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Joachim Schepke (8 March 1912 – 17 March 1941) was a German U-boat commander during World War II. He was the seventh recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Schepke is credited with having sunk 36 Allied ships.
Joachim Schepke died when U-100 was sunk at 0318hrs on 17 March 1941 SE of Iceland in approximate position 61N, 12W, after being rammed and depth charged by the British destroyers HMS Walker and HMS Vanoc (Niestlé, 1998).
Joachim Schepke (8 de Março de 1912 - 17 de Março de 1941) foi um oficial da Kriegsmarine que atuou durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Morreu em ação aos 29 anos de idade quando o submarino ao seu comando, o U-100, foi afundado no dia 17 de Março de 1941, sendo um dos ases da caça submarina durante a guerra. [1]
Joachim Schepke died when U-100 was sunk at 0318hrs on 17 March 1941 SE of Iceland in approximate position 61N, 12W, after being rammed and depth charged by the British destroyers HMS Walker and HMS Vanoc (Niestlé, 1998).
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Schepke, Sohn des Marineoffiziers Botho Schepke (1881–1943), trat am 1. April 1930 in die Reichsmarine (Crew 30) ein. Am 1. Oktober 1935 wurde er zur U-Boot-Ausbildung kommandiert und erhielt 1938 das Kommando über U 3, mit dem er nach Kriegsausbruch Erfolge erzielte. Nach einem zwischenzeitlichen Kommando über U 19 und einer kurzzeitigen Stabsposi...
Joachim Schepke: U-Boot-Fahrer von heute.Deutscher Verlag, Berlin 1940.Joachim Schepke: Kapitänleutnant Schepke erzählt. Mit einem Geleitwort von Großadmiral Dönitz.hrsg. von Franz Führen, Wilhelm Köhler Verlag, Minden (Westf.) 1943.Hans-Joachim Röll: Kapitänleutnant Joachim Schepke. Flechsig-Verlag, Würzburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-88189-782-2.Jordan Vause: Die Wölfe. Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-613-02002-5.Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: Der U-Boot-Krieg 1939–1945, Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Boot-Waffe. Band 5, Mittler & Sohn, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-8132-0515-0, S. 70–74.Clay Blair: Der U-Boot-Krieg, Band Eins: Die Jäger. Heyne, München 1998, ISBN 3-453-16059-2.a b Veit Scherzer: Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945. Die Inhaber des Eisernen Kreuzes von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündete Streitkräfte nach den Un...Janusz Piekałkiewicz: Seekrieg 1939–1945. Bechtermünz Verlag, ISBN 3-8289-0304-5, S. 128.a b Busch, Röll, S. 71.The boat was launched on 10 April 1940, with a crew of 53, under the command of Kapitänleutnant Joachim Schepke. On her first active patrol, U-100 came into contact with two Allied convoys, OA-198 and OA-204. She shadowed both convoys.
Joachim Schepke died when U-boat was sunk at 0318 hrs on 17 March 1941 SE of Iceland in approximate position 61N, 12W, after being rammed and depth charged by the British destroyers HMS Walker D27 and HMS Vanoc H33 (Niestlé, 1998).
