Freiherr Egon Reiner von Schlippenbach
Korvettenkapitän (Crew 34)
| Successes 4 ships sunk for a total of 15,850 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 835 tons 2 ships damaged for a total of 16,610 GRT 1 warship a total loss for a total of 1,705 tons |
| Born | 10 Apr 1914 | Cologne-Lindenthal | |
| Died | 11 May 1979 | (65) | Kiel |
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Ranks
Decorations
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-121 | 31 Mar 1941 | 8 Jul 1941 | No war patrols |
| U-453 | 9 Jul 1941 | 6 Dec 1943 | 14 patrols (332 days) |
Personal information
Freiherr von Schlippenbach began his naval career in April 1934. He later served on the line ship Schleswig-Holstein and as a training officer before transferring to the U-boat force in 1939.
Until March 1941 he served on several U-boats as watch officer, but then he took over his first command on the school boat U-121. In July 1941 he became the commander of the larger Type VIIC U-boat U-453 and on his first patrol, in December 1941, he managed to break through the Straits of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean. During the next two years he became one of the most experienced commanders stationed there.
In 1944 he took a staff position in the OKM (Naval High Command) and in the Marineschule Mürwik (Naval Academy). He spent last six weeks of the war in infantry duty for the defense of Central Germany. After the war he spent three months in US captivity.
He joined the Bundesmarine in January 1956, where he served mostly in staff positions. He retired in September 1972 as Kapitän zur See.
Patrol info for Egon Reiner von Schlippenbach
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-453 | 12 Nov 1941 | Kiel | 17 Dec 1941 | La Spezia | Patrol 1, | 36 days | |
| 2. | U-453 | 17 Jan 1942 | La Spezia | 1 Feb 1942 | Pola | Patrol 2, | 16 days | |
| 3. | U-453 | 22 Mar 1942 | Pola | 21 Apr 1942 | Pola | Patrol 3, | 31 days | |
| 4. | U-453 | 25 May 1942 | Pola | 14 Jun 1942 | Salamis | Patrol 4, | 21 days | |
| 5. | U-453 | 18 Jun 1942 | Salamis | 21 Jul 1942 | Pola | Patrol 5, | 34 days | |
| 6. | U-453 | 31 Aug 1942 | Pola | 10 Sep 1942 | Salamis | 11 days | ||
| 7. | U-453 | 17 Sep 1942 | Salamis | 15 Oct 1942 | La Spezia | Patrol 6, | 29 days | |
| 8. | U-453 | 29 Nov 1942 | La Spezia | 17 Dec 1942 | La Spezia | Patrol 7, | 19 days | |
| 9. | U-453 | 11 Jan 1943 | La Spezia | 16 Feb 1943 | Pola | Patrol 8, | 37 days | |
| 10. | U-453 | 1 Apr 1943 | Pola | 5 May 1943 | Pola | Patrol 9, | 35 days | |
| 11. | U-453 | 23 Jun 1943 | Pola | 24 Jul 1943 | Pola | Patrol 10, | 32 days | |
| 12. | U-453 | 31 Jul 1943 | Pola | 14 Aug 1943 | Pola | Patrol 11, | 15 days | |
| 13. | U-453 | 21 Oct 1943 | Pola | 27 Oct 1943 | Pola | Patrol 12, | 7 days | |
| 14. | U-453 | 2 Nov 1943 | Pola | 13 Nov 1943 | Pola | Patrol 13, | 12 days | |
| 15. | U-453 | 24 Nov 1943 | Pola | 1 Dec 1943 | Pola | Patrol 14, | 8 days | |
| 14 patrols, 332 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Egon Reiner von Schlippenbach
| Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Dec 1941 | U-453 | Egon Reiner von Schlippenbach | Badalona | 4,202 |  | sp | ||
| 7 Apr 1942 | U-453 | Egon Reiner von Schlippenbach |  | HMHS Somersetshire (d.) | 9,716 |  | br | |
| 20 Jan 1943 | U-453 | Egon Reiner von Schlippenbach | | Jean Jadot | 5,859 |  | be | KMS-7 |
| 30 Jun 1943 | U-453 | Egon Reiner von Schlippenbach | Oligarch (d.) | 6,894 | | br | GTX-3 | |
| 6 Jul 1943 | U-453 | Egon Reiner von Schlippenbach | Shahjehan | 5,454 | | br | MWS-36 | |
| 15 Nov 1943 | U-453 | Egon Reiner von Schlippenbach | HMS Quail (G 45) (t.) [Mine] | 1,705 | | br | ||
| 20 Nov 1943 | U-453 | Egon Reiner von Schlippenbach | | Jela [Mine] | 335 |  | yu | |
| 22 Nov 1943 | U-453 | Egon Reiner von Schlippenbach | HMS Hebe (J 24) [Mine] | 835 | | br | ||
| 35,000 | ||||||||
6 ships sunk (18,390 tons) and 2 ships damaged (16,610 tons). Legend | ||||||||
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.