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Dr. Heinrich Andreas Schroeteler (10 December 1915 – 19 January 2000) was a German U-boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ((ドイツ語:Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes)). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He is credited with damaging one merchant ship, the British steam merchant ''Riverton'', of , and sinking one warship, the Norwegian minesweeper HNoMS ''NYMS-382'', of . The sinking took place on 7 May 1945, 3 days after the U-boats had been ordered to surrender. Schroeteler transferred to the U-boat service in September 1941 and sailed on one patrol from 23 April 1942 to 15 July 1942 on as a ''Kommandantenschüler'' (commander-in-training) under the command of Hans-Jürgen Hellriegel.〔Busch & Röll 2003, p. 518.〕 Heinrich Schroeteler, at the age of 50 years, began his studies of art history, archeology and medieval history at the Ruhr University Bochum. After his graduation in 1969 he worked as a research associate at the Institute of Archaeology. He led the modeling workshop, and was curator of collections. His success as a reconstructor of ancient works of art was honoured with the University Medal from the Ruhr University in 1981. File:Figurehead Gorch Fock Aug2010.jpg|Heinrich Schroeteler designed the original figurehead of the SSS ''Gorch Fock''. File:Jobsiade.jpg|Kortum-monument ("Jobsiade") by Heinrich Schroeteler ==Awards== *Iron Cross (1939) * *2nd Class (24 October 1940)〔Busch & Röll 2003, p. 517.〕 * *1st Class (14 April 1941)〔 *Minesweeper War Badge (14 November 1940)〔 *U-boat War Badge (1939) (6 July 1942)〔 *U-boat Front Clasp (7 October 1944)〔 *German Cross in Gold on 10 November 1944 as ''Kapitänleutnant'' on ''U-667'' in the 7th U-boat Flotilla〔Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 425.〕 *Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 2 May 1945 as ''Kapitänleutnant'' and commander of ''U-1023''〔Scherzer 2007, p. 685.〕 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「Heinrich Schroeteler」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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