Date of birth:

August 22nd, 1902 (Witten/Rhineland, Germany)

Date of death:

November 4th, 1976 (Hamburg/Hamburg, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Promotions:
April 1st, 1943: Kapitän zur See.

Career:
1921: Reichsmarine;
October 1938 - June 1940: Kommandant Zerstörer Z-7 "Hermann Schoemann";
June 1940 - November 1941: Kommandant HSK 18 "Kormoran";
November 27th, 1941 - May 13th, 1947: Australian POW.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

December 3rd, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Fregattenkapitän (Commander)

Unit:

Kormoran (HSK-8), Kriegsmarine

Awarded on:

December 4th, 1941

Awarded for his successes as the commander of the auxiliary cruiser “Kormoran”. Over the course of a 350 day patrol he and his ship sunk 10 ships with 56965 GRT. In addition to this he also captured a further ship with 11309 GRT and sank the Australian light cruiser “Sydney” (with 6839 GRT) on the 29.11.1941.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• Photo 1: Detmers, T., Kormoran, 1959
• - DETMERS, T. & BRENNECKE, J., Kormoran, Koehler, Biberach a.d. Riss, 1959.
  - DÖRR, MANFRED, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehmacht 1939–1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1995.
  - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  

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