Karl-Ernst Schroeter


Karl-Ernst Schroeter was a Korvettenkapitän 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.

War record