SCHROETER v. Horst Kapitänleutnant Schroeter v., Horst * 10.06.1919 Bieberstein, Krs. Meißen/Sachsen + 25.07.2006 Bonn Awarded Knights Cross : 01.06.1944 as: Oberleutnant zur See Funktion: Kommandant U-123 Served in the Bundeswehr: Von 01.07.1956 bis 30.09.1979 Last Rank Vizeadmiral Horst von Schroeter began his naval career in October 1937. He spent five months on the battlecruiser Scharnhorst, including two patrols in the first months of the war. In May 1940 he joined the U-boat force. After six patrols as WO on U-123 he took over command of this famous boat from Reinhard Hardegen on 1 August 1942 . He left U-123 in June 1944, and two months later commissioned the Type XXI Elektro boat U-2506, which sailed to Bergen, Norway in the last days of the war, but never saw active service. In 1956 he joined the Bundesmarine (Federal German Navy). From 1976 to 1979 he was the commander of the NATO Naval forces in the Baltic Sea Approaches (COMNAVBALTAP). He retired in 1979 with the rank of Vizeadmiral, and as such was the highest ranking former U-boat officer in the Bundesmarine. Ships attacked As a U-boat commander of U-123 Horst von Schroeter is credited with the sinking of six merchant ships for a total of 31,557 gross register tons (GRT), a warship of 683 GRT, and damaging a ship of 7,068 GRT. Date Ship Nationality Tonnage Fate 29 December 1942 Baron Cochrane United Kingdom 3,385 Sunk 29 December 1942 Empire Shackleton United Kingdom 7,068 Damaged 8 April 1943 Castillo Montealegre[1] Spain 3,972 Sunk 18 April 1943 Empire Bruce United Kingdom 7,459 Sunk 18 April 1943 HMS P-615 Royal Navy 683 Sunk 29 April 1943 Nanking Sweden 5,931 Sunk 5 May 1943 Holmbury United Kingdom 4,566 Sunk 9 May 1943 Kanbe United Kingdom 6,244 Sunk Signed postwar photo measuring 3 1/2" x 6" Price: $40.00 Please contact us before ordering to confirm availability and shipping costs. Buy now with your credit card other ways to buy