Silies, Karl

Date of birth:: December 15th, 1922
Date of death:: 2006
Nationality:: German

Biography

Carl or Karl Silies
Crew X/40
23.10.1940: promoted to Matrose
01.08.1941: promoted to Fähnrich zur See
11.07.1942: promoted to Oberfähnrich zur See
11.07.1942-21.08.1942: Oberfähnrich zur See, Kdr, "S-18"
19.09.1942-15.01.1943: Oberfähnrich zur See, Kommandant S 84 (Schulboot)
01.01.1943: promoted to Leutnant zur See
08.03.1943-19.08.1944: Leutnant zur See, Kdr, "S-26", 1. Schnellboot-Flotille, Black Sea
13.03.1943: torpedoed Soviet Tanker "Moskva" (6086 BRT)
21./22.04.1944: Leutnant zur See, Kdr, "S 51", escorted the convoy "Luna" on the transit from Sewastopol to Constanza
19.08.1944: Leutnant zur See, Kdr, "S-26", 1. Schnellboot-Flotille, Black Sea, "S-26" destroyed by a Soviet air raid against Sulima
01.10.1944: promoted to Oberleutnant zur See
00.01.1945-08.05.1945: Oberleutnant zur See, Kdr, "S-708", newly formed 1. SFltl, Baltic Sea
18.03.1945: "S-708" was fully trained and transferred from Kiel via Gjedser to Saßnitz
25.03.1945: engine problems occurred on "S 708" which could only be solved at a shipyard
06.04.1945: "S 708" transferred in thick fog to Hela with the installed FuMG (Radar) permitting a perfect navigation
09./10.04.1945: "S 708" and "S 225" operated off Gotenhafen. They sank erroniously the little steamer "Neuwerk" (807 BRT), which had not answered a identification request, by torpedo with 13 crew, 854 wounded, 60 railwaymen, 7 orderlies, and about 100 refugees on bord. Only 78 persons could be rescued by a S-boat.