Georg Schewe

Georg Schewe
Born(1909-11-24)24 November 1909
Ueckermünde
Died16 September 1989(1989-09-16) (aged 79)
Hamburg
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Service / branch Kriegsmarine
RankKorvettenkapitän
UnitSSS Niobe
Schnellboot "S-5"
U-15
CommandsU-60
U-105
Battles / warsWorld War II
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Georg Schewe (24 November 1909 – 16 September 1989) was a German officer with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Schewe sailed with U-60 and U-105, sinking sixteen ships on ten patrols, for a total of 85.779 tons of Allied shipping of which 71,450 tons on one patrol alone. It was the second most successful patrol of World War II, second only to Günter Hessler's patrol on U-107.