Crew 32

Richard Bernardelli
Born 22 Nov 1908 in Rüstringen
Korvettenkapitän (2 Nov 1944)
Commands: U-805 12 Feb 1944 - 8 May 1945

Hans-Gerhard Busch

Born 1905

Died 27 May 1941 on the battleship Bismarck

Hans-Günther Busch

Heinz-Ehlert Clausen
Born on 12 Jul 1909 in Rodewald, Neustad.
Kapitänleutnant (1 Jul 1941).
Commands: U-403 25 Jun 1941 - 15 Jun 1943

Peter-Erich Cremer
Born 25 Mar 1911 in Metz, Lorraine
Korvettenkapitän (11 Jul 1944)
Knights Cross winner (25 Jun 1942)
Died 5 Jul, 1992, Hamburg
Commands: U-152 29 Jan 1941 - 21 Jul 1941; U-333 25 Aug 1941 - 06 Oct 1942; U-333 28 May 1943 - 19 Jul 1944; U-2519 15 Nov 1944 - Feb 1945

Details: http://www.uboat.net/men/cremer

Werner Eichel *

Born 12 July 1911

Died 01 July 1941

Ewald Engler

Wilhelm Falkenhain
Born 9 Mar, 1901
Died 11 Sep, 1954

Jochen Fehling

Peter Frahm *
Born 14 Jun, 1912 in Oldenburg
Korvettenkapitän (1 Feb, 1940)
Died 30 Jan, 1940, Hoofden.
Commands: U-15 27 Oct 1939 - 30 Jan 1940

Rudolf Franzius
Born 5 Jun, 1911 in Hamburg
Korvettenkapitän (1 Oct, 1944)
Died 5 Oct, 1965
Commands: U-145 19 Dec 1940 - 21 Oct 1941; U-438 22 Nov 1941 - 29 Mar 1943

Helmut Franzke *

Hans Gilardone *
Born 9 Jul, 1912 in Munich.
Kapitänleutnant (1 Feb, 1940)
Died 8 Dec, 1942, Cape Farewell.
Commands: U-254 8 Nov 1941 - 8 Dec 1942

 

Georg Hagene

Born 24 Jul, 1908 in Niederschöneweide, Teltow.

Korvettenkapitän (1 Apr, 1944).

Died on 2 Mar, 1945, English Channel.

Commands: U-1208 6 Apr 1944 - 2 Mar 1945


Jürgen Hartman Dr. Med.
Born 8 Mar, 1907
Died 25 May, 1970

Wolfgang Heyda
Born 14 Nov 1913 in Arys, East Prussia.
Died 21 Aug 1947 Kiel
Korvettenkapitän (1 Aug, 1944)
Commands:  U-120 26 Nov 1940 - 19 May 1941; U-434 21 Jun 1941 - 18 Dec 1941

Joan–Erick Hissink

Dietrich Hoffman *

 

Alfred Hoschatt

Born on 10 Feb, 1909 in Görlitz.

Korvettenkapitän (1 Apr 1944).

Died on 13 Nov, 1993

Commands: U-378 30 Oct 1941 - 11 Oct 1942

Erich Jacobi
Born 28 Dec, 1912
Died 6 Jan, 1958

Hajo Jürgens *

Harald Jürst *

Werner Klümper *

Kurt Knothe
Born 21 Feb, 1903
Died 17 Jul, 1965

Claus Korth *
Born 7 Nov, 1911 in Berlin
Korvettenkapitän (1 Jan, 1944)
Knights Cross winner (29 May, 1941)
Died 25 Jan, 1988, Kiel.
Commands:  U-57 29 Dec 1938 - 04 Jun 1940; U-93 30 Jul 1940 - 30 Sep 1941

Details: http://www.uboat.net/men/korth

Peter Lohmeyer
Born 2 Jan, 1911 in Zanzibar
Korvettenkapitän (1 Sep, 1944)
Commands: U-19 20 Jun 1940 - 20 Oct 1940; U-138 21 Oct 1940 - 31 Dec 1940;  U-651 21 Feb 1941 - 29 Jun 1941

Ernst-Bernward Lohse *
Born 6 Apr, 1913 in Wurzen, Saxony
Korvettenkapitän (1 Jan, 1944)
Died 30 Mar, 1942, Arctic Ocean
Commands:  U-21 21 Dec 1940 - 18 May 1941; U-585 28 Aug 1941 - 30 Mar 1942

Günther Lorentz
Born 23 Oct, 1913 in Flensburg.
Died 17 Jan, 1989
Kapitänleutnant (1 Mar 1942).
Commands: U-10 10 Oct 1939 - Jan 1940; U-63 18 Jan 1940 - 25 Feb 1940

Karl Lowenstein * (Questionable; listed by Busch but not by Matz)
Born 23 Nov, 1913
Died 17 Jan, 1989

Hans Ulrich Marggraff
Born 19 Jul, 1913
Died 11 Aug, 1956

Joachim Matz *
Born 1 Oct, 1913 in Magdeburg.
Korvettenkapitän (1 Jan, 1944)
Died 22 Aug, 1996
Commands:  U-6 17 Dec 1938 - 26 Nov 1939; U-59 18 Jul 1940 - 10 Nov 1940; U-70 23 Nov 1940 - 07 Mar 1941

Jost Metzler
Born on 26 Feb, 1909 in Altshausen, Württemberg.
Crew 1932. Korvettenkapitän (1 Oct, 1943).
Knights Cross winner (28 Jul, 1941)
Died on 29 Sep, 1975, Bavendorf-Ravensburg.
Commands: U-69 02 Nov 1940 - 28 Aug 1941; U-847 01 Feb 1943 - 30 Jun 1943

Details: http://www.uboat.net/men/metzler

Helmut Michaelis
Born 19 Nov, 1906
Died 19 Apr, 1972

Gert von Mittelstaedt *
Born 14 Jan, 1912 in Niederlinxweiler, Saarland.
Kapitänleutnant (1 Jun, 1940)
Died 9 Aug, 1941, Baltic Sea
Commands: U-144 17 Nov 1940 - 09 Aug 1941 

Wilhelm Möllenhoff
Born 28 Sep, 1902
Died 25 Apr, 1961

Adalbert Möller *

Heinrich Müller-Edzards
Born 18 Mar, 1910 in Wesermünde-Geestemünde
Crew 1933/32. Korvettenkapitän (1 Sep, 1944)
Commands: U-590 02 Oct 1941 - 07 Jun 1943

Rolf Mützelburg
Born 23 Jun, 1913 in Kiel
Kapitänleutnant (1 Jan, 1940)
Knights Cross winner (17 Nov, 1941)
Died 11 Sep, 1942, Northern Atlantic
Commands: U-10 10 Jun 1940 - 29 Nov 1940; U-203 18 Feb 1941 - 11 Sep 1942

Details: http://www.uboat.net/men/muetzelburg

Rüdiger Pannenborg *

Wolfgang Piwowarsky
Born 7 July, 1907
Died 14 July 1958

Wilhelm Polchau, Dipl. Ing.
Born 20 Feb, 1908
Died 15 Mar, 1968

Friedrich–Wilhelm Rasenack *

Walter Reich (Questionable; listed by Matz but not by Busch)

Peter Reischauer
Born 17 Aug, 1908
Died 24 Jul, 1968

Yorck von Reuter

Karl v. Reyher *

Helmut Rosenbaum
Born 11 May, 1913 in Döbeln, Leipzi.
Korvettenkapitän (3 Aug, 1944)
Knights Cross winner (12 Aug 1942)
Died 10 May, 1944, near Constanza (Romania)
Commands: U-2 17 Mar 1939 - 05 Aug 1940; U-73 30 Sep 1940 - 10 Sep 1942

Details: http://www.uboat.net/men/rosenbaum

Otto Salman
Born 5 Jul, 1908 in Berlin-Schöneberg
Korvettenkapitän (1 Apr, 1944)
Died 21 Apr, 1970
Commands: U-7 10 Feb 1938 - 05 Feb 1939; U-7 31 May 1939 - 02 Jul 1939; U-7 02 Aug 1939 - 01 Oct 1939; U-7 25 Oct 1939 - 13 Nov 1939; U-52 14 Nov 1939 - 09 Jun 1941

Details: http://www.uboat.net/men/salman

Rudolf Schendel
Born 10 Jan, 1914 in Spandau
Korvettenkapitän (1 Nov, 1944)
Died 12 Apr, 1970
Commands: U-19 08 Nov 1940 - 31 May 1941; U-134 26 Jul 1941 - 02 Feb 1943; U-2509 21 Sep 1944 - 08 Apr 1945; U-2520 20 Apr 1945 - 03 May 1945

Hans-Heinrich Schmidt 
Born 13 May 1914
Died 21 Aug 1953, Kiel

Karl Schrott *
Born 25 Mar 1911 in Viersen, Rhineland.
Kapitänleutnant (1 Jan 1940)
Died 23 Mar 1941, south-east of Iceland.
Commands: U-7 14 Oct 1939 - Oct 1940; U-551 07 Nov 1940 - 23 Mar 1941

Georg-Wilhelm Schulz  Crew 32/30
Born 10 Mar 1906 in Cologne.
Korvettenkapitän (01 Apr 1943)
Knights Cross winner (04 Apr 1941)
Died 05 Jul 1986, Hamburg.
Commands: U-10 05 Jan 1939 - 15 Oct 1939; U-64 16 Dec 1939 - 13 Apr 1940; U-124 11 Jun 1940 - 07 Sep 1941

Details: http://www.uboat.net/men/schulz

Friedrich Schumann-Hindenberg
Born 28 Mar 1913 in Lübchow, Kolberg
Korvettenkapitän (Nov 1944)
Commands: U-245 18 Dec 1943 - 08 May 1945

Günther Seibicke
Born 30 Aug 1911 in Eggersdorf, Lebus
Korvettenkapitän (Jun 1943)
Knights Cross winner (27 Mar 1943)
Died 26 May 1943, North Atlantic west of Cape Ortegal.
Commands: U-436 27 Sep 1941 - 26 May 1943 

Details: http://www.uboat.net/men/seibicke

Gerhard Stamer **
Born 06 Nov 1911 in Straupitz/Schlesien
Chief Engineer U-35
Korvettenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Jan 1944) 
Died 19 Aug, 1982 in Germany

Details: http://www.U-35.com/crew/stamer

Reinhold Starzinsky
Born 8 Mar, 1908
Died 1 Jan, 1970

Kurt Steinbrück *

Wolf-Harro Stiebler
Born Aug 4, 1907 in Hann, Münden.
Korvettenkapitän (1 Jun, 1943)
Commands: U-8 06 Sep 1939 - 13 Oct 1939; U-17 18 Oct 1939 - 05 Jan 1940; U-21 16 Jan 1940 - 28 Jul 1940; U-61 28 Jul 1940 - 05 Nov 1940; U-461 22 Apr 1942 - 30 Jul 1943

Sigmund Storp

Hans–Joachim Tantzen *

Victor Vogel *
Born 22 Nov, 1912 in Tübingen
Korvettenkapitän (1 Aug 1942)
Died 31 Jul 1942, Central North Atlantic.
Commands: U-588 18 Sep 1941 - 31 Jul 1942 

 

Werner Weber

Born on 10 Nov, 1907 in Berlin.

Korvettenkapitän (1 Mar 1944)

Died on 10 Mar, 1944, Central Atlantic.

Commands: U-845 8 Oct 1943 - 10 Mar 1944

 

 

Walter Weispfennig

Details: http://submarine.50megs.com/weispfen.htm

Dietrich Wieting *

Born 27 May 1913 in Flensburg

Korvettenkapitän (posthumous; 10 Dec 1943)

Died 26 Dec 1943 on board the battleship Scharnhorst

Commander-in-Training U-73 Apr 1941 - Jun 1941

Hans-Dietrich Wilke 
Born 11 Jun 1912 in Wilhelmshaven
Oberleutnant zur See (1 Jul 1943)
Commands: U-766 30 Jul 1943 - 24 Aug 1944; U-382 25 Aug 1944 - 14 Jan 1945; U-2553 Jan 1945 - 08 May, 1945

Rudolf Wurlitzer
Born 09 Apr 1903
Died 04 Nov 1968

 

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Crew 1933 closely associated with Crew 1932:

Kurt von Goßler  Crew 1933
Born on 21 Sep, 1905 in Stendal.
Korvettenkapitän (1 Apr, 1943).
Died on 20 Feb, 1981
Commands: U-10 and U-12 01 Aug 1938 - 4 Jan 1939; U-49 12 Aug 1939 - 15 Apr 1940

Ulrich Heyse  Crew 1933
Born on 27 Sep, 1906 in Berlin-Friedenau.
Korvettenkapitän (1 Apr 1943).
Knights Cross winner (21 Jan 1943)
Died on 19 Nov 1970
Commands: U-128 12 May 1941 - 28 Feb 1943

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Crew 1932 Cadets who died on the Niobe on 26 Jul 1932:

Hans Andersen

Eick Busz

Klaus Frengang

Helmut Geiger

Karl-Helmut Gerlach

Hans-Georg Göing

Werner Gruner

Hans Hoffman

Kurt Krellenberg

Hans-Joachim Leisewitz

Karl Lüdtke

Günter Manseck

Erich Meisenbach

Edwin Otten

Helmut Pfeffer

Georg Pietsch

Manfred Rienau

Harald Rudloff

Kurt Schlangeseldt

Dimitri Schmidt

Hans-Günter Schmidt

Fritz-Georg Schmidt

Richard Schultz

Richard Spetzler

Dieter v. Türcke

Herbert Vogler

Otto Weißmüller

Jobst v. Albedyhll

Hans Brunk

Erich Gelhaar (Dr. med.)

Georg Gutjahr

Wilhelm Kruse

Günther Teichmann

Heinz Renner


NOTES:

Admiral Erich Raeder wrote to the largest commercial shipping companies and asked for some of their best officers in replacement for the drowned cadets. Crew 32 would consist of the survivors of the Niobe, the newly admitted cadets and the engineering cadets who were not aboard the Niobe. 

* Original member of Crew 32 aboard the Niobe

** Original member of Crew 32 Engineering Candidate

Uboat.net

Busch, Fritz Otto; “Niobe - Ein Deutsches Schicksal”

 

Seeoffiziere:

Bach               

Heinz Günter Behr                

Birr                 

Bohn               

Bredemeier                  

Brockmann                  

Peter-Erich Cremer (25.3.11-5.6.92)

Hans-Joachim Drewitz (14.11.07-11.8.43)

Werner Eichel              

Jochen Fehling             

Peter Frahm (14.6.12-30.1.40)

Rudolf Franzius (5.6.11-5.11.65)

Helmut Franzke (2.12.07-28.5.44)

von Gartzen     

Gierok 

Hans Gilardone                        

Goertz             

Kurt von Gossler (1.4.05-20.1.81)

Graf                

Gude               

Wilhelm Günther (24.7.08-2.4.45)

Härder

Hartz

Otto Haupt

Werner Heidel (24.6.09-30.1.40)

Heinsohn                     

Heitmann                     

Helmut Hermann                     

Wolfgang Heyda (14.11.13-21.8.47)

Ulrich Heyse (20.9.06-19.11.70)

Hielscher

Joan – Erick Hissink                        

Dietrich Hoffmann                    

Horrer             

Willi Jahn                     

Hajo Jürgens                

Harald Jürst (18.4.13-28.11.40)

Wilhelm Kleinschmidt (21.1.07-4.10.41)

Werner Klümper                      

von dem Knesebeck                  

Koenenkamp               

Helmut Köppe (1.4.09-23.7.43)

Konrad                       

Claus Korth (7.11.11-25.1.88)

Kowalewski                

Kray               

Kriesel            

Ernst Kröning (13.1.05-1.4.42)

Küppers

Herbert Kuppisch (10.12.09-27.8.43)

Karl Loewenstein                   

Ernst-Bernward Lohse (6.4.13-30.3.42)

Günther Lorentz (23.10.13-17.1.89)

Luchard

Mahlke

Joachim Matz (1.10.13-22.8.96)

Maurer             

Jost Metzler (26.2.09-29.9.75)

Helmut Michaelis (19.11.06-19.4.72)

Gert von Mittelstaedt (14.1.12-9.8.41)

Möbes            

Adalbert Möller            

Heinrich Müller-Edzards (18.3.10-1.9.44)

Rolf Mützelburg (23.6.13-11.9.42)

Nau                 

Hans Oestermann                 

Rüdiger Pannenborg (?-24.12.44)

Karl Paul

Pinkepank                   

Piontek            

Wolfgang Piwowarsky (7.7.07-15.3.68)

Plautz              

Pranke            

Fredrich – Wilhelm Rasenack                    

Wolf-Rüdinger von Rabenau (7.1.08-4.4.42)

Johann Reckhoff (15.1.11- ?)

Peter Reischauer (17.8.08-24.7.68)

Yorck von Reuter             

Karl von Reyher            

Walter Richter             

Rieger             

Rielsen            

Rielson            

Rosen              

Helmut Rosenbaum (11.5.13-10.5.44)

Erwin Rostin (8.10.07-30.6.42)

Rücker            

Otto Salman (5.7.08-21.4.44)

Sander            

Schaaf             

Heinrich Schäfer (30.1.07-8.1.44)

Rudolf Schendel (10.1.14-12.4.70)

Georg Schewe             

Günther Schiebusch (26.10.09-10.7.97)

Schnoeckel                  

Schönemeyer               

Karl Schrott (25.3.11-23.3.41)

Georg-Wilhelm Schultz (10.3.06-5.7.86)

Kurt Schultz                

Friedrich Schumann-Hindenberg (28.3.13- ?)

Günther Seibicke (30.8.11- ?)    

Senkel

Reinhold Starzinsky            8.3.08            1.1.70

Kurt Steinbrück                   

Wolf-Harro Stiebler (4.8.07- ?)      

Sigmund Storp

Hans-Joachim Tantzen                       

Heinrich Timm (30.4.10-12.4.74)

Ulrich              

Victor Vogel (22.11.12-13.7.42)

Waldbaum                   

Dietrich Wieting                        

Hans-Dietrich Wilke (11.6.12- ?)    

Wilhelm Wolf              

Worch

Karl Wunderlich                  

Alois Zech (14.9.07- ?)

Heinrich Zimmerman (21.1.07-11.7.42)

Arnim Zinke (30.7.08-20.8.44)


                  

Ingenieuroffizierlaufbahn          :

Herbert Alfred Burkhardt                    

Dabis              

Frieherr von Engelhardt                   

Engler              

Graepel                       

Erich Grundmann                  

Hertel              

Huckriede                   

Kimmerling  (Adm) (23 Mar 1913 - 05 Sep 1995)                

Kindermann                   

Kurt Knothe (21.2.03-17.7.65)

Leder              

Lohner            

Hans Ulrich Marggraff (19.7.13-11.8.56)

Hans Peters                 

Reinsch                       

Hans-Heinrich Schmidt (13.5.14-21.8.53)

Schock            

Paul-Heinz Schubert                      

Paul Schulze                

Siegert             

Gerhard Stamer (6.11.11-19.8.82)

Wollersheim                

Züllich             

Zemlin             

von Glaß                     

Laufs               

Pavel               

Wilhelm Polchau                         

Ritschel                       

Steinhaufen                  

Gestenhauer                

Hartwig                       

Huntemüller                 

Jacob              

Linke               

Lipphaus                     

Fredrich Walter Müller             

Paacht             

Penner             

Reibnitz                       

Kurt Schröder             

Fredrich Schultz            

Steinmetz                     

Thoellden                    

Ziebell             

Zschetzsching              


                  

Waffenoffizierlaufbahn:


Emminger                    

Kaluza            

Max Nagel                  

Stetter             


 

Marinesanitätsoffizierlaufbahn:

Busch, Hans-Günther, Dr. Med.               

Walter Weispfenning, Dr. Med.                     

Berend            

Bühring            

Busch, Hans-Gerhard (1905-27.5.41)

Jürgen Hartman Dr. Med. (8.4.07-25.5.70)

Rickol             

Schaefer                      

Schmidt                       

Fischer-Wingendorf                 

Geißler            

Hilmers            

Huwe              

Kuhlo              

Dr. Kutscher               

Meyer             

Schölling                      

Stork               

Thiele              

Wiespfenning               

Wellien            

Werthmann                  

Wiese              

Würker                       


                  

Marinezahlmeisterlaufbahn:

Bethge             

Böge               

Kunzke                       

Schaffland                   

Wilhelm Schneider                    

Wieling           

Schulze            

Wentsky                      

Wulff               

Zander            


                  

 

Crew 33, die manchmal als “Crew 32” bezeichnet werden:

Georg Hagene             

Alfred Hoschatt (10.2.09-13.11.93)

Peter Lohmeyer (geb. 2.1.11)

Werner Weber (10.11.07-10.3.44)

Rudolf Wurlitzer (9.4.03-4.11.68)