Horst Schünemann

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

Successes
1 ship sunk, total tonnage 6,113 GRT

Born	2 Jan 1914		Kiel
Died	13 Sep 1996	(82)	Schleswig, Germany

Ranks

8 Apr 1934		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1935		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1937		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1937		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1939		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr 1942		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
		U-boat War Badge 1939

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-62	20 Nov 1941	13 Apr 1942	No war patrols
U-621	7 May 1942	4 Dec 1942	1 patrol (38 days)

Released from captivity on April 11, 1946, he went into the banking business after the war (Rust, 2009).

Sources

Rust, E. (2009) E-mail correspondence. Author of Naval Officers under Hitler.

Patrol info for Horst Schünemann

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-621	29 Sep 1942	Kiel	5 Nov 1942	Brest	Patrol 1,	38 days

Ships hit by Horst Schünemann

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
23 Oct 1942	U-621	Empire Turnstone	6,113	br	ONS-136
			6,113
1 ship sunk (6,113 tons).

About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.