Peter Schrewe

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	3 Dec 1913		Grosshof, Tapiau, East Prussia
Died	9 Nov 1944	(30)	Java Sea

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

8 Apr 1934		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1935		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1937		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1937		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1939		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jan 1943		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
1941		Fleet War Badge
		U-boat War Badge 1939

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-378	18 Jun 1942	10 Sep 1942	No war patrols
U-591	9 Sep 1942	12 Nov 1942	No war patrols
U-537	27 Jan 1943	9 Nov 1944 (+)	3 patrols (208 days, * died during this patrol)

Patrol info for Peter Schrewe

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-537	18 Sep 1943	Kiel	23 Sep 1943	Bergen	Patrol 1,	6 days
2.	U-537	30 Sep 1943	Bergen	8 Dec 1943	Lorient	Patrol 1,	70 days
3.	U-537	25 Mar 1944	Lorient	2 Aug 1944	Batavia	Patrol 2,	131 days
4.	U-537	1 Oct 1944	Batavia	1 Oct 1944	Soerabaja		1 days
5.	U-537	9 Nov 1944	Soerabaja	10 Nov 1944	Sunk	Patrol 3,	1 days	*
3 patrols, 208 days at sea * Peter Schrewe died during this patrol on 9 Nov 1944

About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.