Otto von Schrader

Otto von Schrader
Otto von Schrader (5th from left)
Born	(1888-03-18)18 March 1888
Died	19 July 1945(1945-07-19) (aged 57)
Place of birth	Lyck, East Prussia
Place of death	Bergen, Norway
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1919) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kaiserliche Marine Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1907–1945
Rank	Admiral
Unit	SMS Zähringen SMS Rheinland SMS Loreley SMS Thetis SMS Nymphe SMS Hessen
Commands held	SM UB-35 SM UC-31 SM UB-64 SM U-53 light cruiser Königsberg
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Otto von Schrader (18 March 1888 – 19 July 1945) was an Admiral in the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. As a U boat commander during World War I he was credited with the sinking of 57 ships for a total of 54,655 gross register tons (GRT), a further 6 ships damaged for a total of 52,333 GRT, including the SS Justicia, and one ship taken as prize for a total of 336 GRT. Von Schrader was taken prisoner of war in Norway at the end of World war II. He committed suicide in Norwegian captivity on 19 July 1945.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class (1 August 1916)
• Knight's Cross of the House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords (5 March 1922)
• Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg (5 March 1922)
• U-boat War Badge (20 November 1926)
• Silver Imtiaz Medal with sword
• Silver Liakat Medal with sword
• Gallipoli Star (Ottoman War Medal - Turkish language: Harp Madalyası) (20 November 1926)
• Knight's Cross with Crown of the Bulgarian Order of Military Merit (20 November 1926)
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class (5 May 1940)
• German Cross in Gold on 20 November 1941 as Vizeadmiral and Admiral of the Norwegian West Coast
• Minesweeper War Badge (1941)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 19 August 1943 as Admiral as commanding admiral of the Norwegian West Coast

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Dörr, Manfred (1996) (in German). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2:L–Z. Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2497-2.
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
• Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 - 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II. Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 3-931533-45-X.
• Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-87943-355-0.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2..

External links

• "Otto von Schrader" (in German). Deutsche Marinesoldaten. http://www.deutsche-marinesoldaten.de/lebenslaeufe/ritterkreuz/r-s/schrader.htm. Retrieved 4 April 2011. 
• "Otto von Schrader". uboat.net. http://uboat.net/wwi/men/commanders/commander.php?officer=306. Retrieved 4 April 2011.