# List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the Kriegsmarine

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military of the Third Reich. Recipients are grouped by grades of the Knight's Cross. During or shortly after World War II, 318 German sailors and servicemen of the Kriegsmarine received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Of these, 316 presentations were formally made. Two recipients received the award after 11 May 1945, when Großadmiral Karl Dönitz ordered a cease of promotions and illegalized subsequent awards. The final two recipients are therefore considered to have received the medal without legal authority.

## Background

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grades were based on four separate enactments. The first enactment, Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 1573 of 1 September 1939 instituted the Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz), the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross (Großkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). Article 2 of the enactment mandated that the award of a higher class be preceded by the award of all preceding classes. As the war progressed, some of the recipients of the Knight's Cross distinguished themselves further and a higher grade, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub), was instituted. The Oak Leaves, as they were commonly referred to, were based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 849 of 3 June 1940. In 1941, two higher grades of the Knight's Cross were instituted. The enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 613 of 28 September 1941 introduced the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern) and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten). At the end of 1944 the final grade, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit goldenem Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten), based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt 1945 I S. 11 of 29 December 1944, became the final variant of the Knight's Cross authorized.

## Recipients

The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht kept separate Knight's Cross lists, one for each of the three military branches, Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy), Luftwaffe (Air force) and for the Waffen-SS. In each of these lists a unique sequential number was assigned to each recipient. The same numbering paradigm was applied to the higher grades of the Knight's Cross, one list per grade.
This along with the * (asterisk) indicates that the Knight's Cross was awarded posthumously.  This along with the ? (question mark) indicates that historian Veit Scherzer has expressed doubt regarding the veracity and formal correctness of the listing.

### Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds

The Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds is based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 613 of 28 September 1941 to reward those servicemen who had already been awarded the Oak Leaves with Swords to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. It was awarded to twenty-seven German soldiers, sailors and airmen, ranging from young fighter pilots to field marshals. Two recipients were members of the Kriegsmarine. The list is initially sorted by the chronological number assigned to the recipient.
| Number | Name | Rank | Unit | Date of award | Notes |
| 7 | Wolfgang Lüth | 15Korvettenkapitän | commander of U-181 | 9 August 1943 | killed on active service 13 May 1945 |
| 22 | Albrecht Brandi | 15Korvettenkapitän | commander of U-967 | 24 November 1944 | |

### Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

The Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords is also based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 613 of 28 September 1941 to reward those servicemen who had already been awarded the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The list is initially sorted by the chronological number assigned to the recipient.
| Number | Name | Rank | Unit | Date of award | Notes |
| 5 | Otto Kretschmer | 15Korvettenkapitän | commander of U-99 | 26 December 1941 | |
| 17 | Erich Topp | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-552 | 17 August 1942 | |
| 18 | Reinhard Suhren | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-564 | 1 September 1942 | |
| 29 | Wolfgang Lüth | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-181 | 25 April 1943 | Awarded 7th Diamonds 9 August 1943 |
| 66 | Albrecht Brandi | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-380 | 9 May 1944 | Awarded 22nd Diamonds 24 November 1944 |

### Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves

The Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves was based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 849 of 3 June 1940. The last officially announced number for the Oak Leaves was 843. Higher numbers are unofficial and therefore denoted in brackets. The list is initially sorted by the chronological number assigned to the recipient.
| Number | Name | Rank | Unit | Date of award | Notes |
| 5 | Günther Prien | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-47 | 20 October 1940 | Missing in action 7 March 1941 |
| 6 | Otto Kretschmer | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-99 | 4 November 1940 | Awarded 5th Swords 26 December 1941 |
| 7 | Joachim Schepke | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-100 | 1 December 1940 | Killed in action 17 March 1941 |
| 13 | Heinrich Liebe | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-38 | 10 June 1941 | at the same time promoted to Korvettenkapitän |
| 14 | Engelbert Endrass | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of U-46 | 10 June 1941 | Killed in action 21 December 1941 |
| 15 | Herbert Schultze | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-48 | 12 June 1941 | |
| 23 | Viktor Hermann Otto Schütze | 15Korvettenkapitän | commander of U-103 | 14 July 1941 | |
| 40 | Ernst-Felix Krüder | 17Kapitän zur See | commander of auxiliary cruiser Pinguin (HSK-5) | 15 November 1941* | Killed in action 8 May 1941 |
| 45 | Bernhard Rogge | 17Kapitän zur See | commander of auxiliary cruiser Atlantis (HSK-2) | 31 December 1941 | |
| 51 | Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-96 | 31 December 1941 | |
| 56 | Reinhard Suhren | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of U-564 | 31 December 1941 | Awarded 18th Swords 1 September 1942 |
| 87 | Erich Topp | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-552 | 11 April 1942 | Awarded 17th Swords 17 August 1942 |
| 89 | Reinhard Hardegen | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-123 | 23 April 1942 | |
| 104 | Rolf Mützelburg | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-203 | 15 July 1942 | Killed on active service 11 September 1942 |
| 105 | Adalbert Schnee | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-201 | 15 July 1942 | |
| 123 | Klaus Scholtz | 15Korvettenkapitän | commander of U-108 | 10 September 1942 | |
| 125 | Heinrich Bleichrodt | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-109 | 23 September 1942 | |
| 142 | Wolfgang Lüth | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-181 | 13 November 1942 | Awarded 29th Swords 15 April 1943 7th Diamonds 9 August 1943 |
| 143 | Werner Töniges | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of Schnellboot S-102 in the 1. Schnellbootsflottille | 13 November 1942 | |
| 147 | Karl-Friedrich Merten | 15Korvettenkapitän | commander of U-68 | 16 November 1942 | |
| 158 | Helmuth von Ruckteschell | 17Kapitän zur See | commander of auxiliary cruiser Michel (HSK-9) | 23 December 1942 | |
| 171 | Friedrich Guggenberger | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of German submarine U-81 (1941) | 8 January 1943 | |
| 177 | Johann Mohr | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-124 | 13 January 1943 | Killed in action 2 April 1943 |
| 208 | Georg Lassen | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-160 | 7 March 1943 | |
| 223 | Karl Dönitz | 22Großadmiral | Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine | 6 April 1943 | |
| 224 | Albrecht Brandi | 15Korvettenkapitän | commander of U-617 | 11 April 1943 | Awarded 66th Swords 9 May 1944 22nd Diamonds 24 November 1944 |
| 225 | Gerhard von Kamptz | 16Fregattenkapitän | chief of the 8. Räumbootflottille | 14 April 1943 | |
| 226 | Siegfried Wuppermann | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of Schnellboot S-56 in the 3. Schnellbootflottille | 14 April 1943 | |
| 234 | Otto von Bülow | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-404 | 26 April 1943 | |
| 249 | Friedrich Kemnade | 15Korvettenkapitän | chief of the 3. Schnellbootflottille | 27 May 1943 | |
| 250 | Robert Gysae | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-177 | 31 May 1943 | |
| 256 | Carl Emmermann | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-172 | 4 July 1943 | |
| 257 | Werner Henke | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-515 | 4 July 1943 | Killed as prisoner of war on 15 June 1944 |
| 326 | Georg Christiansen | 15Korvettenkapitän | chief of the 1. Schnellbootflottille | 13 November 1943 | |
| 330 | Dr.-Ing. Karl-Friedrich Brill | 15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves | commander of Minenschiff "Juminda" and leader of a Minensuch-Gruppe | 18 November 1943* | Killed in action 22 October 1943 |
| 361 | Bernd-Georg Klug | 15Korvettenkapitän | chief of the 5. Schnellbootflottille | 1 January 1944 | |
| 362 | Klaus Feldt | 15Korvettenkapitän | chief of the 2. Schnellbootflottille | 1 January 1944 | |
| 387 | Fritz Breithaupt | 15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves | chief of the 24. Minensuchflottille | 10 February 1944 | Killed in flying accident on 25 December 1944 |
| 461 | Otto Pollmann | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of U-Jäger 2210 | 25 April 1944 | |
| 499 | Rudolf Petersen | 17Kapitän zur See | Führer der Schnellboote | 13 June 1944 | |
| 500 | Götz Freiherr von Mirbach | 14Kapitänleutnant | chief of the 9. Schnellbootflottille | 14 June 1944 | |
| 523 | Karl Palmgreen | 15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves | chief of the 38. Minensuchflottille | 11 July 1944 | |
| 524 | Heinrich Hoffmann | 15Korvettenkapitän | chief of the 5. Torpedobootflottille | 11 July 1944 | |
| 577 | Richard Seuss | 13Oberleutnant of the Reserves | chief of the Marine Küstenbatterie "Île de Cézembre" (Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 608) | 2 September 1944 | |
| 583 | Otto Kähler | 18Konteradmiral | Seekommandant Festung Brest | 15 September 1944 | |
| 614 | Theodor Krancke | 20Admiral | commander in chief Marine-Gruppenkommando West | 18 October 1944 | |
| 645 | Werner Hartmann | 17Kapitän zur See | Führer der U-Boote im Mittelmeer, commander of U-198 | 5 November 1944 | |
| 659 | Hans Hoßfeld | 15Korvettenkapitän | Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 531 | 25 November 1944* | Killed in action 19 November 1944 |
| 823 | Theodor Burchardi | 20Admiral | Kommandierender Admiral östliche Ostsee | 8 April 1945 | |
| 824 | August Thiele | 19Vizeadmiral | commander of Kampfgruppe "Thiele" | 8 April 1945 | |
| (852) | Rolf Thomsen | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-1202 | 29 April 1945 | |
| (853) | Hans-Günther Lange | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-711 | 29 April 1945 | |
| (866) | Adalbert von Blanc? | 16Fregattenkapitän | Führer 9. Marine-Sicherungs-Division | 10 May 1945 | |

### Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross is based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 1573 of 1 September 1939 Verordnung über die Erneuerung des Eisernen Kreuzes (Regulation of the renewing of the Iron Cross). The list is initially sorted by the chronological number assigned to the recipient.
| Number | Name | Rank | Unit | Date of award | Notes |
| 1 | Erich Raeder | 22Großadmiral | Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine | 30 September 1939 | |
| 2 | Günther Prien | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-47 | 18 October 1939 | Awarded 5th Oak Leaves 20 October 1940 |
| 3 | Herbert Schultze | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-48 | 1 March 1940 | Awarded 15th Oak Leaves 12 June 1941 |
| 4 | Otto Schniewind | 19Vizeadmiral | Chef des Stabes der Seekriegsleitung im OKM | 20 April 1940 | |
| 5 | Karl Dönitz | 18Konteradmiral | Befehlshaber der U-Boote | 21 April 1940 | Awarded 223rd Oak Leaves 6 April 1943 |
| 6 | Alfred Saalwächter | 21General Admiral | Marine-Gruppenbefehlshaber Marinegruppe West | 9 May 1940 | |
| 7 | Erich Bey | 17Kapitän zur See | chief of the 4. Zerstörerflottille | 9 May 1940 | Killed in action 26 December 1943 |
| 8 | Werner Hartmann | 15Korvettenkapitän | commander of U-37 | 9 May 1940 | Awarded 645th Oak Leaves 5 November 1944 |
| 9 | Otto Schuhart | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-29 | 16 May 1940 | |
| 10 | Hans Bartels | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of Minensucher M-1 | 16 May 1940 | |
| 11 | Hermann Opdenhoff | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of Schnellboot S-31 in the 2. Schnellbootflottille | 16 May 1940 | Killed in action 22 March 1945 |
| 12 | Erich Grundmann | 14Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) | Flottillen engineer in the 1. Räumbootflottille | 31 May 1940 | |
| 13 | Arthur Godenau | 11Stabsobersteuermann | commander of Räumboot R-51 in the 1 Räumbootflottille | 31 May 1940 | |
| 14 | Karl Rixecker | 11Stabsobersteuermann | commander of Räumboot R-23 in the 1 Räumbootflottille | 31 May 1940 | |
| 15 | Rolf Carls | 20Admiral | Befehlshaber Marinegruppe Ost | 14 June 1940 | |
| 16 | Günther Lütjens | 19Vizeadmiral | Befehlshaber der Aufklärungsstreitkräfte | 14 June 1940 | Killed in action 27 May 1941 |
| 17 | Hubert Schmundt | 18Konteradmiral | Befehlshaber der Aufklärungsstreitkräfte und Führer der Kampfgruppe Bergen | 14 June 1940 | |
| 18 | Heinz Birnbacher | 14Kapitänleutnant | chief of the 1. Schnellbootflottille | 17 June 1940 | |
| 19 | Wilhelm Rollmann | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-34 | 31 July 1940 | Killed in action 5 November 1943 |
| 20 | Fritz Berger | 16Fregattenkapitän | chief of the 1. Zerstörerflottille | 4 August 1940 | |
| 21 | Max-Eckart Wolff | 15Korvettenkapitän | commander of destroyer Z2 Georg Thiele | 4 August 1940 | |
| 22 | Rudolf Petersen | 15Korvettenkapitän | chief of the 2. Schnellbootflottille | 4 August 1940 | Awarded 499th Oak Leaves 13 June 1944 |
| 23 | Otto Kretschmer | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-99 | 4 August 1940 | Awarded 6th Oak Leaves 4 November 1940 5th Swords 26 December 1941 |
| 24 | Heinrich Liebe | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-38 | 14 August 1940 | Awarded 13th Oak Leaves 10 June 1941 |
| 25 | Fritz-Julius Lemp | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-30 | 14 August 1940 | Killed in action 9 May 1941 |
| 26 | Kurt Fimmen | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of Schnellboot S-26 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille | 14 August 1940 | |
| 27 | Götz Freiherr von Mirbach | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of Schnellboot S-21 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille | 14 August 1940 | Awarded 500th Oak Leaves 14 June 1944 |
| 28 | Hans-Rudolf Rösing | 15Korvettenkapitän | chief of the 7. Unterseebootsflottille and commander of U-48 | 29 August 1940 | |
| 29 | Fritz Frauenheim | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-101 | 29 August 1940 | |
| 30 | Engelbert Endrass | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of U-46 | 5 September 1940 | Awarded 14th Oak Leaves 10 June 1941 |
| 31 | Günter Kuhnke | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-28 | 19 September 1940 | |
| 32 | Joachim Schepke | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-100 | 24 September 1940 | Awarded 7th Oak Leaves 1 December 1940 |
| 33 | Kurt Böhmer | 17Kapitän zur See | Chef des Stabes Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee | 6 October 1940 | Killed in action 1 October 1944 |
| 34 | Kurt Thoma | 15Korvettenkapitän | chief of the 2. Minensuchflottille | 6 October 1940 | |
| 35 | Gerhard von Kamptz | 15Korvettenkapitän | chief of the 2. Räumbootflottille | 6 October 1940 | Awarded 225th Oak Leaves 14 April 1943 |
| 36 | Hans Jenisch | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of U-32 | 7 October 1940 | |
| 37 | Friedrich Bonte | 17Kapitän zur See | Führer der Zerstörer und der Kampfgruppe Narvik | 17 Oct 1940* | Killed in action 10 April 1940 |
| 38 | Friedrich Ruge | 17Kapitän zur See | Führer der Minensuchboote West | 21 October 1940 | |
| 39 | Victor Oehrn | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-37 | 21 October 1940 | |
| 40 | Gerd Suhren | 13Oberleutnant (Ing.) | chief engineer on U-37 | 21 October 1940 | |
| 41 | Heinrich Bleichrodt | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-48 | 24 October 1940 | Awarded 125th Oak Leaves 23 September 1942 |
| 42 | Wolfgang Lüth | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of U-138 | 24 October 1940 | Awarded 142nd Oak Leaves 13 November 1942 29th Swords 15 April 1943 7th Diamonds 9 August 1943 |
| 43 | Helmuth von Ruckteschell | 15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves | commander of auxiliary cruiser Widder (HSK-3) | 31 October 1940 | Awarded 158th Oak Leaves 22 December 1942 |
| 44 | Hans Erdmenger | 15Korvettenkapitän | commander of destroyer Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp | 3 November 1940 | Killed in action 28 December 1943 |
| 45 | Reinhard Suhren | 13Oberleutnant zur See | I. Wachoffizier U-48 | 3 November 1940 | Awarded 56th Oak Leaves 31 December 1941 18th Swords 1 September 1942 |
| 46 | Heinrich Petersen | 11Stabsobersteuermann | Wachoffizier und Steuermann U-99 | 5 November 1940 | |
| 47 | Hans Stohwasser | 18Konteradmiral | Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Ostsee | 30 November 1940 | |
| 48 | Bernhard Rogge | 17Kapitän zur See | commander of auxiliary cruiser Atlantis (HSK-2) | 7 December 1940 | Awarded 45th Oak Leaves 31 December 1941 |
| 49 | Viktor Schütze | 15Korvettenkapitän | commander of U-103 | 11 December 1940 | Awarded 23rd Oak Leaves 14 July 1941 |
| 50 | Wolfgang Kaden | 14Kapitänleutnant of the Reserves | commander of U-Jäger 116 | 18 December 1940 | Killed in action 9 July 1942 |
| 51 | Otto Kähler | 17Kapitän zur See | commander of auxiliary cruiser Thor (HSK-4) | 22 December 1940 | Awarded 583rd Oak Leaves 15 September 1944 |
| 52 | Ernst-Felix Krüder | 17Kapitän zur See | commander of auxiliary cruiser Pinguin (HSK-5) | 22 December 1940 | Awarded 40th Oak Leaves 15 November 1941 |
| 53 | Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen | 15Korvettenkapitän | commander of U-65 | 14 January 1941 | |
| 54 | Oskar Kummetz | 18Konteradmiral | Führer Kampfgruppe Oslo | 18 January 1941 | |
| 55 | August Thiele | 17Kapitän zur See | commander of cruiser Lützow | 18 November 1941 | Awarded 824th Oak Leaves 8 April 1945 |
| 56 | Hellmuth Heye | 17Kapitän zur See | commander of heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper | 18 January 1941 | |
| 57 | Theodor Krancke | 17Kapitän zur See | commander of heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer | 21 February 1941 | Awarded 614th Oak Leaves 18 October 1944 |
| 58 | Werner Töniges | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of Schnellboot S-102 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille | 25 February 1941 | Awarded 143rd Oak Leaves 13 November 1942 |
| 59 | Wilhelm Meisel | 17Kapitän zur See | commander of heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper | 26 February 1941 | |
| 60 | Karl-Heinz Moehle | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-123 | 26 February 1941 | |
| 61 | Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-96 | 26 February 1941 | Awarded 51st Oak Leaves 31 December 1941 |
| 62 | Hans Bütow | 17Kapitän zur See | Führer der Torpedoboote | 12 March 1941 | |
| 63 | Bernd-Georg Klug | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of Schnellboot S-28 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille | 12 March 1941 | Awarded 361st Oak Leaves 1 January 1944 |
| 64 | Jürgen Oesten | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-106 | 26 March 1941 | |
| 65 | Georg-Wilhelm Schulz | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-124 | 4 April 1941 | |
| 66 | Erich Zürn | 13Oberleutnant (Ing.) | chief engineer on U-48 | 23 April 1941 | |
| 67 | Klaus Feldt | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of Schnellboot S-30 in the 2. Schnellbootflottille | 25 April 1941 | Awarded 362nd Oak Leaves 1 January 1944 |
| 68 | Georg Christiansen | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of Schnellboot S-101 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille | 8 May 1941 | Awarded 326th Oak Leaves 13 November 1943 |
| 69 | Herbert Kuppisch | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-94 | 14 May 1941 | Killed in action 27 August 1943 |
| 70 | Herbert Wohlfarth | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-556 | 15 May 1941 | |
| 71 | Georg Schewe | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-105 | 23 May 1941 | |
| 72 | Eberhard Wolfram | 18Konteradmiral | Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee | 25 May 1941 | |
| 73 | Adalbert Schneider | 15Korvettenkapitän | 1st artillery officer on battleship Bismarck | 27 May 1941 | Killed in action 27 May 1941 |
| 74 | Claus Korth | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-93 | 29 May 1941 | |
| 75 | Erich Topp | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of U-552 | 20 June 1941 | Awarded 87th Oak Leaves 11 April 1942 17th Swords 17 August 1942 |
| 76 | Günter Hessler | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-107 | 24 June 1941 | |
| 77 | Gustav Forstmann | 15Korvettenkapitän | chief of the 1. Räumbootflottille | 28 July 1941 | |
| 78 | Jost Metzler | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-69 | 28 July 1941 | |
| 79 | Fritz Breithaupt | 15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves | chief of the 12. Minensuchflottille | 3 August 1941 | Awarded 387th Oak Leaves 10 February 1944 |
| 80 | Karl Palmgreen | 15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves | commander of Sperrbrecher IX and I | 3 August 1941 | Awarded 523rd Oak Leaves 11 July 1944 |
| 81 | Siegfried Wuppermann | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of Schnellboot S-60 in the 3. Schnellbootflottille | 3 August 1941 | Awarded 226th Oak Leaves 14 April 1943 |
| 82 | Kurt Weyher | 16Fregattenkapitän | commander of auxiliary cruiser Orion (HSK-1) | 21 August 1941 | |
| 83 | Adalbert Schnee | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of U-201 | 30 August 1941 | Awarded 105th Oak Leaves 15 July 1942 |
| 84 | Werner Dobberstein | 14Kapitänleutnant | chief of the 5. Räumbootflottille | 4 September 1941 | |
| 85 | Rudolf Porath | 12Leutnant zur See of the Reserves | commander of Vorpostenboot VP-1806 in the 18. Vorpostenflottille | 8 October 1941 | |
| 86 | Karl Weniger | 17Kapitän zur See | 2. Sicherungs-Division | 15 November 1941* | Killed in action 1 October 1941 |
| 87 | Rolf Mützelburg | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-203 | 17 November 1941 | Awarded 104th Oak Leaves 15 July 1942 |
| 88 | Ernst Mengersen | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-101 | 18 November 1941 | |
| 89 | Robert Eyssen | 18Konteradmiral | commander of auxiliary cruiser Komet (HSK-7) | 29 November 1941 | |
| 90 | Theodor Detmers | 16Fregattenkapitän | commander of auxiliary cruiser Kormoran (HSK-8) | 4 December 1941 | |
| 91 | Friedrich Guggenberger | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-81 | 10 December 1941 | Awarded 171st Oak Leaves 8 January 1943 |
| 92 | Klaus Scholtz | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-108 | 26 December 1941 | Awarded 123rd Oak Leaves 10 September 1942 |
| 93 | Gerhard Bigalk | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-751 | 26 December 1941 | Killed in action 17 July 1942 |
| 94 | Ernst Lindemann | 17Kapitän zur See | commander of battleship Bismarck | 27 December 1941* | Killed in action 27 May 1941 |
| 95 | Dr.-Ing. Karl-Friedrich Brill | 15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves | Minenschiff Cobra | 27 December 1941 | Awarded 330th Oak Leaves 18 November 1943 |
| 96 | Axel Goetzke | 12Leutnant zur See of the Reserves | commander of Räumboot R-16 in the 5. Räumbootflottille | 27 December 1941* | Killed in action (sabotage) 27 September 1941 |
| 97 | Hans Rehm | 15Korvettenkapitän | chief of the 2. Minensuchflottille | 31 December 1941 | |
| 98 | Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-74 | 31 December 1941 | |
| 99 | Robert Gysae | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-98 | 31 December 1941 | Awarded 250th Oak Leaves 31 May 1943 |
| 100 | Niels Bätge | 14Kapitänleutnant | chief of the 4. Schnellbootflottille | 4 January 1942 | Killed in action 12 December 1944 |
| 101 | Reinhard Hardegen | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-123 | 23 January 1942 | Awarded 89th Oak Leaves 23 April 1942 |
| 102 | Hans-Diedrich Freiherr von Tiesenhausen | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-331 | 27 January 1942 | |
| 103 | Nicolai Clausen | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-129 | 13 March 1942 | Killed in action 16 May 1943 |
| 104 | Ernst Bauer | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-126 | 16 March 1942 | |
| 105 | Otto Ciliax | 19Vizeadmiral | Befehlshaber der Schlachtschiffe | 21 March 1942 | |
| 106 | Kurt-Caesar Hoffmann | 17Kapitän zur See | commander of battleship Scharnhorst | 21 March 1942 | |
| 107 | Johann Mohr | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-124 | 27 March 1942 | Awarded 177th Oak Leaves 13 January 1943 |
| 108 | Otto Ites | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of U-94 | 28 March 1942 | |
| 109 | Robert-Richard Zapp | 15Korvettenkapitän | commander of U-66 | 23 April 1942 | |
| 110 | Werner Winter | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-103 | 5 June 1942 | |
| 111 | Peter-Erich Cremer | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-333 | 5 June 1942 | |
| 112 | Karl-Friedrich Merten | 15Korvettenkapitän | commander of U-68 | 13 June 1942 | Awarded 147th Oak Leaves 16 November 1942 |
| 113 | Jost Brökelmann | 15Korvettenkapitän | chief of the 2. Räumbootflottille | 14 June 1942 | |
| 114 | Hans-Werner Kraus | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-83 | 19 June 1942 | |
| 115 | Erwin Rostin | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-158 | 28 June 1942 | |
| 116 | Heinz-Otto Schultze | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-432 | 9 July 1942 | Killed in action 25 November 1943 |
| 117 | Friedrich Kemnade | 14Kapitänleutnant | chief of the 3. Schnellbootflottille | 23 July 1942 | Awarded 249th Oak Leaves 27 May 1943 |
| 118 | Karl Bergelt | 15Korvettenkapitän | chief of the 1. Minensuchflottille | 3 August 1942 | |
| 119 | Georg Lassen | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of U-160 | 10 August 1942 | Awarded 208th Oak Leaves 7 March 1943 |
| 120 | Helmut Rosenbaum | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-73 | 12 August 1942 | |
| 121 | Adolf Piening | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-155 | 13 August 1942 | |
| 122 | Heinrich Schonder | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-77 | 19 August 1942 | Killed in action 28 June 1943 |
| 123 | Karl Thurmann | 15Korvettenkapitän | commander of U-553 | 24 August 1942 | missing in action 28 January 1943 |
| 124 | Ernst Kals | 15Korvettenkapitän | commander of U-130 | 1 September 1942 | |
| 125 | Werner Hartenstein | 15Korvettenkapitän | commander of U-156 | 17 September 1942 | Killed in action 8 March 1943 |
| 126 | Günther Krech | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-558 | 17 September 1942 | |
| 127 | Kurt Fricke | 20Admiral | Chief of Staff of the Seekriegsleitung in the OKM | 1 October 1942 | |
| 128 | Hermann Bögel | 12Leutnant zur See of the Reserves | commander of Minensucher M-4040 | 13 October 1942 | |
| 129 | Otto von Bülow | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-404 | 20 October 1942 | Awarded 234th Oak Leaves 26 April 1943 |
| 130 | Helmut Witte | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-159 | 22 October 1942 | |
| 131 | Siegfried Strelow | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-435 | 27 October 1942 | Killed in action 15 July 1943 |
| 132 | Fritz Poske | 15Korvettenkapitän | commander of U-504 | 6 November 1942 | |
| 133 | Carl Emmermann | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-172 | 27 November 1942 | Awarded 256th Oak Leaves 4 July 1943 |
| 134 | Günther Müller-Stöckheim | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-67 | 27 November 1942 | Killed in action 16 July 1943 |
| 135 | Wilhelm Dommes | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-431 | 2 December 1942 | |
| 136 | Waldemar Holst | 15Korvettenkapitän | chief of the 4. Räumbootflottille | 3 December 1942 | |
| 137 | Friedrich Wunderlich | 15Korvettenkapitän | chief of the 14. U-Jagd-Flottille | 3 December 1942 | |
| 138 | Rolf Johannesson | 17Kapitän zur See | commander of destroyer Hermes | 7 December 1942 | |
| 139 | Hans Witt | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-129 | 17 December 1942 | |
| 140 | Werner Henke | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of U-515 | 17 December 1942 | Awarded 257th Oak Leaves 4 July 1943 |
| 141 | Hermann Rasch | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-106 | 29 December 1942 | |
| 142 | Günther Gumprich | 17Kapitän zur See | commander of auxiliary cruiser Thor (HSK-4) | 31 December 1942 | Killed in action 17 October 1943 |
| 143 | Harro Schacht | 15Korvettenkapitän | commander of U-507 | 9 January 1943 | Killed in action 14 January 1943 |
| 144 | Albrecht Achilles | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-161 | 16 January 1943 | Killed in action 27 September 1943 |
| 145 | Herbert Schneider | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-522 | 16 January 1943 | Killed in action 24 February 1943 |
| 146 | Heinrich Bramesfeld | 17Kapitän zur See | 2. Sicherungs-Division | 21 January 1943 | |
| 147 | Ulrich Heyse | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-128 | 21 January 1943 | |
| 148 | Albrecht Brandi | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-617 | 21 January 1943 | Awarded 224th Oak Leaves 11 April 1943 66th Swords 9 May 1944 22nd Diamonds 24 November 1944 |
| 149 | Siegfried Freiherr von Forstner | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-402 | 9 February 1943 | Killed in action 13 October 1943 |
| 150 | Gerhard Bielig | 14Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) | chief engineer on U-177 | 10 February 1943 | |
| 151 | Karl Jörß | 06Bootsmannsmaat of the Reserves | Flakleiter auf einem Frachter im Mittelmeer | 17 February 1943 | |
| 152 | Erich Würdemann | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-506 | 14 March 1943 | Killed in action 14 July 1943 |
| 153 | Reinhart Reche | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-255 | 17 March 1943 | |
| 154 | Hans-Hartwig Trojer | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of U-221 | 24 March 1943 | |
| 155 | Harald Gelhaus | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-107 | 26 March 1943 | |
| 156 | Karl Neitzel | 15Korvettenkapitän | commander of U-510 | 27 March 1943 | |
| 157 | Günther Seibicke | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-436 | 27 March 1943 | Killed in action 26 May 1943 |
| 158 | Ulrich Folkers | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-125 | 27 March 1943 | Killed in action 6 May 1943 |
| 159 | Karl-Conrad Mecke | 17Kapitän zur See | commander of the 22. Marine-Flak-Regiment | 11 April 1943 | |
| 160 | Hans Heidtmann | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-559 | 12 April 1943 | |
| 161 | Helmut Möhlmann | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-571 | 16 April 1943 | |
| 162 | Hermann Büchting | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of Schnellboot S-27 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille | 22 April 1943 | |
| 163 | Gunter Jahn | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-596 | 30 April 1943 | |
| 164 | Klaus Bargsten | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-521 | 30 April 1943 | |
| 165 | Wilhelm Franken | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-565 | 30 April 1943 | Killed in action 13 January 1945 |
| 166 | Karl-Heinz Fischer | 06Steuermannsmaat | Vorpostenboot VP-711 | 3 May 1943 | |
| 167 | Otto Flügel | 06Steuermannsmaat of the Reserves | Vorpostenboot VP-1525 | 3 May 1943 | |
| 168 | Curt Rechel | 16Fregattenkapitän | commander of destroyer Z29 | 8 May 1943 | |
| 169 | Dr. phil. Walther Fischer | 15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves | chief of the 13. Vorpostenflottille | 8 May 1943 | |
| 170 | Otto Pollmann | 12Leutnant zur See of the Reserves | commander of U-Jäger 2210 in the 22. U-Jagdflottille | 19 May 1943 | Awarded 461st Oak Leaves 25 April 1944 |
| 171 | Alfred Schulze-Hinrichs | 17Kapitän zur See | chief of the 6. Zerstörerflottille | 15 June 1943 | |
| 172 | Karl Smidt | 17Kapitän zur See | commander of destroyer Z27 | 15 June 1943 | |
| 173 | Martin Saltzwedel | 15Korvettenkapitän | commander of destroyer Z24 | 15 June 1943 | |
| 174 | Otto Maurer | 15Korvettenkapitän | chief of the 12. Räumbootflottille | 3 July 1943 | |
| 175 | Günther Heydemann | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-575 | 3 July 1943 | |
| 176 | Horst Weber | 13Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves | commander of Schnellboot S-55 in the 3. Schnellbootflottille | 5 July 1943 | |
| 177 | Friedrich Markworth | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-66 | 8 July 1943 | |
| 178 | Karl Müller | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of Schnellboot S-52 in the 5. Schnellbootflottille | 8 July 1943 | |
| 179 | Georg Staats | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-508 | 14 July 1943 | Killed in action 12 November 1943 |
| 180 | Karl-Ehrhart Karcher | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of Schnellboot S-87 in the 4. Schnellbootflottille | 12 August 1943 | |
| 181 | Otto von Schrader | 20Admiral | commanding Admiral Norwegian West Coast | 19 August 1943 | |
| 182 | Gerd Kelbling | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-593 | 18 August 1943 | |
| 183 | Gustav Freiherr von Liebenstein | 16Fregattenkapitän of the Reserves | chief of 2. Landungsdivision and sea transport chief of the Strait of Messina | 3 September 1943 | |
| 184 | Herbert Panknin | 14Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) | chief engineer on U-106 | 4 September 1943 | |
| 185 | Dipl.-Ing. Willi Lechtenbörger | 13Oberleutnant (Ing.) of the Reserves | chief engineer on U-847 | 4 September 1943* | Killed in action 27 August 1943 |
| 186 | Heinz Krey | 12Leutnant (Ing.) | chief engineer on U-752 | 4 September 1943* | Killed in action 23 May 1943 |
| 187 | August Maus | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-185 | 21 September 1943 | |
| 188 | Dietrich Schöneboom | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of U-431 | 20 October 1943 | Killed in action 23 October 1943 |
| 189 | Carl-August Landfermann | 13Oberleutnant (Ing.) of the Reserves | chief engineer on U-181 | 27 October 1943 | |
| 190 | Franz Kohlauf | 15Korvettenkapitän | chief of the 4. Torpedobootflottille | 29 October 1943 | Killed in action 26 April 1944 |
| 191 | Hellmut Rohweder | 14Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) | chief engineer on U-69 and U-514 | 14 November 1943 | |
| 192 | Egon-Reiner Freiherr von Schlippenbach | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-453 | 19 November 1943 | |
| 193 | Gustav Kieseritzky | 19Vizeadmiral | commanding Admiral Black Sea | 20 November 1943 | |
| 194 | Horst-Arno Fenski | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of U-410 | 26 November 1943 | |
| 195 | Heinz Franke | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-262 | 30 November 1943 | |
| 196 | Karl-Friedrich Künzel | 13Oberleutnant zur See | group leader and commander of Schnellboot S-28 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille | 12 December 1943 | |
| 197 | Albert Müller | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of Schnellboot S-59 in the 3. Schnellbootflottille | 13 December 1943 | |
| 198 | Max-Martin Teichert | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-456 | 19 December 1943* | Killed in action 12 May 1943 |
| 199 | Helmut Klassmann | 14Kapitänleutnant | chief of the 3. Räumbootflottille | 22 December 1943 | |
| 200 | Klaus-Degenhard Schmidt | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of Schnellboot S-54 in the 10 Schnellbootflottille | 22 December 1943 | Killed in action 22 December 1944 |
| 201 | Dr. med. Günther Brandt | 15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves | chief of the 21. U-Jagdflottille | 23 December 1943 | |
| 202 | Paul Hellmann | 13Kapitän der Handelsmarine | captain Blockadebrecher Motorschiff Osorno | 6 January 1944 | |
| 203 | Siegfried Koitschka | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of U-616 | 27 January 1944 | |
| 204 | Hans-Jürgen Hellriegel | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-543 | 3 February 1944 | Killed in action 2 July 1944 |
| 205 | Siegfried Lüdden | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-188 | 11 February 1944 | Killed on active service 13 January 1945 |
| 206 | Johann-Friedrich Wessels | 14Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) | chief engineer on U-198 | 9 March 1944 | |
| 207 | Gustav Poel | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-413 | 21 March 1944 | |
| 208 | Waldemar Mehl | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-371 | 28 March 1944 | |
| 209 | Alfred Eick | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of U-510 | 31 March 1944 | |
| 210 | Georg Olschewski | 13Oberleutnant (Ing.) | chief engineer on U-66 | 23 April 1944 | |
| 211 | Erich Wulff | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of Vorpostenboot VP-18 in the 18. Vorpostenflottille | 24 April 1944 | |
| 212 | Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken | 18Konteradmiral | Befehlshaber Deutsches Marinekorps in Italien | 15 May 1944 | |
| 213 | Arnulf Hölzerkopf | 15Korvettenkapitän | chief of the 8. Minensuchflottille | 15 May 1944 | Killed in action 11 August 1944 |
| 214 | Walter Käding | 10Obersteuermann | III. Wachoffizier and Steuermann U-123 | 15 May 1944 | |
| 215 | Helmuth Brinkmann | 19Vizeadmiral | commanding Admiral Schwarzes Meer | 17 May 1944 | |
| 216 | Otto Schulz | 18Konteradmiral | Seekommandant Krim (sea commander Crimea) | 17 May 1944 | |
| 217 | Horst Hofmann | 10Obersteuermann | Steuermann and watch officer U-672 | 20 May 1944 | |
| 218 | Karl-Heinz Wiebe | 14Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) | chief engineer on U-178 | 22 May 1944 | |
| 219 | Horst von Schroeter | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of U-123 | 1 June 1944 | |
| 220 | Heinrich Hoffmann | 15Korvettenkapitän | chief of the 5. Torpedobootflottille | 7 June 1944 | Awarded 524th Oak Leaves 11 July 1944 |
| 221 | Albert Oesterlin | 14Kapitänleutnant of the Reserves | chief of the Küstenschutzflottille "Attika" | 9 June 1944* | Killed in action 23 January 1944 |
| 222 | Dr.-Ing. Viktor Rall | 15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves | chief of the 15. Vorpostenflottille | 10 June 1944 | |
| 223 | Kurt Johannsen | 14Kapitänleutnant | chief of the 5. Schnellbootflottille | 14 June 1944 | Killed in action 14 June 1944 |
| 224 | Walter Ohmsen | 13Oberleutnant | chief of the Marinebatterie "Marcouf" in the Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 260 | 14 June 1944 | |
| 225 | Wirich von Gartzen | 15Korvettenkapitän | chief of the 10. Torpedobootflottille | 24 June 1944 | |
| 226 | Dipl.-Ing. Kurt Loewer | 15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves | chief of the 11. Vorpostenflottille | 24 June 1944 | |
| 227 | Walter Hennecke | 18Konteradmiral | Seekommandant Normandie | 26 June 1944 | |
| 228 | Rudi Gelbhaar | 13Oberleutnant of the Reserves | chief of the Marine-Batterie "Hamburg" of the Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 604 | 26 June 1944 | |
| 229 | Ekkehard Martienssen | 13Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves | commander of Vorpostenboot VP-203 in the 2. Vorpostenflottille | 29 June 1944 | |
| 230 | Theodor Freiherr von Mauchenheim genannt Bechtolsheim | 17Kapitän zur See | chief of the 8. Zerstörerflottille | 3 July 1944 | |
| 231 | Wilhelm Anhalt | 14Kapitänleutnant | chief of the 4. Räumbootflottille | 3 July 1944 | |
| 232 | Elmershaus von Haxthausen | 14Kapitänleutnant | chief of the 2. Artillerieträger-Flottille | 3 July 1944 | |
| 233 | Walther Gerhold | 04Marine-Schreiber-Obergefreiter | Einmanntorpedofahrer in the Kleinkampfflottille 361 | 6 July 1944 | |
| 234 | Johann-Otto Krieg | 13Oberleutnant zur See | chief of the Kleinkampfflottille 361 | 8 July 1944 | |
| 235 | Reinhard König | 13Oberleutnant (Ing.) | chief engineer on U-123 | 8 July 1944 | |
| 236 | Heinz Sieder | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of U-984 | 8 July 1944 | Killed in action 20 August 1944 |
| 237 | Herbert Nau | 14Kapitänleutnant | chief of the 10. Räumbootflottille | 11 July 1944 | Killed on active service 22 August 1944 |
| 238 | Karl Fleige | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of U-18 | 18 July 1944 | |
| 239 | Karl-Heinz Marbach | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of U-953 | 22 July 1944 | |
| 240 | Herbert Berrer | 10Oberfernschreibmeister-Matrose | Einmanntorpedofahrer in der Kleinkampfflottille 361 | 5 August 1944 | |
| 241 | Hermann Stuckmann | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of U-621 | 11 August 1944 | Killed in action 23 August 1944 |
| 242 | Georg Pinkepank | 15Korvettenkapitän | chief of the 2. Räumbootflottille | 12 August 1944 | |
| 243 | Erich Klünder | 15Korvettenkapitän | chief of the 5. Minensuchflottille | 12 August 1944 | |
| 244 | Alfred Muser | 14Kapitänleutnant | chief of the 8. Räumbootflottille | 12 August 1944 | |
| 245 | Alfred Vetter | 12Leutnant | group leader in the Marine-Kleinkampfflottille 211 | 12 August 1944 | |
| 246 | Heinrich Dammeier | 11Stabsobermaschinist | Obermaschinist U-270 | 12 August 1944 | |
| 247 | Richard Seuss | 13Oberleutnant of the Reserves | chief of the Marine Küstenbatterie "Île de Cézembre" (Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 608) | 15 August 1944 | Awarded 577th Oak Leaves 2 September 1944 |
| 248 | Werner Endell | 17Kapitän zur See | harbor commander "Saint-Malo" | 18 August 1944 | |
| 249 | Friedrich Böhme | 17Kapitän zur See | Einsatzleiter der Marine-Kleinkampfmittel in Frankreich | 26 August 1944 | |
| 250 | Hans-Günther Lange | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-711 | 26 August 1944 | Awarded 853rd Oak Leaves 29 April 1945 |
| 251 | Karl Schulz | 13Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves | group leader and commander of Vorpostenboot VP-1509 in the 15. Vorpostenflottille | 26 August 1944 | |
| 252 | Rudolf Jesse | 13Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves | commander in the 8. Minensuchflottille | 5 September 1944 | |
| 253 | Otto Nordt | 14Kapitänleutnant | chief of the 14. Räumbootflottille | 6 September 1944 | |
| 254 | Kurt Blasberg | 13Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves | group leader in the 36. Minensuchflottille | 7 September 1944 | |
| 255 | Edgar Jungnickel | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of U-Jäger 1430 | 10 September 1944 | |
| 256 | Heinrich Timm | 15Korvettenkapitän | commander of U-862 | 17 September 1944 | |
| 257 | Hermann Witt | 16Fregattenkapitän | harbor commander Cherbourg | 24 September 1944 | |
| 258 | Hermann Knuth | 17Kapitän zur See | chief of the 1. Sicherungs-Division | 24 September 1944 | |
| 259 | Paul Lehmann | 15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves | chief of the 42. Minensuchflottille | 24 September 1944 | |
| 260 | Theodor Burchardi | 19Vizeadmiral | Kommandierender Admiral Ostland | 29 September 1944 | Awarded 823rd Oak Leaves 8 April 1945 |
| 261 | Gerhard Schaar | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of U-957 | 1 October 1944 | |
| 262 | Gerd-Dietrich Schneider | 13Oberleutnant zur See | chief of the 8. Artillerie-Trägerflottille | 3 October 1944 | |
| 263 | Eugen Tellgmann | 13Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves | commander of Vorpostenboot VP-1313 in the 13. Vorpostenflottille | 5 October 1944 | |
| 264 | Hans Hoßfeld | 14Kapitänleutnant | Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 531 | 6 October 1944 | Awarded 659th Oak Leaves 25 November 1944 |
| 265 | Joachim Szyskowitz | 16Fregattenkapitän | harbor commander Antwerp | 13 October 1944 | |
| 266 | Hans-Joachim Förster | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of U-480 | 18 December 1944 | Killed in action 24 February 1945 |
| 267 | Joachim Wünning | 15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves | commander of Minenschiff Drache | 22 October 1944* | Killed in action 22 September 1944 |
| 268 | Werner Lange | 19Vizeadmiral | commanding Admiral Aegean Sea | 28 October 1944 | |
| 269 | Wilhelm Meentzen | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of Torpedoboot T-24 | 30 October 1944 | |
| 270 | Paul Brasack | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-737 | 30 October 1944 | |
| 271 | Heinrich Garbers | 12Leutnant zur See of the Reserves | commander of Hilfskriegsschiff Passim and leader of special assignments | 1 November 1944 | |
| 272 | Helmut Bastian | 14Kapitänleutnant | Führer einer Sprengbootflottille (Kleinkampfverband) | 3 November 1944 | |
| 273 | Friedrich-Wilhelm Thorwest | 15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves | chief of the 2. Geleitflottille "Adria" | 5 November 1944* | Killed in action 1 November 1944 |
| 274 | Walter-Erich Schneider | 14Kapitänleutnant | chief of the 25. Minensuchflottille | 5 November 1944 | |
| 275 | Heinz Guhrke | 13Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves | commander of Torpedoboot "TA20" | 5 November 1944* | Killed in action 1 November 1944 |
| 276 | Heinz Trautwein | 13Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves | commander of U-Jäger 202 | 5 November 1944* | Killed in action 1 November 1944 |
| 277 | Klaus Wenke | 13Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves | commander of U-Jäger 208 | 5 November 1944 | |
| 278 | Hellmuth Werther | 13Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves | commander and group leader in the Küstenschutzflottille "Attika" | 8 November 1944 | |
| 279 | Heinz Haag | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of Schnellboot S-60 in the 3. Schnellbootflottille | 25 November 1944 | |
| 280 | Adalbert von Blanc | 16Fregattenkapitän | leader of the 9. Sicherungs-Division | 27 November 1944 | Awarded 866th Oak Leaves 7 May 1945 |
| 281 | Dr. phil. Emil Kieffer | 15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves | chief of the 3. Minensuchflottille | 3 December 1944 | |
| 282 | Rudolf Mühlbauer | 08Oberbootsmannsmaat | Brückenmaat on U-123 | 10 December 1944 | |
| 283 | Günther Pulst | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of U-978 | 21 December 1944 | |
| 284 | Hans Dominik | 16Fregattenkapitän | chief of the 9. Torpedobootflottille | 28 December 1944 | |
| 285 | Erich Brauneis | 16Fregattenkapitän | chief of the 24. Landungsflottille | 28 December 1944 | |
| 286 | Hans-Otto Philipp | 15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves | chief of the 1. Küstensicherungs-Verband | 31 December 1944 | |
| 287 | Rolf Thomsen | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-1202 | 4 January 1945 | Awarded 852nd Oak Leaves 29 April 1945 |
| 288 | Ernst Lucht | 18Konteradmiral | Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee | 17 January 1945 | |
| 289 | Ernst Hechler | 15Korvettenkapitän | commander of U-870 | 21 January 1945 | |
| 290 | Dr. jur. Kurt Dobratz | 17Kapitän zur See | commander of U-1232 | 23 January 1945 | |
| 291 | Johannes Limbach | 12Leutnant zur See | 1st Officer U-181 | 6 February 1945 | |
| 292 | Hans-Georg Hess | 13Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves | commander of U-995 | 11 February 1945 | |
| 293 | Friedrich-Karl Paul | 15Korvettenkapitän | chief of the 2. Torpedobootflottille | 4 March 1945 | |
| 294 | Ernst Schirlitz | 19Vizeadmiral | commander of fortress La Rochelle | 11 March 1945 | |
| 295 | Carl-Friedrich Mohr | 14Kapitänleutnant | chief of the 24. Minensuchflottille "Karl Friedrich Brill" | 11 March 1945 | |
| 296 | Otto Karl | 13Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves | commander of Artillerie-Leichter AF-65 | 21 March 1945 | |
| 297 | Otto Westphalen | 13Oberleutnant zur See | commander of U-968 | 23 March 1945 | |
| 298 | Dr. rer.pol. Paul Fenn | 17Kapitän zur See | commander of the Marine-Flak-Regiment 9 | 25 March 1945 | |
| 299 | Friedrich-Wilhelm Maes | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of naval battery "Völtzendorf" in the Marine-Flak-Abteilung 219 of the 9. Marine-Flak-Regiment | 25 March 1945* | |
| 300 | Philipp Lichtenberg | 14Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) | chief engineer on U-516 | 31 March 1945 | |
| 301 | Hans Johannsen | 13Oberleutnant (Ing.) | chief engineer on U-802 | 31 March 1945 | |
| 302 | Felix Zymalkowski | 15Korvettenkapitän | chief of the 8. Schnellbootflottille | 10 April 1945 | |
| 303 | Dr. phil. Heinz Stamer | 15Korvettenkapitän | chief of the 8. Vorpostenflottille | 20 April 1945 | |
| 304 | Rudolf Heynsen | 15Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves | chief of the 27. Minensuchflottille | 20 April 1945 | |
| 305 | Hermann Sardemann | 13Oberleutnant of the Reserves | chief of the naval artillery battery "Lausitz" in the Marine-Flak-Abteilung 259 of the Marine-Flak-Regiment 9 | 20 April 1945 | |
| 306 | Heinrich Witt | 13Oberleutnant of the Reserves | chief of the naval artillery battery "Sargorsch" in the Marine-Flak-Abteilung 259 of the Marine-Flak-Regiment 9 | 20 April 1945 | |
| 307 | Hansjürgen Reinicke | 17Kapitän zur See | commander of the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen | 21 April 1945 | |
| 308 | Heinrich Praßdorf | 09Obermaschinist | lead machinist on U-1203 | 21 April 1945 | |
| 309 | Hans Michahelles | 18Konteradmiral | fortress commander of the northern Gironde estuary | 30 April 1945 | |
| 310 | Ingwer(Jens) Matzen | 15Korvettenkapitän | chief of the 6. Schnellbootflottille | 2 May 1945 | |
| 311 | Heinrich Schroeteler | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-1023 | 2 May 1945 | |
| 312 | Werner Weinlig? | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of Torpedoboot T-23 | 6 May 1945 | |
| 313 | Hans Temming | 14Kapitänleutnant | commander of Torpedoboot T-28 | 6 May 1945 | |
| 314 | Carl Hoff? | 14Kapitänleutnant | chief of the 1. Räumbootflottille | 9 May 1945 | |
| 315 | Hans-Joachim Merks? | 14Kapitänleutnant | chief of the 2. Räumbootflottille | 28 May 1945 | |
| 317 | Hans Lehmann | 13Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves | commander of U-997 | 7 May 1945 | |

## Legally disputed Knight's Cross recipients

Großadmiral Karl Dönitz ordered a cease of all promotions and awards as of 11 May 1945. Nevertheless, a number of Knight's Crosses were awarded after this without legal authority. At least two members of the Kriegsmarine are often listed as recipients of the Knight's Cross but fall outside of the Dönitz decree. The Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine General-Admiral Walter Warzecha, successor of General-Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, without authorization presented Georg-Wolfgang Feller the Knight's Cross on 17 June 1945. Karl Jäckel received his Knight's Cross confirmation after 11 May 1945 and is a de facto but not de jure recipient. Both recipients were delisted by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).
| Number | Name | Rank | Unit | Date of award | Notes |
| 316 | Karl Jäckel | 10Obersteuermann | Steuermann on U-29, U-160 and U-907 | 1 June 1945 | |
| 318 | Georg-Wolfgang Feller | 13Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves | group leader in the 36. Minensuchflottille | 17 June 1945 | |

## Footnotes

* ↑ According to Scherzer as commander of Schnellboot S-56.
* 1 2 According to Scherzer as Korvettenkapitän zur Verwendung (for disposition).
* ↑ There is no reference that the Oak Leaves were awarded to Adalbert von Blanc in the German Federal Archives. His personal file contains a letter from Admiral August Thiele indicating that von Blanc had been recommended for the Oak Leaves by Thiele. In a file of the German Minenräumdienst dated just after the capitulation is an entry "Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves" without indicating a date of the award. The sequential number "866" and date were assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR). Von Blanc was member of the AKCR.
* ↑ According to Scherzer as Chef des Stabes der Seekriegsleitung und Chef des Marinekommando Amt im OKM.
* ↑ According to Scherzer as commander of Marinegruppenkommando West.
* ↑ According to Scherzer as stellvertretender Befehlshaber der Aufklärungs-Streitkräfte und Führer der Kriegschiffgruppe 3 (Zielhafen Bergen)—deputy commander of the reconnaissance forces and leader of the warship group 3 (destination Bergen).
* ↑ According to Scherzer as commander of Schnellboot S-60.
* ↑ Sources are inconclusive with respect to date of death. Some sources indicate that von Forstner succumbed to his injuries on 22 October 1943 nine days after the sinking of U-402 on 13 October 1943.
* ↑ According to Scherzer as commander of Schnellboot S-27 respectively S-51 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille.
* 1 2 According to Scherzer as Oberleutnant zur See and commander of Schnellboot S-55.
* ↑ According to Scherzer commander of Schnellboot S-52.
* ↑ According to Scherzer as commander of Schnellboot S-54.
* ↑ According to Scherzer as commander in the 18. Vorpostenflottille.
* ↑ According to Scherzer as commander of the sea defence of the Crimea.
* ↑ According to Scherzer as chief of the Kleinkampfflottille 211.
* 1 2 According to Scherzer name is spelled Helmuth Werther who received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross as group leader of the Minenschiffe (minelayers) in the 21. UJ-Flottille.
* ↑ According to Scherzer as commander Atlantic coast and commander of fortress La Rochelle.
* ↑ According to Scherzer as commander of Artillerie-Leichter AF-65 in the 6. Artillerieträger-Flottille.
* ↑ According to Scherzer as chief 4 (Battery "Sagorsch")/Marine-Flak-Abteilung 259 in Gotenhafen.
* ↑ There is no reference of the Knight's Cross awarded to Werner Weidling in the German Federal Archives. His personal file contains a letter from 1955 by the Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt), indicating that no proof of the award exists. The date was assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).
* ↑ There is no reference of the Knight's Cross awarded to Carl Hoff in the archives of the Kriegsmarine. His personal file contains a copy of a letter from 1955 by the Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt), indicating that no proof of the award exists. Author Manfred Dörr states that Hoff received the Knight's Cross on 28 May 1945, thus after the capitulation. The date was assigned by Walther-Peer Fellgiebel.
* ↑ There is no reference of the Knight's Cross awarded to Hans-Joachim Merks in the German Federal Archives. His personal file contains a letter from 1955 by the Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt), indicating that no proof of the award exists. The date was assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).
* ↑ Author Clemens Range dates Hans Lehmann's Knight's Cross on 8 June 1945, thus after the effectiveness of the Dönitz-decree. Walther-Peer Fellgiebel, author of Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945, indicates that Lehmann received the Knight's Cross on 11 May 1945 and Veit Scherzer states that 7 May 1945 as the correct date, thus before the Dönitz-decree prohibited the awarding of the Knight's Cross. The sequential number 317 associated to Lehmann's Knight's Cross is based on author Clemens Range's work Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine.