serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
1934 -lrb- bundesmarine -rrb- -- 43 -lrb- kriegsmarine -rrb- 1956 -- 72 nazi germany ger u-28 february 1941 u-81 1941 2 , 26 april 1941 -- 1936 24 december 1942 u-847 2 , 23 january 1943 -- 2 1 february 1943 u-513 2 , 15 may 1943 -- , 19 july 1943 16 november 1940 -- 11 erlenbach am main 13 may 1988 munich nazi germany west germany 24th 4th u-boat flotilla 10th u-boat flotilla u-boat flotilla 1st u-boat flotilla 29th u-boat flotilla iron 's cross of the iron cross with oak leaves cross 1st class u-boat war badge 1939 knight world war ii 6 march 1915 konteradmiral bundesarchiv bild 183-b13197 , friedrich guggenberger.jpg friedrich guggenberger
 friedrich guggenberger
friedrich guggenberger

friedrich guggenberger -lrb- 6 march 1915 -- 13 may 1988 -rrb- was a german admiral and u-boat commander in the second world war .
he was highly successful during the war .
from november 1940 until his capture in july 1943 , he sank 17 ships for a total of and damaged another for .
he was also responsible for sinking the british aircraft carrier in november 1941 .
for these achievements he received the knight 's cross of the iron cross with oak leaves , among other commendations .
after the war he became the deputy chief of staff in the nato command afnorth .
