Victor Schütze ( German: Viktor Schütze ; February 16, 1906 , Kiel - September 23, 1950 , Frankfurt am Main ), German submarine officer, captain zursee (captain 1st rank) from March 1 1944, a participant in the Second World War.
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| Date of Birth | February 16, 1906 | |||||||||
| Place of Birth | Kiel , Schleswig-Holstein , Kingdom of Prussia , German Empire | |||||||||
| Date of death | September 23, 1950 (44 years old) | |||||||||
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main , Germany | |||||||||
| Affiliation |  German Empire Weimar Republic Third Reich | |||||||||
| Type of army | Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine | |||||||||
| Rank | captain zur see | |||||||||
| Commanded | U-19 , U-11 , U-25 , U-103 2nd Kriegsmarine Submarine Flotilla | |||||||||
| Battles / wars | The Second World War | |||||||||
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Biography
November 16, 1925 entered the Navy as a cadet. October 1, 1929 promoted to lieutenant. He served on torpedo boats.
In October 1935 he was transferred to the submarine fleet. He commanded the submarines U-19 (January 16, 1936 - September 30, 1937) and U-11 (August 13, 1938 - September 4, 1939).
World War II
September 5, 1939 he was appointed commander of the U-25 submarine, on which he made 3 campaigns (having spent a total of 105 days at sea).
He made the first campaign to the North Atlantic, and then in January - February 1940 he acted in the Bay of Biscay and off the coast of Portugal.
Since July 5, 1940, he commanded the U-103 submarine. He drove this boat in 4 trips (201 days at sea). He took part in attacks on convoys of the allies in the Atlantic and off the coast of Africa.
December 11, 1940 awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. July 14, 1941 received oak leaves for his Knight's Cross.
On August 12, 1941 he was appointed commander of the 2nd Submarine Flotilla .
From March 1943 until the end of the war, Schütze served as commander of the submarine training fleets (FdU Ausbildungsflottillen) with headquarters in Gotenhafen ; in fact, in his hands was concentrated the leadership in training crews for the German submarine fleet operating in the Baltic.
In total, during the hostilities, Schutze sank 35 ships with a total displacement of 180,073 bt . and damaged 2 vessels with a displacement of 14,213 bt. Thus, he became the fifth most effective submarine kriegsmarine, while he made only 7 trips, showing the highest of the first five performance on average per trip.
In May 1945, Schütze was interned. He was released in March 1946, but only four years later he died.
Rewards
- Medal “For the length of service in the Wehrmacht” 4th and 3rd grade
- Medal “In memory of October 1, 1938”
- 2nd Class Iron Cross (November 13, 1939)
- 1st Class Iron Cross (February 21, 1940)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- knight's cross (December 11, 1940)
- oak leaves (No. 23) (July 14, 1941)
- Breastplate of the Submariner with Diamonds (1941)
- Maritime Cross of the Cross 1st class white division (November 1, 1941) ( Kingdom of Spain )
- 2nd Class Military Merit Cross with swords (January 30, 1944)
- 1st Class Military Merit Cross with swords (September 1, 1944)
- Mention in the Wehrmachtbericht (December 4, 1940, December 10, 1940, May 27, 1941, July 13, 1941)