Georg Schewe

Infobox Military Person
name=Georg Schewe
born=birth date|1909|11|24|df=y
died=dda|1989|9|16|1909|11|24|df=y
placeofbirth=Ueckermünde
placeofdeath=Hamburg


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=navy|Weimar Republic
navy|Nazi Germany
serviceyears=1928-1945
rank=Korvettenkapitän
commands=U-60
U-105
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 of the Iron Cross
laterwork=

Georg Schewe (24 November 1909 – 16 September 1989) was a famous "Korvettenkapitän" with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He sailed with U-60 and U-105, 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 Günther Hessler's patrol on U-107.

Awards

* Iron Cross
** 2nd Class (20 December 1939)
** 1st Class (13 June 1940)
* U-boat War Badge (1939) (24 January 1940)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (23 May 1941)

References

* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Kurowski, Franz (1995). "Knight's Cross Holders of the U-Boat Service". Schiffer Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-88740-748-X.
* Range, Clemens (1974). "Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine". Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-87943-355-0.

;External link
* [http://uboat.net/men/schewe.htm uboat.net]