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German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He and the entire crew of U-436 were killed on 26 May 1943 by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Test and the corvette HMS Hyderabad.
Ships attacked As a U-boat commander of U-436 Günther Seibicke is credited with sinking six merchant ship of 36,208 gross register tons (GRT), one warship of 291 metric tons (286 long tons.
321 short tons), and damaging two ships of 15,575 GRT. * Carried by Sourabaya Bibliography.
