1943 | 14 patrols (332 days) |
Personal information
Freiherr von Schlippenbach began his naval career in April 1934. He later served on the line ship Schleswig-Holstein and as a training officer before transferring to the U-boat force in 1939.
Until March 1941 he served on several U-boats as watch officer, but then he took over his first command on the school boat U-121. In July 1941 he became the commander of the larger Type VIIC U-boat U-453 and on his first patrol, in December 1941, he managed to break through the Straits of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean. During the next two years he became one of the most experienced commanders stationed there.
In 1944 he took a staff position in the OKM (Naval High Command) and in the Marineschule Mürwik (Naval Academy). He spent last six weeks of the war in infantry duty for the defense of Central Germany. After the war he spent three months in US captivity.
He joined the Bundesmarine in January 1956, where he served mostly in staff positions. He retired in September 1972 as Kapitän zur See.
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-453 | 12 Nov, 1941 | Kiel | 17 Dec, 1941 | La Spezia | Patrol, | 36 days |
| 2. | U-453 | 17 Jan, 1942 | La Spezia | 1 Feb, 1942 | Pola | Patrol, | 16 days |
| 3. | U-453 | 22 Mar, 1942 | Pola | 21 Apr, 1942 | Pola | Patrol, | 31 days |
| 4. | U-453 | 25 May, 1942 | Pola | 14 Jun, 1942 | Salamis | Patrol, | 21 days |
| 5. | U-453 | 18 Jun, 1942 | Salamis | 21 Jul, 1942 | Pola | Patrol, | 34 days |
| 6. | U-453 | 31 Aug, 1942 | Pola | 10 Sep, 1942 | Salamis | 11 days | |
| 7. | U-453 | 17 Sep, 1942 | Salamis | 15 Oct, 1942 | La Spezia | Patrol, | 29 days |
| 8. | U-453 | 29 Nov, 1942 | La Spezia | 17 Dec, 1942 | La Spezia | Patrol, | 19 days |
| 9. | U-453 | 11 Jan, 1943 | La Spezia | 16 Feb, 1943 | Pola | Patrol, | 37 days |
| 10. | U-453 | 1 Apr, 1943 | Pola | 5 May, 1943 | Pola | Patrol, | 35 days |
| 11. | U-453 | 23 Jun, 1943 | Pola | 24 Jul, 1943 | Pola | Patrol, | 32 days |
| 12. | U-453 | 31 Jul, 1943 | Pola | 14 Aug, 1943 | Pola | Patrol, | 15 days |
| 13. | U-453 | 21 Oct, 1943 | Pola | 27 Oct, 1943 | Pola | Patrol, | 7 days |
| 14. | U-453 | 2 Nov, 1943 | Pola | 13 Nov, 1943 | Pola | Patrol, | 12 days |
| 15. | U-453 | 24 Nov, 1943 | Pola | 1 Dec, 1943 | Pola | Patrol, | 8 days |
| 14 patrols, 332 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Freiherr Egon Reiner von Schlippenbach
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 13 Dec, 1941 | U-453 | Badalona | 4.202 | | sp | ||
| 7 Apr, 1942 | U-453 | HMHS Somersetshire | 9.716 | | br | damaged | |
| 20 Jan, 1943 | U-453 | Jean Jadot | 5.859 | | be | KMS-7 | |
| 30 Jun, 1943 | U-453 | Oligarch | 6.894 | | br | GTX-3 | damaged |
| 6 Jul, 1943 | U-453 | Shahjehan | 5.454 | | br | MWS-36 | |
| 15 Nov, 1943 | U-453 | HMS Quail (G 45) [Mine] | 1.705 | | br | total loss | |
| 20 Nov, 1943 | U-453 | Jela [Mine] | 335 | | yu | ||
| 22 Nov, 1943 | U-453 | HMS Hebe (J 24) [Mine] | 835 | | br | ||
| 35.000 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.


