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Viktor Schütze

Kapitän zur See (Crew 25)

Successes
35 ships sunk for a total of 180.073 GRT
2 ships damaged for a total of 14.213 GRT

Born	16 Feb, 1906	Kiel
Died	23 Sep, 1950	Frankfurt am Main

Victor Schütze

Ranks

16 Nov, 1925	Seekadett
1 Apr, 1927	Fähnrich zur See
1 Jun, 1928	Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct, 1929	Leutnant zur See
1 Jul, 1931	Oberleutnant zur See
1 Oct, 1935	Kapitänleutnant
1 Feb, 1940	Korvettenkapitän
1 Mar, 1943	Fregattenkapitän
1 Mar, 1944	Kapitän zur See

Decorations

13 Nov, 1939	Iron Cross 2nd Class
21 Feb, 1940	Iron Cross 1st Class
11 Dec, 1940	Knights Cross
14 Jul, 1941	Knights Cross with Oak Leaves

U-boat Commands

U-19	16 Jan, 1936	-	30 Sep, 1937	No war patrols
U-11	13 Aug, 1938	-	4 Sep, 1939	No war patrols
U-25	5 Sep, 1939	-	19 May, 1940	3 patrols (105 days)
U-103	5 Jul, 1940	-	12 Aug, 1941	4 patrols (201 days)

Personal information

Victor Schütze after patrol

Victor Schütze began his naval career in April 1925. He served for some years on torpedo boats before transferring in October 1935 to the newly formed U-boat force. For nearly two years he commanded the Type IIB U-boat U-19. In October 1937 he was detached for 10 months for destroyer training, but in August 1938 he returned and took over U-11.

He achieved his first successes in the North Atlantic. In January and February 1940 he operated in the Bay of Biscay and near the Portuguese coast with U-25.

In July 1940 he took over U-103 and attacked convoys in the Atlantic and in African waters. In August 1941 he left this boat.

Victor Schütze with the commander of U-124, Johann Mohr

In August 1941 Schütze became the commander of the 2nd Flotilla in Lorient.

From March 1943 to the end of the war he was the "FdU Ausbildungsflottillen" (Commander Training Flotillas) in Gotenhafen, where he had the responsibility for all training flotillas in the Baltic Sea.

After the war he returned from captivity in March 1946, but died just four years later.

Patrol info

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-25	18 Oct, 1939	Wilhelmshaven	19 Nov, 1939	Wilhelmshaven	Patrol	33 days
2.	U-25	13 Jan, 1940	Wilhelmshaven	19 Feb, 1940	Wilhelmshaven	Patrol	38 days
3.	U-25	3 Apr, 1940	Wilhelmshaven	6 May, 1940	Wilhelmshaven	Patrol	34 days
4.	U-103	21 Sep, 1940	Kiel	19 Oct, 1940	Lorient	Patrol	29 days
5.	U-103	9 Nov, 1940	Lorient	12 Dec, 1940	Lorient	Patrol	34 days
6.	U-103	21 Jan, 1941	Lorient	24 Feb, 1941	Lorient	Patrol	35 days
7.	U-103	1 Apr, 1941	Lorient	12 Jul, 1941	Lorient	Patrol	103 days

Ships hit by Viktor Schütze

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
31 Oct, 1939	U-25	Baoulé	5.874		fr	20-K

17 Jan, 1940	U-25	Enid	1.140		nw
17 Jan, 1940	U-25	Polzella	4.751		br
18 Jan, 1940	U-25	Pajala	6.873		sw
22 Jan, 1940	U-25	Songa	2.589		nw
3 Feb, 1940	U-25	Armanistan	6.805		br	OG-16
13 Feb, 1940	U-25	Chastine Mærsk	5.177		da
6 Oct, 1940	U-103	Nina Borthen	6.123		nw
9 Oct, 1940	U-103	Delphin	3.816		gr	SC-6
9 Oct, 1940	U-103	Graigwen	3.697		br	SC-6	damaged
9 Oct, 1940	U-103	Zannes Gounaris	4.407		gr	SC-6
13 Oct, 1940	U-103	Nora	1.186		es
15 Oct, 1940	U-103	Thistlegarth	4.747		br	OB-227
21 Nov, 1940	U-103	Daydawn	4.768		br	OB-244
21 Nov, 1940	U-103	Victoria	6.085		gr	OB-244
27 Nov, 1940	U-103	Glenmoor	4.393		br	OB-248
28 Nov, 1940	U-103	Mount Athos	3.578		gr
28 Nov, 1940	U-103	St. Elwyn	4.940		br	OB-249
8 Dec, 1940	U-103	Calabria	9.515		br	SLS-56
9 Dec, 1940	U-103	Empire Jaguar	5.186		br	OB-252

13 Feb, 1941	U-103	Arthur F. Corwin	10.516		br	HX-106	damaged
17 Feb, 1941	U-103	Edwy R. Brown	10.455		br	HX-107
18 Feb, 1941	U-103	Seaforth	5.459		br
19 Feb, 1941	U-103	Benjamin Franklin	7.034		nw	HX-107
25 Apr, 1941	U-103	Polyana	2.267		nw	OG-58
1 May, 1941	U-103	Samsø	1.494		br
3 May, 1941	U-103	Wray Castle	4.253		br
6 May, 1941	U-103	Dunkwa	4.752		br	OB-310
6 May, 1941	U-103	Surat	5.529		br
9 May, 1941	U-103	City of Winchester	7.120		br	OB-313
11 May, 1941	U-103	City of Shanghai	5.828		br	OB-313
22 May, 1941	U-103	British Grenadier	6.857		br
24 May, 1941	U-103	Marionga	4.236		gr
25 May, 1941	U-103	Radames	3.575		ag
25 May, 1941	U-103	Wangi Wangi	7.789		nl
8 Jun, 1941	U-103	Elmdene	4.853		br	OB-324
29 Jun, 1941	U-103	Ernani	6.619		it
			194.286
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.