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Claus Korth
7 November 1911(1911-11-07) – 25 January 1988 (aged 76)
Place of birth Berlin
Place of death Sargasso Sea
Allegiance Weimar Republic Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (to 1945)
West Germany West Germany
Service/branch  Reichsmarine
 Kriegsmarine
 German Federal Navy
Years of service 1932 – 1945, 1955 – 1970
Rank Korvettenkapitän (Wehrmacht)
Kapitän zur See (Bundeswehr)
Commands held U-57
U-93
Marine-Torpedo-Versuchsstation
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Claus Korth (7 November 1911 – 25 January 1988) was a Korvettenkapitän with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and commander of U-57 and U-93. He is also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Claus Korth is credited with the sinking of thirteen ships for a total of 54,584 tons of Allied merchant shipping.

Awards

References

Citations
  1. ^ a b c d e f Busch and Röll 2003, p. 137.
  2. ^ Scherzer 2007, p. 467.
Bibliography
  • Busch, Rainer & Röll, Hans-Joachim (2003). Der U-Boot-Krieg 1939-1945 - Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Boot-Waffe von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 (in German). Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn Germany: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn. ISBN 3-8132-0515-0.
  • Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
  • Kurowski, Franz (1995). Knight's Cross Holders of the U-Boat Service. Schiffer Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-88740-748-X.
  • Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-87943-355-0.
  • Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
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