Number |
Name |
Rank |
Unit |
Date of award |
Notes |
1 |
Günther Prien |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-47 |
18 October 1939 |
Awarded 5th Oak Leaves 20 October 1940 |
2 |
Herbert Schultze |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-48 |
1 March 1940 |
Awarded 15th Oak Leaves 12 June 1941 |
3 |
Karl Dönitz |
18-MKonteradmiral |
Befehlshaber der U-Boote (B.d.U.) |
21 April 1940 |
Awarded 223rd Oak Leaves 6 April 1943 |
4 |
Werner Hartmann |
15-MKorvettenkapitän |
Commander of U-37 |
9 May 1940 |
Awarded 645th Oak Leaves 5 November 1944 |
5 |
Otto Schuhart |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-29 |
16 May 1940 |
— |
6 |
Wilhelm Rollmann |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-34 |
31 July 1940 |
killed in action 5 November 1943 |
7 |
Otto Kretschmer |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-99 |
4 August 1940 |
Awarded 6th Oak Leaves 4 November 1940 5th Swords 26 December 1941 |
8 |
Heinrich Liebe |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-38 |
14 August 1940 |
Awarded 13th Oak Leaves 10 June 1941 |
9 |
Fritz-Julius Lemp |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-30 |
14 August 1940 |
killed in action 9 May 1941 |
10 |
Hans-Rudolf Rösing |
15-MKorvettenkapitän |
Chief of the 7. Unterseebootsflottille and commander of U-48 |
29 August 1940 |
— |
11 |
Fritz Frauenheim |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-101 |
29 August 1940 |
— |
12 |
Engelbert Endrass |
13-MOberleutnant zur See |
Commander of U-46 |
5 September 1940 |
Awarded 14th Oak Leaves 10 June 1941 |
13 |
Günter Kuhnke |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-28 |
19 September 1940 |
— |
14 |
Joachim Schepke |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-100 |
24 September 1940 |
Awarded 7th Oak Leaves 1 December 1940 |
15 |
Hans Jenisch |
13-MOberleutnant zur See |
Commander of U-32 |
7 October 1940 |
— |
16 |
Victor Oehrn |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-37 |
21 October 1940 |
— |
17 |
Gerd Suhren |
13-MOberleutnant (Ing.) |
Chief engineer on U-37 |
21 October 1940 |
— |
18 |
Heinrich Bleichrodt |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-48 |
24 October 1940 |
Awarded 125th Oak Leaves 23 September 1942 |
19 |
Wolfgang Lüth |
13-MOberleutnant zur See |
Commander of U-138 |
24 October 1940 |
Awarded 142nd Oak Leaves 13 November 1942 29th Swords 15 April 1943 7th Diamonds 9 August 1943 |
20 |
Reinhard Suhren |
13-MOberleutnant zur See |
1st watch officer on U-48 |
3 November 1940 |
Awarded 56th Oak Leaves 31 December 1941 18th Swords 1 September 1942 |
21 |
Heinrich Petersen |
11-MStabsobersteuermann |
Watch officer and coxswain on U-99 |
5 November 1940 |
— |
22 |
Viktor Schütze |
15-MKorvettenkapitän |
Commander of U-103 |
11 December 1940 |
Awarded 23rd Oak Leaves 14 July 1941 |
23 |
Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen |
15-MKorvettenkapitän |
Commander of U-65 |
14 January 1941 |
— |
24 |
Karl-Heinz Moehle |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-123 |
26 February 1941 |
— |
25 |
Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-96 |
26 February 1941 |
Awarded 51st Oak Leaves 31 December 1941 |
26 |
Jürgen Oesten |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-106 |
26 March 1941 |
— |
27 |
Georg-Wilhelm Schulz |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-124 |
4 April 1941 |
— |
28 |
Erich Zürn |
13-MOberleutnant (Ing.) |
Chief engineer on U-48 |
23 April 1941 |
— |
29 |
Herbert Kuppisch |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-94 |
14 May 1941 |
killed in action 27 August 1943 |
30 |
Herbert Wohlfarth |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-556 |
15 May 1941 |
— |
31 |
Georg Schewe |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-105 |
23 May 1941 |
— |
32 |
Claus Korth |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-93 |
29 May 1941 |
— |
33 |
Erich Topp |
13-MOberleutnant zur See |
Commander of U-552 |
20 June 1941 |
Awarded 87th Oak Leaves 11 April 1942 17th Swords 17 August 1942 |
34 |
Günter Hessler |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-107 |
24 June 1941 |
— |
35 |
Jost Metzler |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-69 |
28 July 1941 |
— |
36 |
Adalbert Schnee |
13-MOberleutnant zur See |
Commander of U-201 |
30 August 1941 |
Awarded 105th Oak Leaves 15 July 1942 |
37 |
Rolf Mützelburg |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-203 |
17 November 1941 |
Awarded 104th Oak Leaves 15 July 1942 |
38 |
Ernst Mengersen |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-101 |
18 November 1941 |
— |
39 |
Friedrich Guggenberger |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-81 |
10 December 1941 |
Awarded 171st Oak Leaves 8 January 1943 |
40 |
Klaus Scholtz |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-108 |
26 December 1941 |
Awarded 123rd Oak Leaves 10 September 1942 |
41 |
Gerhard Bigalk |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-751 |
26 December 1941 |
killed in action 17 July 1942 |
42 |
Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-74 |
31 December 1941 |
— |
43 |
Robert Gysae |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-98 |
31 December 1941 |
Awarded 250th Oak Leaves 31 May 1943 |
44 |
Reinhard Hardegen |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-123 |
23 January 1942 |
Awarded 89th Oak Leaves 23 April 1942 |
45 |
Hans-Diedrich Freiherr von Tiesenhausen |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-331 |
27 January 1942 |
— |
46 |
Nicolai Clausen |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-129 |
13 March 1942 |
killed in action 16 May 1943 |
47 |
Ernst Bauer |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-126 |
16 March 1942 |
— |
48 |
Johann Mohr |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-124 |
27 March 1942 |
Awarded 177th Oak Leaves 13 January 1943 |
49 |
Otto Ites |
13-KOberleutnant zur See |
Commander of U-94 |
28 March 1942 |
— |
50 |
Robert-Richard Zapp |
15-MKorvettenkapitän |
Commander of U-66 |
23 April 1942 |
— |
51 |
Werner Winter |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-103 |
5 June 1942 |
— |
52 |
Peter-Erich Cremer |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-333 |
5 June 1942 |
— |
53 |
Karl-Friedrich Merten |
15-MKorvettenkapitän |
Commander of U-68 |
13 June 1942 |
Awarded 147th Oak Leaves 16 November 1942 |
54 |
Hans-Werner Kraus |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-83 |
19 June 1942 |
— |
55 |
Erwin Rostin |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-158 |
28 June 1942 |
— |
56 |
Heinz-Otto Schultze |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-432 |
9 July 1942 |
killed in action 25 November 1943 |
57 |
Georg Lassen |
13-MOberleutnant zur See |
Commander of U-160 |
10 August 1942 |
Awarded 208th Oak Leaves 7 March 1943 |
58 |
Helmut Rosenbaum |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-73 |
12 August 1942 |
— |
59 |
Adolf Piening |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-155 |
13 August 1942 |
— |
60 |
Heinrich Schonder |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-77 |
19 August 1942 |
killed in action 28 June 1943 |
61 |
Karl Thurmann |
15-MKorvettenkapitän |
Commander of U-553 |
24 August 1942 |
missing in action 28 January 1943 |
62 |
Ernst Kals |
15-MKorvettenkapitän |
Commander of U-130 |
1 September 1942 |
— |
63 |
Werner Hartenstein |
15-MKorvettenkapitän |
Commander of U-156 |
17 September 1942 |
killed in action 8 March 1943 |
64 |
Günther Krech |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-558 |
17 September 1942 |
— |
65 |
Otto von Bülow |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-404 |
20 October 1942 |
Awarded 234th Oak Leaves 26 April 1943 |
66 |
Helmut Witte |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-159 |
22 October 1942 |
— |
67 |
Siegfried Strelow |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-435 |
27 October 1942 |
killed in action 15 July 1943 |
68 |
Fritz Poske |
15-MKorvettenkapitän |
Commander of U-504 |
6 November 1942 |
— |
69 |
Carl Emmermann |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-172 |
27 November 1942 |
Awarded 256th Oak Leaves 4 July 1943 |
70 |
Günther Müller-Stöckheim |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-67 |
27 November 1942 |
killed in action 16 July 1943 |
71 |
Wilhelm Dommes |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-431 |
2 December 1942 |
— |
72 |
Hans Witt |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-129 |
17 December 1942 |
— |
73 |
Werner Henke |
13-MOberleutnant zur See zur Verwendung (for disposition) |
Commander of U-515 |
17 December 1942 |
Awarded 257th Oak Leaves 4 July 1943 |
74 |
Hermann Rasch |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-106 |
29 December 1942 |
— |
75 |
Harro Schacht |
15-MKorvettenkapitän |
Commander of U-507 |
9 January 1943 |
killed in action 14 January 1943 |
76 |
Albrecht Achilles |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-161 |
16 January 1943 |
killed in action 27 September 1943 |
77 |
Herbert Schneider |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-522 |
16 January 1943 |
killed in action 24 February 1943 |
78 |
Ulrich Heyse |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-128 |
21 January 1943 |
— |
79 |
Albrecht Brandi |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-617 |
21 January 1943 |
Awarded 224th Oak Leaves 11 April 1943 66th Swords 9 May 1944 22nd Diamonds 24 November 1944 |
80 |
Siegfried Freiherr von Forstner |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-402 |
9 February 1943 |
killed in action 13 October 1943[Note 2] |
81 |
Gerhard Bielig |
14-MKapitänleutnant (Ing.) |
Chief engineer on U-177 |
10 February 1943 |
— |
82 |
Erich Würdemann |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-506 |
14 March 1943 |
killed in action 14 July 1943 |
83 |
Reinhart Reche |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-255 |
17 March 1943 |
— |
84 |
Hans-Hartwig Trojer |
13-MOberleutnant zur See |
Commander of U-221 |
24 March 1943 |
— |
85 |
Harald Gelhaus |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-107 |
26 March 1943 |
— |
86 |
Karl Neitzel |
15-MKorvettenkapitän |
Commander of U-510 |
27 March 1943 |
— |
87 |
Günther Seibicke |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-436 |
27 March 1943 |
killed in action 26 May 1943 |
88 |
Ulrich Folkers |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-125 |
27 March 1943 |
killed in action 6 May 1943 |
89 |
Hans Heidtmann |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-559 |
12 April 1943 |
— |
90 |
Helmut Möhlmann |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-571 |
16 April 1943 |
— |
91 |
Gunter Jahn |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-596 |
30 April 1943 |
— |
92 |
Wilhelm Franken |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-565 |
30 April 1943 |
killed in accident 13 January 1945 |
93 |
Klaus Bargsten |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-521 |
30 April 1943 |
— |
94 |
Günther Heydemann |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-575 |
3 July 1943 |
— |
95 |
Friedrich Markworth |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-66 |
8 July 1943 |
— |
96 |
Georg Staats |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-508 |
14 July 1943 |
killed in action 12 November 1943 |
97 |
Gerd Kelbling |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-593 |
18 August 1943 |
— |
98 |
Herbert Panknin |
14-MKapitänleutnant (Ing.) |
Chief engineer on U-106 |
4 September 1943 |
|
99 |
Dipl.-Ing. Willi Lechtenbörger* |
13-MOberleutnant (Ing.) of the Reserves |
Chief engineer on U-847 |
4 September 1943 |
killed in action 27 August 1943 |
100 |
Heinz Krey* |
12-MLeutnant (Ing.) |
Chief engineer on U-752 |
4 September 1943 |
killed in action 23 May 1943 |
101 |
August Maus |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-185 |
21 September 1943 |
— |
102 |
Dietrich Schöneboom |
13-MOberleutnant zur See |
Commander of U-431 |
20 October 1943 |
killed in action 23 October 1943 |
103 |
Carl-August Landfermann |
13-MOberleutnant (Ing.) of the Reserve |
Chief engineer on U-181 |
27 October 1943 |
— |
104 |
Hellmut Rohweder |
14-MKapitänleutnant (Ing.) |
Chief engineer on U-69 and U-514 |
14 November 1943 |
— |
105 |
Egon-Reiner Freiherr von Schlippenbach |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-453 |
19 November 1943 |
— |
106 |
Horst-Arno Fenski |
13-MOberleutnant zur See |
Commander of U-410 |
26 November 1943 |
— |
107 |
Heinz Franke |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-262 |
30 November 1943 |
— |
108 |
Max-Martin Teichert* |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-456 |
19 December 1943* |
killed in action 12 May 1943 |
109 |
Siegfried Koitschka |
13-MOberleutnant zur See |
Commander of U-616 |
27 January 1944 |
— |
110 |
Hans-Jürgen Hellriegel |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-543 |
3 February 1944 |
killed in action 2 July 1944 |
111 |
Siegfried Lüdden |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-188 |
11 February 1944 |
killed on active service 13 January 1945 |
112 |
Johann-Friedrich Wessels |
14-MKapitänleutnant (Ing.) |
Chief engineer on U-198 |
9 March 1944 |
— |
113 |
Gustav Poel |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-413 |
21 March 1944 |
— |
114 |
Waldemar Mehl |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-371 |
28 March 1944 |
— |
115 |
Alfred Eick |
13-MOberleutnant zur See |
Commander of U-510 |
31 March 1944 |
— |
116 |
Georg Olschewski |
13-MOberleutnant (Ing.) |
Chief engineer on U-66 |
23 April 1944 |
— |
117 |
Walter Käding |
10-MObersteuermann |
3rd watch officer and coxswain on U-123 |
15 May 1944 |
— |
118 |
Horst Hofmann |
10-MObersteuermann |
Coxswain and watch officer on U-672 |
20 May 1944 |
— |
119 |
Karl-Heinz Wiebe |
14-MKapitänleutnant (Ing.) |
Chief engineer on U-178 |
22 May 1944 |
— |
120 |
Horst von Schroeter |
13-MOberleutnant zur See |
Commander of U-123 |
1 June 1944 |
— |
— |
Johann-Otto Krieg |
13-MOberleutnant zur See |
Chief of the Kleinkampfmittel-Flottille 361 |
8 July 1944 |
— |
121 |
Reinhard König |
13-MOberleutnant (Ing.) |
Chief engineer on U-123 |
8 July 1944 |
— |
122 |
Heinz Sieder |
13-MOberleutnant zur See |
Commander of U-984 |
8 July 1944 |
killed in action 20 August 1944 |
123 |
Karl Fleige |
13-MOberleutnant zur See |
Commander of U-18 |
18 July 1944 |
— |
124 |
Karl-Heinz Marbach |
13-MOberleutnant zur See |
Commander of U-953 |
22 July 1944 |
— |
125 |
Hermann Stuckmann |
13-MOberleutnant zur See |
Commander of U-621 |
11 August 1944 |
killed in action 23 August 1944 |
126 |
Heinrich Dammeier |
11-MStabsobermaschinist |
Chief mechanic on U-270 |
12 August 1944 |
— |
127 |
Hans-Günther Lange |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-711 |
26 August 1944 |
Awarded (853rd) Oak Leaves 29 April 1945 |
128 |
Heinrich Timm |
15-MKorvettenkapitän |
Commander of U-862 |
17 September 1944 |
— |
129 |
Gerhard Schaar |
13-MOberleutnant zur See |
Commander of U-957 |
1 October 1944 |
— |
130 |
Hans-Joachim Förster |
13-MOberleutnant zur See |
Commander of U-480 |
18 December 1944 |
killed in action 24 February 1945 |
131 |
Paul Brasack |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-737 |
30 October 1944 |
— |
132 |
Rudolf Mühlbauer |
08-MOberbootsmannsmaat |
Brückenmaat (look out on the bridge) on U-123 |
10 December 1944 |
— |
133 |
Günther Pulst |
13-MOberleutnant zur See |
Commander of U-978 |
21 December 1944 |
— |
134 |
Rolf Thomsen |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-1202 |
4 January 1945 |
Awarded (852nd) Oak Leaves 29 April 1945 |
135 |
Ernst Hechler |
15-MKorvettenkapitän |
Commander of U-870 |
21 January 1945 |
— |
136 |
Dr. jur. Kurt Dobratz |
17-MKapitän zur See |
Commander of U-1232 |
23 January 1945 |
— |
137 |
Johannes Limbach |
12-LLeutnant zur See |
1st watch officer on U-181 |
6 February 1945 |
— |
138 |
Hans-Georg Hess |
13-MOberleutnant zur See of the Reserves |
Commander of U-995 |
11 February 1945 |
— |
139 |
Otto Westphalen |
13-MOberleutnant zur See |
Commander of U-968 |
23 March 1945 |
— |
140 |
Philipp Lichtenberg |
14-MKapitänleutnant (Ing.) |
Chief engineer on U-516 |
31 March 1945 |
— |
141 |
Hans Johannsen |
13-MOberleutnant (Ing.) |
Chief engineer on U-802 |
31 March 1945 |
— |
142 |
Heinrich Praßdorf |
09-MObermaschinist |
Lead machinist on U-1203 |
21 April 1945 |
— |
143 |
Heinrich Schroeteler |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-1023 |
2 May 1945 |
— |
144 |
Hans Lehmann |
13-MOberleutnant zur See of the Reserves |
Commander of U-997 |
7 May 1945[Note 3] |
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