Herbert Schneider

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

Successes
7 ships sunk, total tonnage 45,826 GRT
2 ships damaged, total tonnage 12,479 GRT

Born	25 Jun 1915		Nuremberg
Died	23 Feb 1943	(27)	Middle Atlantic

Kapitänleutnant Herbert Schneider

Ranks

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

Decorations

11 Jun 1940		Iron Cross 2nd Class
4 Dec 1942		Iron Cross 1st Class
16 Jan 1943		Knights Cross

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-522	11 Jun 1942	23 Feb 1943 (+)	2 patrols (111 days)

Kapitänleutnant Herbert Schneider after patrol

Herbert Schneider began his naval career in April 1934. After the usual officer training, in October 1936 he transferred to the Luftwaffe and received air reconnaissance training. In Spring 1938 he spent two months in Spain during the Civil War and made eight sorties. In October 1940 he returned to the Kriegsmarine.

Over the next six months he received U-boat training, and then became I WO on U-123 under Kptlt. Reinhard Hardegen. After two patrols he left the U-boat to complete commander training, and then commissioned the type IXC U-boat U-522. During his first patrol in the North Atlantic he sank four ships with a total of 20,077 tons and damaged another vessel.

His second patrol was also successful with three ships sunk and one damaged. U-522 was sunk with all hands by depth charges from the British cutter HMS Totland on 23 February, 1943 (Niestlé, 1998).

Sources

Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1997). Der U-Bootkrieg 1939-1945 (Band 2).
Niestlé, A. (1998). German U-boat losses during World War II.
Rohwer, J. (1998). Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two.

Patrol info for Herbert Schneider

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-522	8 Oct 1942	Kiel	2 Dec 1942	Lorient	Patrol 1,	56 days
2.	U-522	31 Dec 1942	Lorient	23 Feb 1943	Sunk	Patrol 2,	55 days
2 patrols, 111 days at sea

Ships hit by Herbert Schneider

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
2 Nov 1942	U-522	Hartington (d.)	5,496	br	SC-107
2 Nov 1942	U-522	Maritima	5,801	br	SC-107
2 Nov 1942	U-522	Mount Pelion	5,655	gr	SC-107
2 Nov 1942	U-522	Parthenon	3,189	gr	SC-107
18 Nov 1942	U-522	Yaka	5,432	am	ONS-144

9 Jan 1943	U-522	Minister Wedel	6,833	nw	TM-1
9 Jan 1943	U-522	Norvik	10,034	pa	TM-1
11 Jan 1943	U-522	British Dominion (d.)	6,983	br	TM-1
23 Feb 1943	U-522	Athelprincess	8,882	br	UC-1
			58,305
7 ships sunk (45,826 tons) and 2 ships damaged (12,479 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged.

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.