Robert-Richard Zapp

Robert-Richard Zapp
Born	(1904-04-03)3 April 1904 Germersheim
Died	17 July 1964(1964-07-17) (aged 60) Kiel
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany (to 1945)
Service / branch	Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1923–45
Rank	Fregattenkapitän
Commands	U-66 3rd U-boat Flotilla
Battles / wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Robert-Richard Zapp (3 April 1904 – 17 July 1964) was a German naval officer in World War II. As commander of the Type IXC U-boat U-66, he sank sixteen ships on five patrols, for a total of 106,200 tons of Allied shipping. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany