Adalbert Schneider

Adalbert Schneider
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Adalbert Schneider
10 March 1904(1904-03-10) – 27 May 1941 (aged 37)
Place of birth	Halle (Saale)
Place of death	Atlantic Ocean 48°10′N 16°12′W / 48.167, -16.2
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1922-1941
Rank	Fregattenkapitän (posthumously)
Unit	SMS Hannover battleship Bismarck
Battles/wars	World War II Battle of the Denmark Strait Last battle of the battleship Bismarck
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Adalbert Schneider (10 March 1904 – 27 May 1941) was the 1st Artillery Officer on board the German battleship Bismarck and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for sinking HMS Hood on 24 May 1941 in the Battle of the Denmark Strait. On the morning of 27 May 1941 Group West received a transmission from Bismarck at 02:21 recommending Schneider for the Knight's Cross. At 03:51 a reply confirmed that Hitler had awarded him the Ritterkreuz¹. Adolf Eich had witnessed Admiral Günther Lütjens and Captain Ernst Lindemann shaking his hand after receiving the award². Schneider was killed only 5 hours and 11 minutes later during, and just 15 minutes into, Bismarck's final battle, when a 8 inch shell from Norfolk hit his position in the main gun director¹.

Awards

"Deutsches Marinearchiv". Adalbert Schneider. Retrieved on 19 March, 2008.
Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
Robert D. Ballard. Bismarck: Germany's Greatest Battleship gives up its secrets. Madison Publishing. Totonto. 1990. ISBN 978-0-7858-2205-9
Robert Jackson. The Bismarck: Weapons of War. London. 2002. ISBN 1-86227-173-9

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