Georg Schewe (24 November 1909 – 16 September 1989) was a German officer with the

Kriegsmarine The (, ) was the navy of Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic. The was one of three official branches, along with the a ...

during World War II. He was a recipient of the

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (german: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes), or simply the Knight's Cross (), and its variants, were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight' ...

. Schewe sailed with and , sinking sixteen ships on ten patrols, for a total of 85.779 tons of Allied shipping of which 71,450 tons on one patrol alone. It was the second most successful patrol of World War II, second only to Günter Hessler's patrol on .

Awards

* Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (2 October 1936)Busch & Röll 2003, p. 133. * Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (20 December 1939) & 1st Class (13 June 1940) * Sudetenland Medal (20 December 1939) * U-boat War Badge (1939) (24 January 1940) *

on 23 May 1941 as '' Kapitänleutnant'' and commander of ''U-105''Fellgiebel 2000, p. 376.

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