Heinrich-Andreas Schroeteler
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)
| Successes 1 warship sunk for a total of 335 tons 1 ship damaged for a total of 7,345 GRT |
| Born | 10 Dec 1915 | Essen-Katernberg | |
| Died | 19 Jan 2000 | (84) | Bochum, Germany |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-667 | 21 Oct 1942 | May, 1944 | 4 patrols (218 days) |
| U-1023 | 10 Mar 1945 | 10 May 1945 | 1 patrol (47 days) |
Personal information
Heinrich Schroeteler after patrol |
Heinrich Schroeteler joined the Kriegsmarine in April 1936 and was a member of the so-called Olympia-Crew. In September 1939 he began two years of service on several minesweepers.
In September 1941 he transferred to the U-boat force and accompanied U-96 on one patrol as Kommandantenschüler (commander-in-training). In October 1942 he commissioned U-667 and made four patrols, mostly in the North Atlantic. In May 1944 he left the U-boat and became a staff member of BdU op, where in July 1944 he replaced 'Adi' Schnee.
In January 1945 he served as training officer in the 27th flotilla for a month before taking command of the Type VIIC U-boat U-1023 in February 1945.
In the last days of the war Heinrich Schroeteler damaged a British tanker of 7,345 tons and on the evening of 7 (!) May 1945 sank the Norwegian minesweeper NYMS 382 (335 tons). Three days later Schroeteler surrendered U-1023 at Weymouth. He then spent three years in British captivity.
Patrol info for Heinrich-Andreas Schroeteler
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-667 | 20 May 1943 | Kiel | 26 Jul 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 1, | 68 days | |
| 2. | U-667 | 14 Sep 1943 | St. Nazaire | 16 Sep 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 2, | 3 days | |
| 3. | U-667 | 18 Sep 1943 | St. Nazaire | 11 Oct 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 2, | 24 days | |
| 4. | U-667 | 18 Nov 1943 | St. Nazaire | 6 Jan 1944 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 3, | 50 days | |
| 5. | U-667 | 8 Mar 1944 | St. Nazaire | 19 May 1944 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 4, | 73 days | |
| 6. | U-1023 | 25 Mar 1945 | Bergen | 10 May 1945 | Weymouth, UK | Patrol 5, | 47 days | |
| 5 patrols, 265 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Heinrich-Andreas Schroeteler
| Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
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| 23 Apr 1945 | U-1023 | Heinrich-Andreas Schroeteler |  | Riverton (d.) | 7,345 |  | br | TBC-135 |
| 7 May 1945 | U-1023 | Heinrich-Andreas Schroeteler | HNoMS NYMS-382 | 335 |  | nw | ||
| 7,680 | ||||||||
1 ship sunk (335 tons) and 1 ship damaged (7,345 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.