List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the Kriegsmarine

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military of the Third Reich. Recipients are grouped by grades of the Knight's Cross. During or shortly after World War II, 318 German sailors and servicemen of the Kriegsmarine received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Of these, 316 presentations were formally made. Two recipients received the award after 11 May 1945, when Großadmiral Karl Dönitz ordered a cease of promotions and illegalized subsequent awards. The final two recipients are therefore considered to have received the medal without legal authority.^[1]

Background

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grades were based on four separate enactments. The first enactment, Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 1573 of 1 September 1939 instituted the Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz), the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross (Großkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). Article 2 of the enactment mandated that the award of a higher class be preceded by the award of all preceding classes.^[2] As the war progressed, some of the recipients of the Knight's Cross distinguished themselves further and a higher grade, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub), was instituted. The Oak Leaves, as they were commonly referred to, were based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 849 of 3 June 1940.^[3] In 1941, two higher grades of the Knight's Cross were instituted. The enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 613 of 28 September 1941 introduced the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern) and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten).^[4] At the end of 1944 the final grade, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit goldenem Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten), based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt 1945 I S. 11 of 29 December 1944, became the final variant of the Knight's Cross authorized.^[5]

Recipients

The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht kept separate Knight's Cross lists, one for each of the three military branches, Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy), Luftwaffe (Air force) and for the Waffen-SS. In each of these lists a unique sequential number was assigned to each recipient. The same numbering paradigm was applied to the higher grades of the Knight's Cross, one list per grade.^[6]

This along with the * (asterisk) indicates that the Knight's Cross was awarded posthumously.
This along with the ? (question mark) indicates that historian Veit Scherzer has expressed doubt regarding the veracity and formal correctness of the listing.

Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds

The Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds is based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 613 of 28 September 1941 to reward those servicemen who had already been awarded the Oak Leaves with Swords to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. It was awarded to twenty-seven German soldiers, sailors and airmen, ranging from young fighter pilots to field marshals. Two recipients were members of the Kriegsmarine.^[7] The list is initially sorted by the chronological number assigned to the recipient.

Number	Name	Rank	Unit	Date of award	Notes
7	Wolfgang Lüth	15Korvettenkapitän	commander of U-181	9 August 1943	killed on active service 13 May 1945^[8]
22	Albrecht Brandi	15Korvettenkapitän	commander of U-967	24 November 1944

Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

The Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords is also based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 613 of 28 September 1941 to reward those servicemen who had already been awarded the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The list is initially sorted by the chronological number assigned to the recipient.

Number	Name	Rank	Unit	Date of award	Notes
5	Otto Kretschmer	15Korvettenkapitän	commander of U-99	26 December 1941
17	Erich Topp	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-552	17 August 1942
18	Reinhard Suhren	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-564	1 September 1942
29	Wolfgang Lüth	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-181	25 April 1943	Awarded 7th Diamonds 9 August 1943
66	Albrecht Brandi	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-380	9 May 1944	Awarded 22nd Diamonds 24 November 1944

Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves

The Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves was based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 849 of 3 June 1940. The last officially announced number for the Oak Leaves was 843. Higher numbers are unofficial and therefore denoted in brackets.^[9] The list is initially sorted by the chronological number assigned to the recipient.

Number	Name	Rank	Unit	Date of award	Notes
5	Günther Prien	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-47	20 October 1940	Missing in action 7 March 1941^[10]
6	Otto Kretschmer	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-99	4 November 1940	Awarded 5th Swords 26 December 1941
7	Joachim Schepke	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-100	1 December 1940	Killed in action 17 March 1941^[11]
13	Heinrich Liebe	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-38	10 June 1941	at the same time promoted to Korvettenkapitän^[12]
14	Engelbert Endrass	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of U-46	10 June 1941	Killed in action 21 December 1941^[13]
15	Herbert Schultze	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-48	12 June 1941
23	Viktor Hermann Otto Schütze	15Korvettenkapitän	commander of U-103	14 July 1941
40	Ernst-Felix Krüder	17Kapitän zur See	commander of auxiliary cruiser Pinguin (HSK-5)	15 November 1941*	Killed in action 8 May 1941^[14]
45	Bernhard Rogge	17Kapitän zur See	commander of auxiliary cruiser Atlantis (HSK-2)	31 December 1941
51	Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-96	31 December 1941
56	Reinhard Suhren	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of U-564	31 December 1941	Awarded 18th Swords 1 September 1942
87	Erich Topp	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-552	11 April 1942	Awarded 17th Swords 17 August 1942
89	Reinhard Hardegen	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-123	23 April 1942
104	Rolf Mützelburg	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-203	15 July 1942	Killed on active service 11 September 1942^[15]
105	Adalbert Schnee	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-201	15 July 1942
123	Klaus Scholtz	15Korvettenkapitän	commander of U-108	10 September 1942
125	Heinrich Bleichrodt	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-109	23 September 1942
142	Wolfgang Lüth	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-181	13 November 1942	Awarded 29th Swords 15 April 1943 7th Diamonds 9 August 1943
143	Werner Töniges	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of Schnellboot S-102 in the 1. Schnellbootsflottille	13 November 1942
147	Karl-Friedrich Merten	15Korvettenkapitän	commander of U-68	16 November 1942
158	Helmuth von Ruckteschell	17Kapitän zur See	commander of auxiliary cruiser Michel (HSK-9)	23 December 1942
171	Friedrich Guggenberger	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of German submarine U-81 (1941)	8 January 1943
177	Johann Mohr	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-124	13 January 1943	Killed in action 2 April 1943^[16]
208	Georg Lassen	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-160	7 March 1943
223	Karl Dönitz	22Großadmiral	Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine	6 April 1943
224	Albrecht Brandi	15Korvettenkapitän	commander of U-617	11 April 1943	Awarded 66th Swords 9 May 1944 22nd Diamonds 24 November 1944
225	Gerhard von Kamptz	16Fregattenkapitän	chief of the 8. Räumbootflottille	14 April 1943
226	Siegfried Wuppermann	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of Schnellboot S-56 in the 3. Schnellbootflottille^{[Note 1]}	14 April 1943
234	Otto von Bülow	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-404	26 April 1943
249	Friedrich Kemnade	15Korvettenkapitän	chief of the 3. Schnellbootflottille	27 May 1943
250	Robert Gysae	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-177	31 May 1943
256	Carl Emmermann	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-172	4 July 1943
257	Werner Henke	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-515	4 July 1943	Killed as prisoner of war on 15 June 1944^[18]
326	Georg Christiansen	15Korvettenkapitän	chief of the 1. Schnellbootflottille	13 November 1943
330	Dr.-Ing. Karl-Friedrich Brill	15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves	commander of Minenschiff "Juminda" and leader of a Minensuch-Gruppe	18 November 1943*	Killed in action 22 October 1943^[19]
361	Bernd-Georg Klug	15Korvettenkapitän	chief of the 5. Schnellbootflottille	1 January 1944
362	Klaus Feldt	15Korvettenkapitän	chief of the 2. Schnellbootflottille	1 January 1944
387	Fritz Breithaupt	15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves	chief of the 24. Minensuchflottille	10 February 1944	Killed in flying accident on 25 December 1944^[19]
461	Otto Pollmann	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of U-Jäger 2210	25 April 1944
499	Rudolf Petersen	17Kapitän zur See	Führer der Schnellboote	13 June 1944
500	Götz Freiherr von Mirbach	14Kapitänleutnant	chief of the 9. Schnellbootflottille	14 June 1944
523	Karl Palmgreen	15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves^{[Note 2]}	chief of the 38. Minensuchflottille	11 July 1944
524	Heinrich Hoffmann	15Korvettenkapitän	chief of the 5. Torpedobootflottille	11 July 1944
577	Richard Seuss	13Oberleutnant of the Reserves	chief of the Marine Küstenbatterie "Île de Cézembre" (Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 608)	2 September 1944
583	Otto Kähler	18Konteradmiral	Seekommandant Festung Brest	15 September 1944
614	Theodor Krancke	20Admiral	commander in chief Marine-Gruppenkommando West	18 October 1944
645	Werner Hartmann	17Kapitän zur See	Führer der U-Boote im Mittelmeer, commander of U-198	5 November 1944
659	Hans Hoßfeld	15Korvettenkapitän	Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 531	25 November 1944*	Killed in action 19 November 1944^[21]
823	Theodor Burchardi	20Admiral	Kommandierender Admiral östliche Ostsee	8 April 1945
824	August Thiele	19Vizeadmiral	commander of Kampfgruppe "Thiele"	8 April 1945
(852)	Rolf Thomsen	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-1202	29 April 1945
(853)	Hans-Günther Lange	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-711	29 April 1945
(866)	Adalbert von Blanc?^{[Note 3]}	16Fregattenkapitän	Führer 9. Marine-Sicherungs-Division	10 May 1945

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross is based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 1573 of 1 September 1939 Verordnung über die Erneuerung des Eisernen Kreuzes (Regulation of the renewing of the Iron Cross). The list is initially sorted by the chronological number assigned to the recipient.

Number	Name	Rank	Unit	Date of award	Notes
1	Erich Raeder	22Großadmiral	Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine	30 September 1939
2	Günther Prien	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-47	18 October 1939	Awarded 5th Oak Leaves 20 October 1940
3	Herbert Schultze	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-48	1 March 1940	Awarded 15th Oak Leaves 12 June 1941
4	Otto Schniewind	19Vizeadmiral	Chef des Stabes der Seekriegsleitung im OKM^{[Note 4]}	20 April 1940
5	Karl Dönitz	18Konteradmiral	Befehlshaber der U-Boote	21 April 1940	Awarded 223rd Oak Leaves 6 April 1943
6	Alfred Saalwächter	21General Admiral	Marine-Gruppenbefehlshaber Marinegruppe West^{[Note 5]}	9 May 1940
7	Erich Bey	17Kapitän zur See	chief of the 4. Zerstörerflottille	9 May 1940	Killed in action 26 December 1943^[25]
8	Werner Hartmann	15Korvettenkapitän	commander of U-37	9 May 1940	Awarded 645th Oak Leaves 5 November 1944
9	Otto Schuhart	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-29	16 May 1940
10	Hans Bartels	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of Minensucher M-1	16 May 1940
11	Hermann Opdenhoff	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of Schnellboot S-31 in the 2. Schnellbootflottille	16 May 1940	Killed in action 22 March 1945^[26]
12	Erich Grundmann	14Kapitänleutnant (Ing.)	Flottillen engineer in the 1. Räumbootflottille	31 May 1940
13	Arthur Godenau	11Stabsobersteuermann	commander of Räumboot R-51 in the 1 Räumbootflottille	31 May 1940
14	Karl Rixecker	11Stabsobersteuermann	commander of Räumboot R-23 in the 1 Räumbootflottille	31 May 1940
15	Rolf Carls	20Admiral	Befehlshaber Marinegruppe Ost	14 June 1940
16	Günther Lütjens	19Vizeadmiral	Befehlshaber der Aufklärungsstreitkräfte	14 June 1940	Killed in action 27 May 1941^[27]
17	Hubert Schmundt	18Konteradmiral	Befehlshaber der Aufklärungsstreitkräfte und Führer der Kampfgruppe Bergen^{[Note 6]}	14 June 1940
18	Heinz Birnbacher	14Kapitänleutnant	chief of the 1. Schnellbootflottille	17 June 1940
19	Wilhelm Rollmann	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-34	31 July 1940	Killed in action 5 November 1943^[29]
20	Fritz Berger	16Fregattenkapitän	chief of the 1. Zerstörerflottille	4 August 1940
21	Max-Eckart Wolff	15Korvettenkapitän	commander of destroyer Z2 Georg Thiele	4 August 1940
22	Rudolf Petersen	15Korvettenkapitän	chief of the 2. Schnellbootflottille	4 August 1940	Awarded 499th Oak Leaves 13 June 1944
23	Otto Kretschmer	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-99	4 August 1940	Awarded 6th Oak Leaves 4 November 1940 5th Swords 26 December 1941
24	Heinrich Liebe	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-38	14 August 1940	Awarded 13th Oak Leaves 10 June 1941
25	Fritz-Julius Lemp	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-30	14 August 1940	Killed in action 9 May 1941^[30]
26	Kurt Fimmen	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of Schnellboot S-26 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille	14 August 1940
27	Götz Freiherr von Mirbach	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of Schnellboot S-21 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille	14 August 1940	Awarded 500th Oak Leaves 14 June 1944
28	Hans-Rudolf Rösing	15Korvettenkapitän	chief of the 7. Unterseebootsflottille and commander of U-48	29 August 1940
29	Fritz Frauenheim	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-101	29 August 1940
30	Engelbert Endrass	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of U-46	5 September 1940	Awarded 14th Oak Leaves 10 June 1941
31	Günter Kuhnke	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-28	19 September 1940
32	Joachim Schepke	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-100	24 September 1940	Awarded 7th Oak Leaves 1 December 1940
33	Kurt Böhmer	17Kapitän zur See	Chef des Stabes Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee	6 October 1940	Killed in action 1 October 1944^[31]
34	Kurt Thoma	15Korvettenkapitän	chief of the 2. Minensuchflottille	6 October 1940
35	Gerhard von Kamptz	15Korvettenkapitän	chief of the 2. Räumbootflottille	6 October 1940	Awarded 225th Oak Leaves 14 April 1943
36	Hans Jenisch	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of U-32	7 October 1940
37	Friedrich Bonte	17Kapitän zur See	Führer der Zerstörer und der Kampfgruppe Narvik	17 Oct 1940*	Killed in action 10 April 1940^[32]
38	Friedrich Ruge	17Kapitän zur See	Führer der Minensuchboote West	21 October 1940
39	Victor Oehrn	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-37	21 October 1940
40	Gerd Suhren	13Oberleutnant (Ing.)	chief engineer on U-37	21 October 1940
41	Heinrich Bleichrodt	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-48	24 October 1940	Awarded 125th Oak Leaves 23 September 1942
42	Wolfgang Lüth	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of U-138	24 October 1940	Awarded 142nd Oak Leaves 13 November 1942 29th Swords 15 April 1943 7th Diamonds 9 August 1943
43	Helmuth von Ruckteschell	15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves	commander of auxiliary cruiser Widder (HSK-3)	31 October 1940	Awarded 158th Oak Leaves 22 December 1942
44	Hans Erdmenger	15Korvettenkapitän	commander of destroyer Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp	3 November 1940	Killed in action 28 December 1943^[33]
45	Reinhard Suhren	13Oberleutnant zur See	I. Wachoffizier U-48	3 November 1940	Awarded 56th Oak Leaves 31 December 1941 18th Swords 1 September 1942
46	Heinrich Petersen	11Stabsobersteuermann	Wachoffizier und Steuermann U-99	5 November 1940
47	Hans Stohwasser	18Konteradmiral	Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Ostsee	30 November 1940
48	Bernhard Rogge	17Kapitän zur See	commander of auxiliary cruiser Atlantis (HSK-2)	7 December 1940	Awarded 45th Oak Leaves 31 December 1941
49	Viktor Schütze	15Korvettenkapitän	commander of U-103	11 December 1940	Awarded 23rd Oak Leaves 14 July 1941
50	Wolfgang Kaden	14Kapitänleutnant of the Reserves	commander of U-Jäger 116	18 December 1940	Killed in action 9 July 1942^[34]
51	Otto Kähler	17Kapitän zur See	commander of auxiliary cruiser Thor (HSK-4)	22 December 1940	Awarded 583rd Oak Leaves 15 September 1944
52	Ernst-Felix Krüder	17Kapitän zur See	commander of auxiliary cruiser Pinguin (HSK-5)	22 December 1940	Awarded 40th Oak Leaves 15 November 1941
53	Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen	15Korvettenkapitän	commander of U-65	14 January 1941
54	Oskar Kummetz	18Konteradmiral	Führer Kampfgruppe Oslo	18 January 1941
55	August Thiele	17Kapitän zur See	commander of cruiser Lützow	18 November 1941	Awarded 824th Oak Leaves 8 April 1945
56	Hellmuth Heye	17Kapitän zur See	commander of heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper	18 January 1941
57	Theodor Krancke	17Kapitän zur See	commander of heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer	21 February 1941	Awarded 614th Oak Leaves 18 October 1944
58	Werner Töniges	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of Schnellboot S-102 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille	25 February 1941	Awarded 143rd Oak Leaves 13 November 1942
59	Wilhelm Meisel	17Kapitän zur See	commander of heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper	26 February 1941
60	Karl-Heinz Moehle	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-123	26 February 1941
61	Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-96	26 February 1941	Awarded 51st Oak Leaves 31 December 1941
62	Hans Bütow	17Kapitän zur See	Führer der Torpedoboote	12 March 1941
63	Bernd-Georg Klug	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of Schnellboot S-28 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille	12 March 1941	Awarded 361st Oak Leaves 1 January 1944
64	Jürgen Oesten	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-106	26 March 1941
65	Georg-Wilhelm Schulz	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-124	4 April 1941
66	Erich Zürn	13Oberleutnant (Ing.)	chief engineer on U-48	23 April 1941
67	Klaus Feldt	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of Schnellboot S-30 in the 2. Schnellbootflottille	25 April 1941	Awarded 362nd Oak Leaves 1 January 1944
68	Georg Christiansen	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of Schnellboot S-101 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille	8 May 1941	Awarded 326th Oak Leaves 13 November 1943
69	Herbert Kuppisch	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-94	14 May 1941	Killed in action 27 August 1943^[35]
70	Herbert Wohlfarth	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-556	15 May 1941
71	Georg Schewe	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-105	23 May 1941
72	Eberhard Wolfram	18Konteradmiral	Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee	25 May 1941
73	Adalbert Schneider	15Korvettenkapitän	1st artillery officer on battleship Bismarck	27 May 1941	Killed in action 27 May 1941^[36]
74	Claus Korth	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-93	29 May 1941
75	Erich Topp	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of U-552	20 June 1941	Awarded 87th Oak Leaves 11 April 1942 17th Swords 17 August 1942
76	Günter Hessler	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-107	24 June 1941
77	Gustav Forstmann	15Korvettenkapitän	chief of the 1. Räumbootflottille	28 July 1941
78	Jost Metzler	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-69	28 July 1941
79	Fritz Breithaupt	15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves	chief of the 12. Minensuchflottille	3 August 1941	Awarded 387th Oak Leaves 10 February 1944
80	Karl Palmgreen	15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves^{[Note 2]}	commander of Sperrbrecher IX and I	3 August 1941	Awarded 523rd Oak Leaves 11 July 1944
81	Siegfried Wuppermann	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of Schnellboot S-60 in the 3. Schnellbootflottille^{[Note 7]}	3 August 1941	Awarded 226th Oak Leaves 14 April 1943
82	Kurt Weyher	16Fregattenkapitän	commander of auxiliary cruiser Orion (HSK-1)	21 August 1941
83	Adalbert Schnee	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of U-201	30 August 1941	Awarded 105th Oak Leaves 15 July 1942
84	Werner Dobberstein	14Kapitänleutnant	chief of the 5. Räumbootflottille	4 September 1941
85	Rudolf Porath	12Leutnant zur See of the Reserves	commander of Vorpostenboot VP-1806 in the 18. Vorpostenflottille	8 October 1941
86	Karl Weniger	17Kapitän zur See	2. Sicherungs-Division	15 November 1941*	Killed in action 1 October 1941^[37]
87	Rolf Mützelburg	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-203	17 November 1941	Awarded 104th Oak Leaves 15 July 1942
88	Ernst Mengersen	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-101	18 November 1941
89	Robert Eyssen	18Konteradmiral	commander of auxiliary cruiser Komet (HSK-7)	29 November 1941
90	Theodor Detmers	16Fregattenkapitän	commander of auxiliary cruiser Kormoran (HSK-8)	4 December 1941
91	Friedrich Guggenberger	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-81	10 December 1941	Awarded 171st Oak Leaves 8 January 1943
92	Klaus Scholtz	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-108	26 December 1941	Awarded 123rd Oak Leaves 10 September 1942
93	Gerhard Bigalk	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-751	26 December 1941	Killed in action 17 July 1942^[38]
94	Ernst Lindemann	17Kapitän zur See	commander of battleship Bismarck	27 December 1941*	Killed in action 27 May 1941^[39]
95	Dr.-Ing. Karl-Friedrich Brill	15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves	Minenschiff Cobra	27 December 1941	Awarded 330th Oak Leaves 18 November 1943
96	Axel Goetzke	12Leutnant zur See of the Reserves	commander of Räumboot R-16 in the 5. Räumbootflottille	27 December 1941*	Killed in action (sabotage) 27 September 1941^[40]
97	Hans Rehm	15Korvettenkapitän	chief of the 2. Minensuchflottille	31 December 1941
98	Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-74	31 December 1941
99	Robert Gysae	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-98	31 December 1941	Awarded 250th Oak Leaves 31 May 1943
100	Niels Bätge	14Kapitänleutnant	chief of the 4. Schnellbootflottille	4 January 1942	Killed in action 12 December 1944^[41]
101	Reinhard Hardegen	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-123	23 January 1942	Awarded 89th Oak Leaves 23 April 1942
102	Hans-Diedrich Freiherr von Tiesenhausen	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-331	27 January 1942
103	Nicolai Clausen	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-129	13 March 1942	Killed in action 16 May 1943^[42]
104	Ernst Bauer	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-126	16 March 1942
105	Otto Ciliax	19Vizeadmiral	Befehlshaber der Schlachtschiffe	21 March 1942
106	Kurt-Caesar Hoffmann	17Kapitän zur See	commander of battleship Scharnhorst	21 March 1942
107	Johann Mohr	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-124	27 March 1942	Awarded 177th Oak Leaves 13 January 1943
108	Otto Ites	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of U-94	28 March 1942
109	Robert-Richard Zapp	15Korvettenkapitän	commander of U-66	23 April 1942
110	Werner Winter	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-103	5 June 1942
111	Peter-Erich Cremer	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-333	5 June 1942
112	Karl-Friedrich Merten	15Korvettenkapitän	commander of U-68	13 June 1942	Awarded 147th Oak Leaves 16 November 1942
113	Jost Brökelmann	15Korvettenkapitän	chief of the 2. Räumbootflottille	14 June 1942
114	Hans-Werner Kraus	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-83	19 June 1942
115	Erwin Rostin	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-158	28 June 1942
116	Heinz-Otto Schultze	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-432	9 July 1942	Killed in action 25 November 1943^[43]
117	Friedrich Kemnade	14Kapitänleutnant	chief of the 3. Schnellbootflottille	23 July 1942	Awarded 249th Oak Leaves 27 May 1943
118	Karl Bergelt	15Korvettenkapitän	chief of the 1. Minensuchflottille	3 August 1942
119	Georg Lassen	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of U-160	10 August 1942	Awarded 208th Oak Leaves 7 March 1943
120	Helmut Rosenbaum	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-73	12 August 1942
121	Adolf Piening	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-155	13 August 1942
122	Heinrich Schonder	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-77	19 August 1942	Killed in action 28 June 1943^[44]
123	Karl Thurmann	15Korvettenkapitän	commander of U-553	24 August 1942	missing in action 28 January 1943^[45]
124	Ernst Kals	15Korvettenkapitän	commander of U-130	1 September 1942
125	Werner Hartenstein	15Korvettenkapitän	commander of U-156	17 September 1942	Killed in action 8 March 1943^[46]
126	Günther Krech	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-558	17 September 1942
127	Kurt Fricke	20Admiral	Chief of Staff of the Seekriegsleitung in the OKM	1 October 1942
128	Hermann Bögel	12Leutnant zur See of the Reserves	commander of Minensucher M-4040	13 October 1942
129	Otto von Bülow	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-404	20 October 1942	Awarded 234th Oak Leaves 26 April 1943
130	Helmut Witte	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-159	22 October 1942
131	Siegfried Strelow	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-435	27 October 1942	Killed in action 15 July 1943^[47]
132	Fritz Poske	15Korvettenkapitän	commander of U-504	6 November 1942
133	Carl Emmermann	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-172	27 November 1942	Awarded 256th Oak Leaves 4 July 1943
134	Günther Müller-Stöckheim	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-67	27 November 1942	Killed in action 16 July 1943^[48]
135	Wilhelm Dommes	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-431	2 December 1942
136	Waldemar Holst	15Korvettenkapitän	chief of the 4. Räumbootflottille	3 December 1942
137	Friedrich Wunderlich	15Korvettenkapitän	chief of the 14. U-Jagd-Flottille	3 December 1942
138	Rolf Johannesson	17Kapitän zur See	commander of destroyer Hermes	7 December 1942
139	Hans Witt	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-129	17 December 1942
140	Werner Henke	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of U-515	17 December 1942	Awarded 257th Oak Leaves 4 July 1943
141	Hermann Rasch	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-106	29 December 1942
142	Günther Gumprich	17Kapitän zur See	commander of auxiliary cruiser Thor (HSK-4)	31 December 1942	Killed in action 17 October 1943^[49]
143	Harro Schacht	15Korvettenkapitän	commander of U-507	9 January 1943	Killed in action 14 January 1943^[50]
144	Albrecht Achilles	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-161	16 January 1943	Killed in action 27 September 1943^[51]
145	Herbert Schneider	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-522	16 January 1943	Killed in action 24 February 1943^[52]
146	Heinrich Bramesfeld	17Kapitän zur See	2. Sicherungs-Division	21 January 1943
147	Ulrich Heyse	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-128	21 January 1943
148	Albrecht Brandi	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-617	21 January 1943	Awarded 224th Oak Leaves 11 April 1943 66th Swords 9 May 1944 22nd Diamonds 24 November 1944
149	Siegfried Freiherr von Forstner	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-402	9 February 1943	Killed in action 13 October 1943^{[Note 8]}
150	Gerhard Bielig	14Kapitänleutnant (Ing.)	chief engineer on U-177	10 February 1943
151	Karl Jörß	06Bootsmannsmaat of the Reserves	Flakleiter auf einem Frachter im Mittelmeer	17 February 1943
152	Erich Würdemann	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-506	14 March 1943	Killed in action 14 July 1943^[56]
153	Reinhart Reche	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-255	17 March 1943
154	Hans-Hartwig Trojer	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of U-221	24 March 1943
155	Harald Gelhaus	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-107	26 March 1943
156	Karl Neitzel	15Korvettenkapitän	commander of U-510	27 March 1943
157	Günther Seibicke	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-436	27 March 1943	Killed in action 26 May 1943^[57]
158	Ulrich Folkers	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-125	27 March 1943	Killed in action 6 May 1943^[58]
159	Karl-Conrad Mecke	17Kapitän zur See	commander of the 22. Marine-Flak-Regiment	11 April 1943
160	Hans Heidtmann	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-559	12 April 1943
161	Helmut Möhlmann	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-571	16 April 1943
162	Hermann Büchting	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of Schnellboot S-27 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille^{[Note 9]}	22 April 1943
163	Gunter Jahn	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-596	30 April 1943
164	Klaus Bargsten	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-521	30 April 1943
165	Wilhelm Franken	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-565	30 April 1943	Killed in action 13 January 1945^[60]
166	Karl-Heinz Fischer	06Steuermannsmaat	Vorpostenboot VP-711	3 May 1943
167	Otto Flügel	06Steuermannsmaat of the Reserves	Vorpostenboot VP-1525	3 May 1943
168	Curt Rechel	16Fregattenkapitän	commander of destroyer Z29	8 May 1943
169	Dr. phil. Walther Fischer	15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves	chief of the 13. Vorpostenflottille	8 May 1943
170	Otto Pollmann	12Leutnant zur See of the Reserves	commander of U-Jäger 2210 in the 22. U-Jagdflottille	19 May 1943	Awarded 461st Oak Leaves 25 April 1944
171	Alfred Schulze-Hinrichs	17Kapitän zur See	chief of the 6. Zerstörerflottille	15 June 1943
172	Karl Smidt	17Kapitän zur See	commander of destroyer Z27	15 June 1943
173	Martin Saltzwedel	15Korvettenkapitän	commander of destroyer Z24	15 June 1943
174	Otto Maurer	15Korvettenkapitän	chief of the 12. Räumbootflottille	3 July 1943
175	Günther Heydemann	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-575	3 July 1943
176	Horst Weber	13Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves^{[Note 10]}	commander of Schnellboot S-55 in the 3. Schnellbootflottille^{[Note 10]}	5 July 1943
177	Friedrich Markworth	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-66	8 July 1943
178	Karl Müller	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of Schnellboot S-52 in the 5. Schnellbootflottille^{[Note 11]}	8 July 1943
179	Georg Staats	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-508	14 July 1943	Killed in action 12 November 1943^[63]
180	Karl-Ehrhart Karcher	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of Schnellboot S-87 in the 4. Schnellbootflottille	12 August 1943
181	Otto von Schrader	20Admiral	commanding Admiral Norwegian West Coast	19 August 1943
182	Gerd Kelbling	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-593	18 August 1943
183	Gustav Freiherr von Liebenstein	16Fregattenkapitän of the Reserves	chief of 2. Landungsdivision and sea transport chief of the Strait of Messina	3 September 1943
184	Herbert Panknin	14Kapitänleutnant (Ing.)	chief engineer on U-106	4 September 1943
185	Dipl.-Ing. Willi Lechtenbörger	13Oberleutnant (Ing.) of the Reserves	chief engineer on U-847	4 September 1943*	Killed in action 27 August 1943^[64]
186	Heinz Krey	12Leutnant (Ing.)	chief engineer on U-752	4 September 1943*	Killed in action 23 May 1943^[65]
187	August Maus	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-185	21 September 1943
188	Dietrich Schöneboom	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of U-431	20 October 1943	Killed in action 23 October 1943^[66]
189	Carl-August Landfermann	13Oberleutnant (Ing.) of the Reserves	chief engineer on U-181	27 October 1943
190	Franz Kohlauf	15Korvettenkapitän	chief of the 4. Torpedobootflottille	29 October 1943	Killed in action 26 April 1944^[67]
191	Hellmut Rohweder	14Kapitänleutnant (Ing.)	chief engineer on U-69 and U-514	14 November 1943
192	Egon-Reiner Freiherr von Schlippenbach	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-453	19 November 1943
193	Gustav Kieseritzky	19Vizeadmiral	commanding Admiral Black Sea	20 November 1943
194	Horst-Arno Fenski	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of U-410	26 November 1943
195	Heinz Franke	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-262	30 November 1943
196	Karl-Friedrich Künzel	13Oberleutnant zur See	group leader and commander of Schnellboot S-28 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille	12 December 1943
197	Albert Müller	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of Schnellboot S-59 in the 3. Schnellbootflottille	13 December 1943
198	Max-Martin Teichert	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-456	19 December 1943*	Killed in action 12 May 1943^[68]
199	Helmut Klassmann	14Kapitänleutnant	chief of the 3. Räumbootflottille	22 December 1943
200	Klaus-Degenhard Schmidt	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of Schnellboot S-54 in the 10 Schnellbootflottille^{[Note 12]}	22 December 1943	Killed in action 22 December 1944^[70]
201	Dr. med. Günther Brandt	15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves	chief of the 21. U-Jagdflottille	23 December 1943
202	Paul Hellmann	13Kapitän der Handelsmarine	captain Blockadebrecher Motorschiff Osorno	6 January 1944
203	Siegfried Koitschka	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of U-616	27 January 1944
204	Hans-Jürgen Hellriegel	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-543	3 February 1944	Killed in action 2 July 1944^[71]
205	Siegfried Lüdden	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-188	11 February 1944	Killed on active service 13 January 1945^[27]
206	Johann-Friedrich Wessels	14Kapitänleutnant (Ing.)	chief engineer on U-198	9 March 1944
207	Gustav Poel	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-413	21 March 1944
208	Waldemar Mehl	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-371	28 March 1944
209	Alfred Eick	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of U-510	31 March 1944
210	Georg Olschewski	13Oberleutnant (Ing.)	chief engineer on U-66	23 April 1944
211	Erich Wulff	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of Vorpostenboot VP-18 in the 18. Vorpostenflottille^{[Note 13]}	24 April 1944
212	Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken	18Konteradmiral	Befehlshaber Deutsches Marinekorps in Italien	15 May 1944
213	Arnulf Hölzerkopf	15Korvettenkapitän	chief of the 8. Minensuchflottille	15 May 1944	Killed in action 11 August 1944^[73]
214	Walter Käding	10Obersteuermann	III. Wachoffizier and Steuermann U-123	15 May 1944
215	Helmuth Brinkmann	19Vizeadmiral	commanding Admiral Schwarzes Meer	17 May 1944
216	Otto Schulz	18Konteradmiral	Seekommandant Krim (sea commander Crimea)^{[Note 14]}	17 May 1944
217	Horst Hofmann	10Obersteuermann	Steuermann and watch officer U-672	20 May 1944
218	Karl-Heinz Wiebe	14Kapitänleutnant (Ing.)	chief engineer on U-178	22 May 1944
219	Horst von Schroeter	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of U-123	1 June 1944
220	Heinrich Hoffmann	15Korvettenkapitän	chief of the 5. Torpedobootflottille	7 June 1944	Awarded 524th Oak Leaves 11 July 1944
221	Albert Oesterlin	14Kapitänleutnant of the Reserves	chief of the Küstenschutzflottille "Attika"	9 June 1944*	Killed in action 23 January 1944^[75]
222	Dr.-Ing. Viktor Rall	15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves	chief of the 15. Vorpostenflottille	10 June 1944
223	Kurt Johannsen	14Kapitänleutnant	chief of the 5. Schnellbootflottille	14 June 1944	Killed in action 14 June 1944^[26]
224	Walter Ohmsen	13Oberleutnant	chief of the Marinebatterie "Marcouf" in the Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 260	14 June 1944
225	Wirich von Gartzen	15Korvettenkapitän	chief of the 10. Torpedobootflottille	24 June 1944
226	Dipl.-Ing. Kurt Loewer	15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves	chief of the 11. Vorpostenflottille	24 June 1944
227	Walter Hennecke	18Konteradmiral	Seekommandant Normandie	26 June 1944
228	Rudi Gelbhaar	13Oberleutnant of the Reserves	chief of the Marine-Batterie "Hamburg" of the Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 604	26 June 1944
229	Ekkehard Martienssen	13Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves	commander of Vorpostenboot VP-203 in the 2. Vorpostenflottille	29 June 1944
230	Theodor Freiherr von Mauchenheim genannt Bechtolsheim	17Kapitän zur See	chief of the 8. Zerstörerflottille	3 July 1944
231	Wilhelm Anhalt	14Kapitänleutnant	chief of the 4. Räumbootflottille	3 July 1944
232	Elmershaus von Haxthausen	14Kapitänleutnant	chief of the 2. Artillerieträger-Flottille	3 July 1944
233	Walther Gerhold	04Marine-Schreiber-Obergefreiter	Einmanntorpedofahrer in the Kleinkampfflottille 361	6 July 1944
234	Johann-Otto Krieg	13Oberleutnant zur See	chief of the Kleinkampfflottille 361	8 July 1944
235	Reinhard König	13Oberleutnant (Ing.)	chief engineer on U-123	8 July 1944
236	Heinz Sieder	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of U-984	8 July 1944	Killed in action 20 August 1944^[76]
237	Herbert Nau	14Kapitänleutnant	chief of the 10. Räumbootflottille	11 July 1944	Killed on active service 22 August 1944^[77]
238	Karl Fleige	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of U-18	18 July 1944
239	Karl-Heinz Marbach	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of U-953	22 July 1944
240	Herbert Berrer	10Oberfernschreibmeister-Matrose	Einmanntorpedofahrer in der Kleinkampfflottille 361	5 August 1944
241	Hermann Stuckmann	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of U-621	11 August 1944	Killed in action 23 August 1944^[47]
242	Georg Pinkepank	15Korvettenkapitän	chief of the 2. Räumbootflottille	12 August 1944
243	Erich Klünder	15Korvettenkapitän	chief of the 5. Minensuchflottille	12 August 1944
244	Alfred Muser	14Kapitänleutnant	chief of the 8. Räumbootflottille	12 August 1944
245	Alfred Vetter	12Leutnant	group leader in the Marine-Kleinkampfflottille 211	12 August 1944
246	Heinrich Dammeier	11Stabsobermaschinist	Obermaschinist U-270	12 August 1944
247	Richard Seuss	13Oberleutnant of the Reserves	chief of the Marine Küstenbatterie "Île de Cézembre" (Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 608)	15 August 1944	Awarded 577th Oak Leaves 2 September 1944
248	Werner Endell	17Kapitän zur See	harbor commander "Saint-Malo"	18 August 1944
249	Friedrich Böhme	17Kapitän zur See	Einsatzleiter der Marine-Kleinkampfmittel in Frankreich	26 August 1944
250	Hans-Günther Lange	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-711	26 August 1944	Awarded 853rd Oak Leaves 29 April 1945
251	Karl Schulz	13Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves	group leader and commander of Vorpostenboot VP-1509 in the 15. Vorpostenflottille	26 August 1944
252	Rudolf Jesse	13Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves	commander in the 8. Minensuchflottille	5 September 1944
253	Otto Nordt	14Kapitänleutnant	chief of the 14. Räumbootflottille	6 September 1944
254	Kurt Blasberg	13Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves	group leader in the 36. Minensuchflottille	7 September 1944
255	Edgar Jungnickel	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of U-Jäger 1430	10 September 1944
256	Heinrich Timm	15Korvettenkapitän	commander of U-862	17 September 1944
257	Hermann Witt	16Fregattenkapitän	harbor commander Cherbourg	24 September 1944
258	Hermann Knuth	17Kapitän zur See	chief of the 1. Sicherungs-Division	24 September 1944
259	Paul Lehmann	15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves	chief of the 42. Minensuchflottille	24 September 1944
260	Theodor Burchardi	19Vizeadmiral	Kommandierender Admiral Ostland	29 September 1944	Awarded 823rd Oak Leaves 8 April 1945
261	Gerhard Schaar	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of U-957	1 October 1944
262	Gerd-Dietrich Schneider	13Oberleutnant zur See	chief of the 8. Artillerie-Trägerflottille	3 October 1944
263	Eugen Tellgmann	13Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves	commander of Vorpostenboot VP-1313 in the 13. Vorpostenflottille	5 October 1944
264	Hans Hoßfeld	14Kapitänleutnant	Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 531	6 October 1944	Awarded 659th Oak Leaves 25 November 1944
265	Joachim Szyskowitz	16Fregattenkapitän	harbor commander Antwerp	13 October 1944
266	Hans-Joachim Förster	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of U-480	18 December 1944	Killed in action 24 February 1945^[78]
267	Joachim Wünning	15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves	commander of Minenschiff Drache	22 October 1944*	Killed in action 22 September 1944^[79]
268	Werner Lange	19Vizeadmiral	commanding Admiral Aegean Sea	28 October 1944
269	Wilhelm Meentzen	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of Torpedoboot T-24	30 October 1944
270	Paul Brasack	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-737	30 October 1944
271	Heinrich Garbers	12Leutnant zur See of the Reserves	commander of Hilfskriegsschiff Passim and leader of special assignments	1 November 1944
272	Helmut Bastian	14Kapitänleutnant	Führer einer Sprengbootflottille (Kleinkampfverband)^{[Note 15]}	3 November 1944
273	Friedrich-Wilhelm Thorwest	15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves	chief of the 2. Geleitflottille "Adria"	5 November 1944*	Killed in action 1 November 1944^[81]
274	Walter-Erich Schneider	14Kapitänleutnant	chief of the 25. Minensuchflottille	5 November 1944
275	Heinz Guhrke	13Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves	commander of Torpedoboot "TA20"	5 November 1944*	Killed in action 1 November 1944^[82]
276	Heinz Trautwein	13Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves	commander of U-Jäger 202	5 November 1944*	Killed in action 1 November 1944^[83]
277	Klaus Wenke	13Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves	commander of U-Jäger 208	5 November 1944
278	Hellmuth Werther^{[Note 16]}	13Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves	commander and group leader in the Küstenschutzflottille "Attika"^{[Note 16]}	8 November 1944
279	Heinz Haag	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of Schnellboot S-60 in the 3. Schnellbootflottille	25 November 1944
280	Adalbert von Blanc	16Fregattenkapitän	leader of the 9. Sicherungs-Division	27 November 1944	Awarded 866th Oak Leaves 7 May 1945
281	Dr. phil. Emil Kieffer	15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves	chief of the 3. Minensuchflottille	3 December 1944
282	Rudolf Mühlbauer	08Oberbootsmannsmaat	Brückenmaat on U-123	10 December 1944
283	Günther Pulst	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of U-978	21 December 1944
284	Hans Dominik	16Fregattenkapitän	chief of the 9. Torpedobootflottille	28 December 1944
285	Erich Brauneis	16Fregattenkapitän	chief of the 24. Landungsflottille	28 December 1944
286	Hans-Otto Philipp	15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves	chief of the 1. Küstensicherungs-Verband	31 December 1944
287	Rolf Thomsen	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-1202	4 January 1945	Awarded 852nd Oak Leaves 29 April 1945
288	Ernst Lucht	18Konteradmiral	Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee	17 January 1945
289	Ernst Hechler	15Korvettenkapitän	commander of U-870	21 January 1945
290	Dr. jur. Kurt Dobratz	17Kapitän zur See	commander of U-1232	23 January 1945
291	Johannes Limbach	12Leutnant zur See	1st Officer U-181	6 February 1945
292	Hans-Georg Hess	13Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves	commander of U-995	11 February 1945
293	Friedrich-Karl Paul	15Korvettenkapitän	chief of the 2. Torpedobootflottille	4 March 1945
294	Ernst Schirlitz	19Vizeadmiral	commander of fortress La Rochelle^{[Note 17]}	11 March 1945
295	Carl-Friedrich Mohr	14Kapitänleutnant	chief of the 24. Minensuchflottille "Karl Friedrich Brill"	11 March 1945
296	Otto Karl	13Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves	commander of Artillerie-Leichter AF-65^{[Note 18]}	21 March 1945
297	Otto Westphalen	13Oberleutnant zur See	commander of U-968	23 March 1945
298	Dr. rer.pol. Paul Fenn	17Kapitän zur See	commander of the Marine-Flak-Regiment 9	25 March 1945
299	Friedrich-Wilhelm Maes	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of naval battery "Völtzendorf" in the Marine-Flak-Abteilung 219 of the 9. Marine-Flak-Regiment	25 March 1945*
300	Philipp Lichtenberg	14Kapitänleutnant (Ing.)	chief engineer on U-516	31 March 1945
301	Hans Johannsen	13Oberleutnant (Ing.)	chief engineer on U-802	31 March 1945
302	Felix Zymalkowski	15Korvettenkapitän	chief of the 8. Schnellbootflottille	10 April 1945
303	Dr. phil. Heinz Stamer	15Korvettenkapitän	chief of the 8. Vorpostenflottille	20 April 1945
304	Rudolf Heynsen	15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves	chief of the 27. Minensuchflottille	20 April 1945
305	Hermann Sardemann	13Oberleutnant of the Reserves	chief of the naval artillery battery "Lausitz" in the Marine-Flak-Abteilung 259 of the Marine-Flak-Regiment 9	20 April 1945
306	Heinrich Witt	13Oberleutnant of the Reserves	chief of the naval artillery battery "Sargorsch" in the Marine-Flak-Abteilung 259 of the Marine-Flak-Regiment 9^{[Note 19]}	20 April 1945
307	Hansjürgen Reinicke	17Kapitän zur See	commander of the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen	21 April 1945
308	Heinrich Praßdorf	09Obermaschinist	lead machinist on U-1203	21 April 1945
309	Hans Michahelles	18Konteradmiral	fortress commander of the northern Gironde estuary	30 April 1945
310	Ingwer(Jens) Matzen	15Korvettenkapitän	chief of the 6. Schnellbootflottille	2 May 1945
311	Heinrich Schroeteler	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of U-1023	2 May 1945
312	Werner Weinlig?^{[Note 20]}	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of Torpedoboot T-23	6 May 1945
313	Hans Temming	14Kapitänleutnant	commander of Torpedoboot T-28	6 May 1945
314	Carl Hoff?^{[Note 21]}	14Kapitänleutnant	chief of the 1. Räumbootflottille	9 May 1945
315	Hans-Joachim Merks?^{[Note 22]}	14Kapitänleutnant	chief of the 2. Räumbootflottille	28 May 1945
317	Hans Lehmann	13Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves	commander of U-997	7 May 1945^{[Note 23]}

Legally disputed Knight's Cross recipients

Großadmiral Karl Dönitz ordered a cease of all promotions and awards as of 11 May 1945. Nevertheless, a number of Knight's Crosses were awarded after this without legal authority. At least two members of the Kriegsmarine are often listed as recipients of the Knight's Cross but fall outside of the Dönitz decree. The Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine General-Admiral Walter Warzecha, successor of General-Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, without authorization presented Georg-Wolfgang Feller the Knight's Cross on 17 June 1945. Karl Jäckel received his Knight's Cross confirmation after 11 May 1945 and is a de facto but not de jure recipient. Both recipients were delisted by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).^[1]

Number	Name	Rank	Unit	Date of award	Notes
316	Karl Jäckel	10Obersteuermann	Steuermann on U-29, U-160 and U-907	1 June 1945
318	Georg-Wolfgang Feller	13Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves	group leader in the 36. Minensuchflottille	17 June 1945

Footnotes

References

Specific

General

Dörr, Manfred (1995). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 1: A–K [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 1: A–K] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2453-2.
Dörr, Manfred (1996). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2: L–Z [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2497-6.
Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Kurowski, Franz (1995). Knight's Cross Holders of the U-Boat Service. Schiffer Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-88740-748-X.
Kurowski, Franz (2007). Korvettenkapitän Werner Töniges Der erste Eichenlaubträger der Schnellbootwaffe (in German). Flechsig Verlag. ISBN 978-3-88189-737-2.
Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Navy]. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87943-355-1.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

External links

"Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes". Lexikon der Wehrmacht (in German). Retrieved 2 January 2011.
"Das Bundesarchiv". Military Archive - Freiburg im Breisgau. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2011.

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