Georg-Wilhelm Schulz

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 32)

Successes
19 ships sunk, total tonnage 89,886 GRT
1 ship damaged, total tonnage 3,900 GRT

Born	10 Mar 1906		Cologne
Died	5 Jul 1986	(80)	Hamburg, Germany

Kapitänleutnant Wilhelm Schulz

Ranks

1 Jan 1934		Fähnrich zur See
1 Sep 1935		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1936		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1937		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Apr 1939		Kapitänleutnant
1 Apr 1943		Korvettenkapitän

Decorations

6 Jun 1939		Spanish Cross in Bronze without Swords
23 Dec 1939		U-boat War Badge 1939
25 Sep 1940		Iron Cross 2nd Class
25 Sep 1940		Iron Cross 1st Class
4 Apr 1941		Knights Cross

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-10	5 Jan 1939	15 Oct 1939	2 patrols (33 days)
U-64	16 Dec 1939	13 Apr 1940	1 patrol (8 days)
U-124	11 Jun 1940	7 Sep 1941	5 patrols (222 days)

The newly-decorated Kptlnt. Schulz after his 3rd patrol in U-124
See also Dönitz and his aces

Wilhelm Schulz began his Navy career, like Jost Metzler and Günther Prien, after a long period (ten years) in the merchant navy, some of it on sailing ships. In October 1933 he joined the Kriegsmarine as an HSO, Handelschiffoffizier (merchant ship officer).

On 27 September 1935 he joined the U-boat arm, making him one of those officers who received a solid pre-war training. In January 1939 he got his first command, taking over U-10 from von Gossler, in which he completed two short patrols in the autumn of 1939. After Baubelehrung (U-boat construction familiarization) he commissioned U-64 on 16 Dec 1939.

Her only patrol was in Norwegian waters: she was sunk by a torpedo from a British Swordfish aircraft on 13 April 1940 (Niestle, 1998). Kptlt Schultz was among the 38 survivors.

Kptlt. Schulz on the conning tower

Two months later Schulz commissioned U-124, another type type IXB U-boat. He achieved particularly notable success on his fourth patrol, during which he sank 11 ships with a total 52,379 tons and damaged two others. Schulz left the boat in September 1941. Some of U-124's watch officers from that time later became U-boat aces themselves. These include Hardegen, Henke and Mohr.

Kptlt. Schulz then took over command of the 6th Flotilla, based first in Danzig, then in St. Nazaire, France. In October 1943 Korvkpt. Schulz was attached to the staff of the FdU Ausbildungsflottillen (Commander Training Flotillas) in Gotenhafen, as A I (1st Admiral Staff Officer). He also headed the Erprobungsgruppe U-Boote (U-boat testing group), which tested the new type XXI Elektro U-boat and type XXIII Elektro U-boats. On 22 April 1945 he became the last commander of the 25th (Training) Flotilla.

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 Georg-Wilhelm Schulz

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-10	7 Sep 1939	Kiel	19 Sep 1939	Kiel	Patrol 1,	13 days
2.	U-10	26 Sep 1939	Kiel	15 Oct 1939	Kiel	Patrol 2,	20 days
3.	U-64	6 Apr 1940	Wilhelmshaven	13 Apr 1940	Sunk	Patrol 3,	8 days
4.	U-124	19 Aug 1940	Wilhelmshaven	16 Sep 1940	Lorient	Patrol 4,	29 days
5.	U-124	5 Oct 1940	Lorient	13 Nov 1940	Lorient	Patrol 5,	40 days
6.	U-124	16 Dec 1940	Lorient	22 Jan 1941	Lorient	Patrol 6,	38 days
7.	U-124	23 Feb 1941	Lorient	1 May 1941	Lorient	Patrol 7,	68 days
8.	U-124	10 Jul 1941	Lorient	25 Aug 1941	Lorient	Patrol 8,	47 days
8 patrols, 263 days at sea

Ships hit by Georg-Wilhelm Schulz

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
25 Aug 1940	U-124	Stakesby (d.)	3,900	br	HX-65A
25 Aug 1940	U-124	Harpalyce	5,169	br	HX-65A
25 Aug 1940	U-124	Fircrest	5,394	br	HX-65A
16 Oct 1940	U-124	Trevisa	1,813	ca	SC-7
20 Oct 1940	U-124	Cubano	5,810	nw	OB-229
20 Oct 1940	U-124	Sulaco	5,389	br	OB-229
31 Oct 1940	U-124	Rutland	1,437	br	HX-82
1 Nov 1940	U-124	Empire Bison	5,612	br	HX-82

6 Jan 1941	U-124	Empire Thunder	5,965	br	OB-269
8 Mar 1941	U-124	Nardana	7,974	br	SL-67
8 Mar 1941	U-124	Hindpool	4,897	br	SL-67
8 Mar 1941	U-124	Tielbank	5,984	br	SL-67
8 Mar 1941	U-124	Lahore	5,304	br	SL-67
30 Mar 1941	U-124	Umona	3,767	br
4 Apr 1941	U-124	Marlene	6,507	br
7 Apr 1941	U-124	Portadoc	1,746	ca
8 Apr 1941	U-124	Tweed	2,697	br	OB-296
11 Apr 1941	U-124	Aegeon	5,285	gr
12 Apr 1941	U-124	St. Helena	4,313	br
13 Apr 1941	U-124	Corinthic	4,823	br
			93,786
19 ships sunk (89,886 tons) and 1 ship damaged (3,900 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged.