Adalbert Schnee

Infobox Military Person
name=Adalbert Schnee
born=birth date|1913|12|31|df=y
died=dda|1982|11|4|1913|12|31|df=y
placeofbirth=Berlin
placeofdeath=Hamburg


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=navy|Nazi Germany
serviceyears=1934-1945
rank=Korvettenkapitän
commands="U-6", "U-60", "U-121", "U-201", "U-2511"
unit=
battles=World War II
*Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945)
awards=Iron Cross 1st Class
Iron Cross 2nd Class
U-boat War Badge
Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
laterwork=

Lieutenant Commander Adalbert Schnee (31 December 1913 – 4 November 1982) was a famous "Korvettenkapitän" with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He sailed with the "U-6", "U-60", "U-121", "U-201" and U-2511, sinking twenty-one ships on seven patrols, for a total of 90.847 tons of Allied shipping.

In September 1944 he took over the command of the new "Elektroboot" "U-2511", the first Type XXI U-boat to go on patrol. On this patrol in the last days of the war, in the hours immediately after the cease-fire orders on 4 May1945 "Korvettenkapitän" Schnee was in the position to sink the British cruiser HMS "Norfolk". His "Leitender Ingenieur" on this patrol was Gerd Suhren.

Awards

* Iron Cross
** 2nd Class (21 October 1939)
** 1st Class (15 August 1940)
* U-boat War Badge (1939) (27 November 1939)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
** Knight's Cross (30 August 1941)
** 105. Oak Leaves (15 July 1942)

References

* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Kurowski, Franz. "Knight's Cross Holders of the U-Boat Service". Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 1995. ISBN 0-88740-748-X.
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External links

* [http://uboat.net/men/schnee.htm uboat.net]
* [http://www.ww2f.com/atlantic-naval-conflict/13892-new-u-boats.html New U-Boats]