Adalbert Schneider

Infobox Military Person
name=Adalbert Schneider
born=birth date|1904|3|10|df=y
died=death date and age|1941|5|27|1904|3|10|df=y


caption=
placeofbirth=Halle (Saale)
placeofdeath=Atlantic Ocean
coord|48|10|N|16|12|W|
allegiance= flagicon|Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=Kriegsmarine
serviceyears=1922-1941
rank=Fregattenkapitän (posthumously)
commands=
unit=SMS "Hannover"
battleship "Bismarck"
battles=World War II
*Battle of the Denmark Strait
*Last battle of the battleship Bismarck
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
laterwork=

Adalbert Schneider (10 March 1904 – 27 May 1941) was the 1st Artillery Officer on board the German battleship Bismarck and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for sinking HMS Hood on 24 May 1941 in the Battle of the Denmark Strait.On the morning of 27 May 1941 "Group West" received a transmission from "Bismarck" at 02:21 recommending Schneider for the Knight's Cross. At 03:51 a reply confirmed that Hitler had awarded him the "Ritterkreuz" [Jackson 2002, p. 91.] .Adolf Eich had witnessed Admiral Günther Lütjens and Captain Ernst Lindemann shaking his hand after receiving the award [Ballard 1990, p. 120-121] .Schneider was killed only 5 hours and 11 minutes later during, and just 15 minutes into, Bismarck's final battle, when a 8 inch shell from "Norfolk" hit his position in the main gun director [Jackson 2002, p. 91.] .

Awards

* Iron Cross
** 2nd Class (30 July 1940)
** 1st Class
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (27 May 1941)

References

*cite web|title=Deutsches Marinearchiv|work=Adalbert Schneider|url= http://www.deutsche-marinesoldaten.de/lebenslaeufe/ritterkreuz/r-s/schneider-adalbert.htm| accessdate=19 March|accessyear=2008
* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Robert D. Ballard. "Bismarck: Germany's Greatest Battleship gives up its secrets". Madison Publishing. Totonto. 1990. ISBN 978-0-7858-2205-9
* Robert Jackson. "The Bismarck: Weapons of War. London. 2002. ISBN 1-86227-173-9