Admiral Graf Spee
Crew Index

Name
Rank
Notes
Fregattenkapitän
Escaped and returned to Germany,
(first officer to escape)
died in Bismarck May 27, 1941

Brutzer, Gerfried
Kapitänleutnant
Torpedo Officer, escaped and returned to Germany
Nov. 1, 1942: promoted to Korvettenkapitän
Later served in Z-28, Z-37, Z-38 and Tirpitz

von Carlowitz-Hartitzsch,
Hans-Georg

Oberleutnant zur See
Dick, Heinrich
Matrosenobergefreiter
Förster, Fritz
Oberleutnant (ing)
Habel, Dr. Rolf
Mar.Ob.Ass.Arzt
Härting, Dr. Frederick
Mar.Ob.St.Arzt
Höpfner, Robert
Korvettenkapitän
Assistant to first officer Walter Kay
Kapitän zur See
First Officer
released May 1, 1946

Korvettenkapitän
Escaped and returned to Germany
Apr. 1, 1943: promoted to Kapitän zur See (ing)
died 1974

Kuhn, Hans-Joachim
Kapitänleutnant
Escaped and returned to Germany
Dec. 1, 1943: promoted to Korvettenkapitän
Mar. 22, 1944 - Apr. 14, 1945 CO of U-1233,
no ships sunk
died in 1983

Kapitän zur See
Commanding Officer
committed suicide in Buenos Aires Dec. 20, 1939

Liebing, Erich
Oberleutnant (ing)
Matrosenobergefreiter
Meusemann, Kurt
Korvettenkapitän
Gunnery Officer
Müller, Albert
Korvettenkapitän (ing)
Nakötter, Heinrich
Korvettenkapitän (V)
Peerenboom, Dr. Oskar
Mar.St.Arzt.d.R
Kapitänleutnant
Escaped and returned to Germany
Apr. 1, 1942: promoted to Kapitän zur See
Sept. 9, 1941 - Sept. 3, 1942: CO of U-162,
boat sunk, taken POW
sank 82,000+ tons of shipping
died 1995.

Reckhoff, Johann
Kapitänleutnant
Escaped and returned to Germany
Aug. 1, 1943: promoted to Korvettenkapitän
Later served in
Dec. 1940: Prinz Eugen
Dec. 18, 1943 - Nov. 8, 1944: CO of U-398,
no ships sunk
Apr. 1945: CO of Albert Leo Schlageter
died in 1985

Schiebusch, Günther
Kapitänleutnant
Escaped and returned to Germany
Jan 1, 1944: Promoted to Korvettenkapitän
Dec. 1940: Prinz Eugen
Oct. 4, 1941 - Dec. 20, 1941: CO of U-252
no ships sunk
Apr. 15, 1942 - Oct. 26, 1942: CO of U-262
no ships sunk
Later served in
Z-10 Hans Lody and Z6 Theodor Riedel
died in 1997

Zieglar, Kurt
Kapitänleutnant (ing)


Crew Index
Page published May 18, 2008