Friedrich Guggenberger

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German navy officer and world war II U-boat commander (1915-1988)

Germany ArchitectsLived 1915 to 1988 · aged 73

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HMS Legion moves alongside the damaged and listing HMS Ark Royal in order to take off survivors

Flottillenadmiral Guggenberger (wearing a white cap, 2nd person on the right of the coffin) at Adenauer's funeral.

Awards 9

1972Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

1943Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

1943Medal of Military Valour

1942Medal of Military Valour

1941Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

1940Iron Cross 1st Class

1940Iron Cross 2nd Class

1940U-boat War Badge (1939)

1936Order of Military Merit (Bulgaria)

Connected to Friedrich 6

Werner HartensteinAlso won U-boat War Badge (1939)

Vittorio BottegoAlso won Medal of Military Valour

Mihail SavovAlso won Order of Military Merit (Bulgaria)

Prince Ferdinando, Duke of GenoaAlso won Medal of Military Valour

Engelbert EndrassAlso won U-boat War Badge (1939)

Huseyn Khan NakhchivanskiAlso won Order of Military Merit (Bulgaria)

About this person

Friedrich Guggenberger was a German admiral, who in his earlier career was a U-boat commander in the Second World War. From November 1940 until his capture in July 1943, he was credited with sinking 17 ships for a total of 66,848 gross register tons (GRT) and damaging another for 6,003 GRT. He sank the British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal in November 1941. For these achievements he received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. After the war he became the Deputy Chief of Staff in the NATO command Allied Forces Northern Europe.

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Germany