serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
1925 -- 45 weimar republic nazi germany u-19 1936 2 , 1936-01-16 -- 1937-09-30 frankfurt am main 23 september 1950 flensburg weimar republic -lrb- to 1933 -rrb- nazi germany sss '' '' meteor '' hessen 2 torpedo boat '' t-155 '' '' , '' g-10 '' cruiser '' admiral scheer '' niobe destroyer '' erich steinbrinck '' 1st u-boat flotilla u-bootschulflottille 2nd '' u-boat flotilla hamburg 2 tender '' nordsee ritterkreuz mit eichenlaub world war ii 16 february 1906 '' kapitän zur see '' viktor schütze.jpg viktor schütze
 viktor schütze
viktor schütze

viktor hermann otto ludwig paul ferdinand schütze -lrb- 16 february 1906 -- 23 september 1950 -rrb- , was a `` kriegsmarine '' u-boat ace , sinking a total of 35 allied ships totalling 180,053 tons during the second world war .
he is in fifth place amon top-scoring u-boat aces .
he was also a recipient of the knight 's cross of the iron cross with oak leaves -lrb- -rrb- .
the knight 's cross of the iron cross and its higher grade oak leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership .
