Viktor Schütze
Kapitän zur See (Crew 25)
| Successes 35 ships sunk, total tonnage 180,073 GRT 2 ships damaged, total tonnage 14,213 GRT |
| Born | 16 Feb 1906 | Kiel | |
| Died | 23 Sep 1950 | (44) | Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-19 | 16 Jan 1936 | 30 Sep 1937 | No war patrols |
| U-11 | 13 Aug 1938 | 4 Sep 1939 | No war patrols |
| U-25 | 5 Sep 1939 | 19 May 1940 | 3 patrols (105 days) |
| U-103 | 5 Jul 1940 | 12 Aug 1941 | 4 patrols (201 days) |
 Victor Schütze after patrol |
Victor Schütze began his naval career in April 1925. He served for some years on torpedo boats before transferring in October 1935 to the newly formed U-boat force. For nearly two years he commanded the type IIB U-boat U-19. In October 1937 he was detached for 10 months for destroyer training, but in August 1938 he returned and took over U-11.
He achieved his first successes in the North Atlantic. In January and February 1940 he operated in the Bay of Biscay and near the Portuguese coast with U-25.
In July 1940 he took over U-103 and attacked convoys in the Atlantic and in African waters. In August 1941 he left this boat.
 Victor Schütze with the commander of U-124, Johann Mohr |
In August 1941 Schütze became the commander of the 2nd Flotilla in Lorient.
From March 1943 to the end of the war he was the "FdU Ausbildungsflottillen" (Commander Training Flotillas) in Gotenhafen, where he had the responsibility for all training flotillas in the Baltic Sea.
After the war he returned from captivity in March 1946, but died just four years later.
Sources
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Rohwer, J. (1998). Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two.
Patrol info for Viktor Schütze
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
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| 1. | U-25 | 18 Oct 1939 | Wilhelmshaven | 19 Nov 1939 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol 1, | 33 days | |
| 2. | U-25 | 13 Jan 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 19 Feb 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol 2, | 38 days | |
| 3. | U-25 | 3 Apr 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | 6 May 1940 | Wilhelmshaven | Patrol 3, | 34 days | |
| 4. | U-103 | 21 Sep 1940 | Kiel | 19 Oct 1940 | Lorient | Patrol 4, | 29 days | |
| 5. | U-103 | 9 Nov 1940 | Lorient | 12 Dec 1940 | Lorient | Patrol 5, | 34 days | |
| 6. | U-103 | 21 Jan 1941 | Lorient | 24 Feb 1941 | Lorient | Patrol 6, | 35 days | |
| 7. | U-103 | 1 Apr 1941 | Lorient | 12 Jul 1941 | Lorient | Patrol 7, | 103 days | |
| 7 patrols, 306 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Viktor Schütze
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