Heinrich Schonder was a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 U-boat

U-boat

U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word U-Boot , itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot , and refers to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in World War I and World War II...

 commander in World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...

 . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

U-200 was sunk by two depth charge

Depth charge

A depth charge is an anti-submarine warfare weapon intended to destroy or cripple a target submarine by the shock of exploding near it. Most use explosives and a fuze set to go off at a preselected depth in the ocean. Depth charges can be dropped by either surface ships, patrol aircraft, or from...

s on her first patrol with all hands lost on 24 June 1943 in the North Atlantic southwest of Iceland

Iceland

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 by a Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

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 B-24 Liberator

B-24 Liberator

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 bomber of No. 120 Squadron.

Awards

• Wehrmacht Long Service Award
  Wehrmacht Long Service Award
  The Wehrmacht Long Service Award was a military service decoration of Nazi Germany issued for satisfactory completion of a given years of military service...
  
   4th Class (5 April 1939)
• Iron Cross
  Iron Cross
  The Iron Cross is a cross symbol typically in black with a white or silver outline that originated after 1219 when the Kingdom of Jerusalem granted the Teutonic Order the right to combine the Teutonic Black Cross placed above a silver Cross of Jerusalem....
  
   (1939)
  • 2nd Class (1 October 1939)
  • 1st Class (23 July 1940)
• Medaglia di bronzo al Valore Militare
  Bronze Medal of Military Valor
  The Bronze Medal of Military Valor is an Italian medal for gallantry.It was established by Charles Albert of Sardinia on March 26, 1833, along with the higher ranking Gold and Silver Medals for Military valor...
  
   (25 March 1942)
• U-boat War Badge
  U-boat War Badge
  The U-Boat War Badge was a German war badge that was awarded to U-boat crew members during World War I and World War II.-History:The U-boat War Badge was originally instituted during the First World War on February 1, 1918. It was awarded to recognize U-boat crews who had completed three war patrols...
  
   (1939) (1 December 1939)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
  Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
  The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
  
   on 19 August 1942 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-77

Ships attacked

During his career Heinrich Schonder sank 14 merchant ships for , sank one warship of , damaged one merchant ship of and one warship of .

Date	U-boat	Name of Ship	Nationality	Tonnage	Fate
18 July 1940	U-58 German submarine U-58 (1939) German submarine U-58 was a Type IIC U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine that served in the Second World War. She was produced by Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel. Ordered on 17 June 1937 she was laid down later that year on September 29th as werk 257. She was launched 12 October 1938 and was commissioned on...	Gyda	Norwegian	1,591	sunk at 55°50′N 09°00′W
4 August 1940	U-58 German submarine U-58 (1939) German submarine U-58 was a Type IIC U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine that served in the Second World War. She was produced by Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel. Ordered on 17 June 1937 she was laid down later that year on September 29th as werk 257. She was launched 12 October 1938 and was commissioned on...	Pindos	Greek	4,360	sunk at 55°22′N 08°50′W
8 October 1940	U-58 German submarine U-58 (1939) German submarine U-58 was a Type IIC U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine that served in the Second World War. She was produced by Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel. Ordered on 17 June 1937 she was laid down later that year on September 29th as werk 257. She was launched 12 October 1938 and was commissioned on...	Confield	British	4,956	sunk at 56°48′N 10°17′W
13 June 1941	U-77 German submarine U-77 (1940) German submarine U-77 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine built by the Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack. The boat was sunk on 28 March 1943 east of Cartagena, Spain, in position by four depth charges and one bomb from two British Lockheed Hudson aircraft.-Ships sunk or...	Tresillian	British	4,743	sunk at 44°40′N 45°30′W
22 June 1941	U-77 German submarine U-77 (1940) German submarine U-77 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine built by the Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack. The boat was sunk on 28 March 1943 east of Cartagena, Spain, in position by four depth charges and one bomb from two British Lockheed Hudson aircraft.-Ships sunk or...	Arakaka	British	2,379	sunk at 47°N 40°W
25 June 1941	U-77 German submarine U-77 (1940) German submarine U-77 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine built by the Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack. The boat was sunk on 28 March 1943 east of Cartagena, Spain, in position by four depth charges and one bomb from two British Lockheed Hudson aircraft.-Ships sunk or...	Anna Bulgaris	Greek	4,603	sunk at 49°30′N 44°00′W
15 December 1941	U-77 German submarine U-77 (1940) German submarine U-77 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine built by the Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack. The boat was sunk on 28 March 1943 east of Cartagena, Spain, in position by four depth charges and one bomb from two British Lockheed Hudson aircraft.-Ships sunk or...	SS Empire Barracuda SS Empire Barracuda Empire Barracuda was a 4,972 GRT cargo ship which was built in 1918 for the United States Shipping Board as Sacandaga. She was sold to American Diamond Lines Inc in 1932 and renamed Black Heron. In 1941 she passed to the Ministry of War Transport and was renamed Empire Barracuda...	British	4,972	sunk at 35°30′N 06°17′W
12 January 1942	U-77 German submarine U-77 (1940) German submarine U-77 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine built by the Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack. The boat was sunk on 28 March 1943 east of Cartagena, Spain, in position by four depth charges and one bomb from two British Lockheed Hudson aircraft.-Ships sunk or...	HMS Kimberley (F50) HMS Kimberley (F50) HMS Kimberley was a K-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She served in the Second World War and survived it, being one of only two of the K-class to do so. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Kimberley, after the town of Kimberley, Northern Cape, site of the Siege...	British	1,690	damaged at 32°18′N 24°43′E
12 June 1942	U-77 German submarine U-77 (1940) German submarine U-77 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine built by the Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack. The boat was sunk on 28 March 1943 east of Cartagena, Spain, in position by four depth charges and one bomb from two British Lockheed Hudson aircraft.-Ships sunk or...	HMS Grove (L77) HMS Grove (L77) HMS Grove was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.The ship was struck by two torpedoes launched by the German submarine U-77 at 05:37 hours on 12 June 1942 and sunk with the loss of 110 crew. 79 crew were rescued by HMS Tetcott. At the time she was on return passage from Tobruk to Alexandria...	British	1,050	sunk at 32°05′N 25°30′E
22 July 1942	U-77 German submarine U-77 (1940) German submarine U-77 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine built by the Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack. The boat was sunk on 28 March 1943 east of Cartagena, Spain, in position by four depth charges and one bomb from two British Lockheed Hudson aircraft.-Ships sunk or...	Vassiliki	Greek	140	sunk at 34°45′N 34°35′E
24 July 1942	U-77 German submarine U-77 (1940) German submarine U-77 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine built by the Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack. The boat was sunk on 28 March 1943 east of Cartagena, Spain, in position by four depth charges and one bomb from two British Lockheed Hudson aircraft.-Ships sunk or...	Toufic El Rahman	Syrian	30	sunk at 34°45′N 34°35′E
30 July 1942	U-77 German submarine U-77 (1940) German submarine U-77 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine built by the Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack. The boat was sunk on 28 March 1943 east of Cartagena, Spain, in position by four depth charges and one bomb from two British Lockheed Hudson aircraft.-Ships sunk or...	Fany	Egyptian	43	sunk
1 August 1942	U-77 German submarine U-77 (1940) German submarine U-77 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine built by the Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack. The boat was sunk on 28 March 1943 east of Cartagena, Spain, in position by four depth charges and one bomb from two British Lockheed Hudson aircraft.-Ships sunk or...	St. Simon	Egyptian	100	sunk at 32°32′N 34°30′E
6 August 1942	U-77 German submarine U-77 (1940) German submarine U-77 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine built by the Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack. The boat was sunk on 28 March 1943 east of Cartagena, Spain, in position by four depth charges and one bomb from two British Lockheed Hudson aircraft.-Ships sunk or...	Adnan	Egyptian	155	damaged
6 August 1942	U-77 German submarine U-77 (1940) German submarine U-77 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine built by the Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack. The boat was sunk on 28 March 1943 east of Cartagena, Spain, in position by four depth charges and one bomb from two British Lockheed Hudson aircraft.-Ships sunk or...	Ezzet	Egyptian	158	sunk
10 August 1942	U-77 German submarine U-77 (1940) German submarine U-77 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine built by the Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack. The boat was sunk on 28 March 1943 east of Cartagena, Spain, in position by four depth charges and one bomb from two British Lockheed Hudson aircraft.-Ships sunk or...	Kharouf	Palestinian	158	sunk at 33°33′N 35°10′E
16 August 1942	U-77 German submarine U-77 (1940) German submarine U-77 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine built by the Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack. The boat was sunk on 28 March 1943 east of Cartagena, Spain, in position by four depth charges and one bomb from two British Lockheed Hudson aircraft.-Ships sunk or...	Daniel	Palestinian	100	sunk at 32°32′N 34°30′E