Siegfried Strelow
| Siegfried Strelow | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
15 April 1911 Kiel |
| Died | 9 July 1943 (aged 32) North Atlantic |
| Buried at | (39°48′N 14°22′W / 39.800°N 14.367°W) |
| Allegiance |
 Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
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| Service/branch |
 Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine
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| Years of service | 1931–43 |
| Rank | Korvettenkapitän (posthumous) |
| Unit |
SSS Niobe cruiser Karlsruhe torpedo boat Seeadler Schleswig-Holstein Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee destroyer Z4 Richard Beitzen cruiser Leipzig |
| Commands held | torpedo boat G-11 torpedo boat Albatros torpedo boat Löwe U-435 |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Siegfried Strelow (15 April 1911 – 15 July 1943) was a German U-boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes), awarded for extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He and the entire crew of U-435 were killed in action west of Figueira da Foz Municipality, Portugal, in position 39°48′N 14°22′W / 39.800°N 14.367°W when their boat was sunk by four depth charges from a Royal Air Force (RAF) Vickers Wellington bomber of No. 179 Squadron RAF.
As commander of U-435 Strelow is credited with the sinking of nine merchant ships for a total of 53,712 gross register tons (GRT), further sinking one auxiliary warship of 2,456 GRT and three warships of 855 long tons (869 t).
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