Fritz Schneewind
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)
| Successes 5 ships sunk for a total of 30.052 GRT 1 ship a total loss for a total of 6.993 GRT |
| Born | 10 Apr, 1917 | Padang, Sumatra |
| Died | 23 Apr, 1945 | Java Sea |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-511 | 18 Dec, 1942 | - | 20 Nov, 1943 | 2 patrols (158 days) |
| U-183 | 20 Nov, 1943 | - | 23 Apr, 1945 (+) | 3 patrols (96 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-511 | 31 Dec, 1942 | Lorient | 8 Mar, 1943 | Lorient | Patrol, | 68 days |
| 2. | U-511 | 10 May, 1943 | Lorient | 7 Aug, 1943 | Kure | Patrol, | 90 days |
| 3. | U-183 | 1 Jan, 1944 | Singapur | 1 Jan, 1944 | Penang | 1 days | |
| 4. | U-183 | 10 Feb, 1944 | Penang | 21 Mar, 1944 | Penang | Patrol, | 41 days |
| 5. | U-183 | 3 May, 1944 | Penang | 5 May, 1944 | Penang | 3 days | |
| 6. | U-183 | 17 May, 1944 | Penang | 7 Jul, 1944 | Penang | Patrol, | 52 days |
| 7. | U-183 | 1 Nov, 1944 | Penang | 1 Nov, 1944 | Kobe | 1 days | |
| 8. | U-183 | 22 Feb, 1945 | Kobe | 9 Mar, 1945 | Batavia | 16 days | |
| 9. | U-183 | 21 Apr, 1945 | Batavia | 23 Apr, 1945 | Sunk | Patrol, | 3 days |
| 5 patrols, 254 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Fritz Schneewind
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 9 Jan, 1943 | U-511 | William Wilberforce | 5.004 |  | br | ||
| 27 Jun, 1943 | U-511 | Sebastian Cermeno | 7.194 |  | am | ||
| 9 Jul, 1943 | U-511 | Samuel Heintzelman | 7.176 | | am | ||
| 29 Feb, 1944 | U-183 | Palma | 5.419 | | br | ||
| 9 Mar, 1944 | U-183 | British Loyalty | 6.993 | | br | total loss | |
| 5 Jun, 1944 | U-183 | Helen Moller | 5.259 | | br | ||
| 37.045 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.