Georg Schewe

{{Short description|German navy officer and WWII submarine commander (1909–1989)}}

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|name=Georg Schewe

|birth_date={{birth date|1909|11|24|df=y}}

|death_date={{death date and age|1989|9|16|1909|11|24|df=y}}

|birth_place=Ueckermünde

|death_place=Hamburg

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|allegiance={{flag|Nazi Germany}}

|branch={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

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|rank=Korvettenkapitän

|commands={{GS|U-60|1939|2}}
{{GS|U-105|1940|2}}

|unit=SSS Niobe
Schnellboot "S-5"
{{GS|U-15|1936|2}}

|battles=World War II

Battle of the Atlantic

|awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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Georg Schewe (24 November 1909 – 16 September 1989) was a German officer with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Schewe sailed with {{GS|U-60|1939|2}} and {{GS|U-105|1940|2}}, sinking sixteen ships on ten patrols, for a total of 85.779 tons of Allied shipping of which 71,450 tons on one patrol alone. It was the second most successful patrol of World War II, second only to Günter Hessler's patrol on {{GS|U-107|1940|2}}.

Awards

Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (2 October 1936)Busch & Röll 2003, p. 133.
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (20 December 1939) & 1st Class (13 June 1940)
Sudetenland Medal (20 December 1939)
U-boat War Badge (1939) (24 January 1940)
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 May 1941 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-105Scherzer 2007, p. 660.Fellgiebel 2000, p. 376.

References

= Bibliography =

{{Cite book

|last1=Busch

|first1=Rainer

|last2=Röll

|first2=Hans-Joachim

|year=2003

|title=Der U-Boot-Krieg 1939–1945 — Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Boot-Waffe von September 1939 bis Mai 1945

|trans-title=The U-Boat War 1939–1945 — The Knight's Cross Bearers of the U-Boat Force from September 1939 to May 1945

|language=German

|location=Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn Germany

|publisher=Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn

|isbn=978-3-8132-0515-2

}}

{{Cite book

|last=Fellgiebel

|first=Walther-Peer

|authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

|year=2000

|orig-date=1986

|title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile

|trans-title=The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches

|language=German

|location=Friedberg, Germany

|publisher=Podzun-Pallas

|isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6

}}

{{Cite book

|last=Scherzer

|first=Veit

|year=2007

|title=Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives

|trans-title=The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives

|language=German

|location=Jena, Germany

|publisher=Scherzers Militaer-Verlag

|isbn=978-3-938845-17-2

}}

{{s-ttl | title = Commanding officer, {{GS|U-60|1939|2}} | years = 22 July 1939 – 19 July 1940}}

{{s-ttl | title = Commanding officer, {{GS|U-105|1940|2}} | years = 10 September 1940 – 6 January 1942}}

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before= —|

after= Korvettenkapitän Günter Kuhnke|

title=Commander of the 33rd U-boat Flotilla|

years=September – October 1944