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Georg Lassen (12 May 1915 – 18 January 2012) was a German U-boat commander who served with Nazi Germany's ''Kriegsmarine'' during World War II rising to the rank of ''Korvettenkapitän'' (corvette captain) . He was a Watch Officer on at the outbreak of the war and later the skipper of the and winner of the Iron Cross. He sank 26 ships for a total of during 4 patrols, leading to a remarkable average of per patrol. His total tonnage made him the 10th most successful U-boat ace of the war. ==Biography== Lassen was born in Steglitz, a Berlin suburb. He joined the Kriegsmarine as ''Seekadett'' on 25 September 1935. When World War II started, Lassen was an ''Oberleutnant zur See'' and serving as ''I. Wachoffizier'' (1st Watch Officer) on under ''Kapitänleutnant'' Otto Schuhart. While serving with ''U-29'' Schuhart sank 13 ships, including the aircraft carrier . On 3 January 1941 Lassen assumed command over the ''U-29'', which served as a training boat in 24th U-boat Flotilla by this time. He ended his command on 14 September. On 16 October 1941 Lassen commissioned the Type IXC U-Uboat . Lassen spent about four months training the crew and testing the boat with 4th U-boat Flotilla, before ''U-160'' became operational and was transferred to 10th U-boat Flotilla on 1 March 1942. ''U-160'' left on her first patrol in early March 1942. During this patrol Lassen sank or damaged six ships for a total of . On 10 August 1942 he received the ''Ritterkreuz''. On 1 September he was promoted to ドイツ語:Kapitänleutnant. On his fourth and final patrol to South African waters in March 1943 he sank or damaged six ships in less than 5 hours for a total of during the night between 3 March and 4 March. On 8 March 1943 he sank the and on 9 March he received a radio message awarding him with the ドイツ語:Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub (Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves). On 14 June 1943 Lassen was transferred away from ''U-160'' to take up duties as a tactics instructor and commander of the "Offiziers-kompanie" in 1. U-Boot-Lehrdivision, a training unit for future U-boat commanders. On 1 April 1945 he was promoted to ''Korvettenkapitän''. On 15 April 1945, Lassen took command of the ''Pretoria'', then a converted hospital ship. The ship transported 2,000 wounded and 200 refugees, and also the coffins of Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg and his wife, and the regimental colors from the Tannenberg Memorial from Pillau, present-day Baltiysk, Poland, to Stettin, present-day Szczecin, Poland.〔Stockert 1997, p. 19.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Georg Lassen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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