Heinrich-Andreas Schroeteler
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)
| Successes 1 warship sunk for a total of 335 tons 1 ship damaged for a total of 7.345 GRT |
| Born | 10 Dec, 1915 | Essen-Katernberg |
| Died | 19 Jan, 2000 | Bochum, Germany |
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Ranks
Decorations
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U-boat Commands
| U-667 | 21 Oct, 1942 | - | May, 1944 | 4 patrols (215 days) |
| U-1023 | 10 Mar, 1945 | - | 10 May, 1945 | 1 patrol (47 days) |
Personal information
Heinrich Schroeteler after patrol |
Heinrich Schroeteler joined the Kriegsmarine in April 1936 and was a member of the so-called Olympia-Crew. In September 1939 he began two years of service on several minesweepers.
In September 1941 he transferred to the U-boat force and accompanied U-96 on one patrol as Kommandantenschüler (commander-in-training). In October 1942 he commissioned U-667 and made four patrols, mostly in the North Atlantic. In May 1944 he left the U-boat and became a staff member of BdU op, where in July 1944 he replaced 'Adi' Schnee.
In January 1945 he served as training officer in the 27th flotilla for a month before taking command of the Type VIIC U-boat U-1023 in February 1945.
In the last days of the war Heinrich Schroeteler damaged a British tanker of 7,345 tons and on the evening of 7 (!) May 1945 sank the Norwegian minesweeper NYMS 382 (335 tons). Three days later Schroeteler surrendered U-1023 at Weymouth. He then spent three years in British captivity.
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-667 | 20 May, 1943 | Kiel | 26 Jul, 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol | 68 days |
| 2. | U-667 | 14 Sep, 1943 | St. Nazaire | 16 Sep, 1943 | St. Nazaire | 3 days | |
| 3. | U-667 | 18 Sep, 1943 | St. Nazaire | 11 Oct, 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol | 24 days |
| 4. | U-667 | 18 Nov, 1943 | St. Nazaire | 6 Jan, 1944 | St. Nazaire | Patrol | 50 days |
| 5. | U-667 | 8 Mar, 1944 | St. Nazaire | 19 May, 1944 | St. Nazaire | Patrol | 73 days |
| 6. | U-1023 | 25 Mar, 1945 | Bergen | 10 May, 1945 | Weymouth, UK | Patrol | 47 days |
Ships hit by Heinrich-Andreas Schroeteler
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 23 Apr, 1945 | U-1023 | Riverton | 7.345 |  | br | TBC-135 | damaged |
| 7 May, 1945 | U-1023 | HNoMS NYMS-382 | 335 |  | nw | ||
| 7.680 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
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