Gerd Schreiber

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 31)

Successes
8 ships sunk, total tonnage 28,415 GRT
4 ships damaged, total tonnage 27,916 GRT

Born	2 Apr 1912		Hirschberg, Silesia
Died	27 Jan 2004	(91)	Altenholz, Germany

Ranks

14 Oct 1931		Seekadett
1 Apr 1935		Leutnant zur See
1 Jan 1937		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Oct 1939		Kapitänleutnant
1 Nov 1943		Korvettenkapitän

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
		Iron Cross 1st Class
22 May 1942		German Cross in Gold

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-3	3 Jan 1940	28 Jul 1940	2 patrols (22 days)
U-95	31 Aug 1940	28 Nov 1941	7 patrols (184 days)

Gerd Schreiber survived the loss of his boat, U-95, along with 11 of his men, in the Mediterranean on 28 Nov 1941 (Niestlé, 1998). They were rescued by their attacker, the Dutch submarine O-21, and sent to POW camps. Schreiber was initially held on Gibraltar, where he managed to escape his British captors together with Hans Ey of U-433. They intended to flee to Spain and then Germany, but were recaptured shortly after escaping and sent to London (Blair, 1996).

He joined the post-war German Navy (Bundesmarine) and retired as Flottillenadmiral a.D. der Bundesmarine.

Sources

Blair, C. (1996). Hitler’s U-boat War. The Hunters, 1939-1942.
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Niestlé, A. (1998). German U-boat losses during World War II.

Patrol info for Gerd Schreiber

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-3	16 Mar 1940	Kiel	29 Mar 1940	Wilhelmshaven	Patrol 1,	14 days
2.	U-3	12 Apr 1940	Wilhelmshaven	19 Apr 1940	Wilhelmshaven	Patrol 2,	8 days
3.	U-95	20 Nov 1940	Kiel	6 Dec 1940	Lorient	Patrol 3,	17 days
4.	U-95	16 Dec 1940	Lorient	14 Jan 1941	Lorient	Patrol 4,	30 days
5.	U-95	16 Feb 1941	Lorient	19 Mar 1941	St. Nazaire	Patrol 5,	32 days
6.	U-95	12 Apr 1941	St. Nazaire	13 May 1941	St. Nazaire	Patrol 6,	32 days
7.	U-95	30 Jun 1941	St. Nazaire	31 Jul 1941	St. Nazaire	Patrol 7,	32 days
8.	U-95	21 Aug 1941	St. Nazaire	20 Sep 1941	Lorient	Patrol 8,	31 days
9.	U-95	19 Nov 1941	Lorient	28 Nov 1941	Sunk	Patrol 9,	10 days
9 patrols, 206 days at sea

Ships hit by Gerd Schreiber

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
27 Nov 1940	U-95	Irene Maria	1,862	br	OB-248
28 Nov 1940	U-95	Ringhorn (d.)	1,298	nw	OB-248
2 Dec 1940	U-95	Conch (d.)	8,376	br	HX-90
26 Dec 1940	U-95	Waiotira (d.)	12,823	br

24 Feb 1941	U-95	Svein Jarl	1,908	nw	OB-288
24 Feb 1941	U-95	Cape Nelson	3,807	br	OB-288
24 Feb 1941	U-95	Temple Moat	4,427	br	OB-288
2 Mar 1941	U-95	Pacific	6,034	br	HX-109
5 Mar 1941	U-95	Murjek	5,070	sw
3 May 1941	U-95	Taranger	4,873	nw
20 Jul 1941	U-95	Palma (d.)	5,419	br
6 Sep 1941	U-95	Trinidad	434	pa
			56,331
8 ships sunk (28,415 tons) and 4 ships damaged (27,916 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged.