Facts: - battles: world war ii - death date: 23 may 1943 - allegiance: nazi germany nazi germany - commands: u-121 1940 2 u-752 2 - rank: '' korvettenkapitan '' - birth date: 3 december 1912 - serviceyears: 1934 -- 1943 - name: karl-ernst schroeter - branch: nazi germany - death place: north atlantic ocean - birth place: freystadt , silesia , germany Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of karl-ernst schroeter .
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karl-ernst schroeter -lrb- 3 december 1912 -- 23 may 1943 -rrb- was a '' korvettenkapitan '' with the kriegsmarine during world war ii and commander of and .schroeter is credited with sinking eight ships , all in '' u-752 '' , for .schroeter commissioned the new type iib u-boat on may 28 , 1940 and served as her first commanding officer until march 30 , 1941 .the '' u-121 '' spent her entire career as training vessel and schroeter saw no combat in her .from the '' u-121 '' schroeter moved on to the new type viic , which was commissioned on may 24 , 1941 .schroeter would command the '' u-752 '' for the next two years until its sinking and his death on may 23 , 1943 .