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{{notability|Biographies|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox military person
|name=Fritz Poske
|birth_date={{birth date|1904|10|23|df=y}}
|death_date={{death date and age|1984|10|1|1904|10|23|df=y}}
|birth_place=[[Berlin]]-[[Schöneberg]]
|death_place=[[Wachtberg]]
|image=File:Fritz Poske.jpg
|caption=
|nickname=
|allegiance={{flag|Weimar Republic}} (to 1933)<br/>{{flag|Nazi Germany}}(to 1945)<br/>{{flag|West Germany}}
|branch={{navy|Weimar Republic}}<br/>{{navy|Nazi Germany}}<br/>[[Seegrenzschutz]]<br/>{{navy|GER}}
|serviceyears= 1923–45<br/>1951–63
|rank=''[[Kapitän zur See]]''
|commands=tender ''Nordsee''<br />[[German torpedo boats of World War II|torpedo boat]] ''T-155''<br />[[German aviso Grille (1935)|Aviso ''Grille'']]<br />{{GS|U-504||2}}
|unit=[[SMS Braunschweig|battleship ''Braunschweig'']]<br />torpedo boat ''T-151''<br />[[SMS Hamburg|cruiser ''Hamburg'']]<br />[[Niobe (schooner)|SSS ''Niobe'']]<br />[[SMS Berlin|cruiser ''Berlin'']]<br />tender ''Nordsee''<br />survey vessel ''Panther''<br />[[SMS Schleswig-Holstein|battleship ''Schleswig-Holstein'']]<br />tender ''M-134''<br />torpedo boat ''Albatross''<br />[[SMS Schlesien|battleship ''Schlesien'']]<br />[[German cruiser Nürnberg|cruiser ''Nürnberg'']]<br />[[German cruiser Königsberg|cruiser ''Königsberg'']]
|battles=
|awards=[[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]]<br/>Order of Merit
|laterwork=
}}

'''Hans-Georg Friedrich "Fritz" Poske''' (23 October 1904 in [[Berlin]]-[[Schöneberg]] – 1 October 1984 in [[Wachtberg]]) was a German [[U-boat]] commander in [[World War II]] and recipient of the [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]]. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He also commanded the [[Aviso]] [[German aviso Grille (1935)|''Grille'']], [[Adolf Hitler]]'s state yacht.

==Summary of career==

===Ships attacked===
As commander of {{GS|U-504||2}} Fritz Poske is credited with the sinking of 15 ships for a total of {{GRT|78,123|disp=long}} and further damaging another ship of {{GRT|7,176}} that it had to be considered a total loss.

{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Date
! Name
! Nationality
! Tonnage
! Fate
|-
|align="right"|22 February 1942
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in February 1942#22 February|''Republic'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|United States|1912}}
|align="right"|5,287
|align="left" |Sunk
|-
|align="right"|23 February 1942
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in February 1942#23 February|''W.D. Anderson'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|United States|1912}}
|align="right"|10,227
|align="left" |Sunk
|-
|align="right"|26 February 1942
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in February 1942#26 February|''Mamura'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|Netherlands}}
|align="right"|8,245
|align="left" |Sunk
|-
|align="right"|16 March 1942
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in March 1942#16 March|''Stangarth'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|align="right"|5,966
|align="left" |Sunk
|-
|align="right"|29 May 1942
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in May 1942#29 May|''Allister'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|align="right"|1,597
|align="left" |Sunk
|-
|align="right"|8 June 1942
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in June 1942#8 June|''Rosenborg'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|align="right"|1,512
|align="left" |Sunk
|-
|align="right"|8 June 1942
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in June 1942#8 June|''Tela'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|Honduras}}
|align="right"|3,901
|align="left" |Sunk
|-
|align="right"|11 June 1942
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in June 1942#11 June|''American'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|United States|1912}}
|align="right"|4,846
|align="left" |Sunk
|-
|align="right"|11 June 1942
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in June 1942#11 June|''Crijnssen'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|Netherlands}}
|align="right"|4,282
|align="left" |Sunk
|-
|align="right"|14 June 1942
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in June 1942#14 June|''Regent'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|Latvia}}
|align="right"|3,280
|align="left" |Sunk
|-
|align="right"|17 October 1942
|align="left" |{{SS|Empire Chaucer||2}}
|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|align="right"|5,970
|align="left" |Sunk
|-
|align="right"|23 October 1942
|align="left" |{{SS|City of Johannesburg||2}}
|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|align="right"|5,669
|align="left" |Sunk
|-
|align="right"|26 October 1942
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in October 1942#26 October|''Anne Hutchinson'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|United States|1912}}
|align="right"|7,176
|align="left" |Total loss
|-
|align="right"|31 October 1942
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in October 1942#31 October|''Empire Guidon'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|align="right"|7,041
|align="left" |Sunk
|-
|align="right"|31 October 1942
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in October 1942#31 October|''Reynolds'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|align="right"|5,113
|align="left" |Sunk
|-
|align="right"|3 November 1942
|align="left" |[[List of shipwrecks in November 1942#3 November|''Porto Alegre'']]
|align="left" |{{flag|Brazil}}
|align="right"|5,187
|align="left" |Sunk
|}

===Awards===
* [[Wehrmacht Long Service Award]] 4th and 3rd Class (2 October 1936)<ref>Busch & Röll 2003, pp. 273–274.</ref>
* [[Iron Cross]] (1939)
** 2nd Class (2 October 1939)<ref name="Busch & Röll p274">Busch & Röll 2003, p. 274.</ref>
** 1st Class (3 April 1942)<ref name="Busch & Röll p274"/>
* [[U-boat War Badge]] (1939) (2 April 1942)<ref name="Busch & Röll p274"/>
* [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]] on 6 November 1942 as ''[[Korvettenkapitän]]'' and commander of ''U-504''<ref>Fellgiebel 2000, p. 343.</ref>
* [[War Merit Cross]]
** 2nd Class with Swords (1 September 1944)<ref name="Busch & Röll p274"/>
** 1st Class with Swords (30 January 1945)<ref name="Busch & Röll p274"/>
* Mentioned in the [[Wehrmachtbericht]] on 21 March 1942
* Officer's Cross, [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]] (30 March 1963)<ref>Busch & Röll 2003, p. 275.</ref>

==References==

===Citations===
{{Reflist|25em}}

===Bibliography===
{{Refbegin}}
* {{Cite book
|last1=Busch
|first1=Rainer
|last2=Röll
|first2=Hans-Joachim
|year=2003
|title=Der U-Boot-Krieg 1939–1945 — Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Boot-Waffe von September 1939 bis Mai 1945
|trans_title=The U-Boat War 1939–1945 — The Knight's Cross Bearers of the U-Boat Force from September 1939 to May 1945
|language=German
|location=Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn Germany
|publisher=Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn
|isbn=978-3-8132-0515-2
}}
* {{Cite book
|last=Fellgiebel
|first=Walther-Peer
|authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel
|year=2000
|origyear=1986
|title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile
|trans_title=The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches
|language=German
|location=Friedberg, Germany
|publisher=Podzun-Pallas
|isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6
}}
* Poske, Fritz (1982). ''Der Seegrenzschutz 1951–1956. Erinnerung – Bericht – Dokumentation'' (in German). Koblenz/Bonn, Germany: Bernard & Graefe. {{ISBN|3-7637-5410-5}}.
* {{Cite book
|last=Scherzer
|first=Veit
|year=2007
|title=Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives
|trans_title=The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives
|language=German
|location=Jena, Germany
|publisher=Scherzers Militaer-Verlag
|isbn=978-3-938845-17-2
}}
* {{Cite book
|year=1985
|title=Die Wehrmachtberichte 1939–1945 Band 2, 1. Januar 1942 bis 31. Dezember 1943
|trans_title=The Wehrmacht Reports 1939–1945 Volume 2, 1 January 1942 to 31 December 1943
|language=German
|location=München, Germany
|publisher=Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co. KG
|isbn=978-3-423-05944-2
}}
{{Refend}}

==External links==
*{{DNB portal|109971760|TYP=}}
*{{Cite web
|last=Helgason
|first=Guðmundur
|website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net
|title=Fritz Poske
|url=http://uboat.net/men/poske.htm
|accessdate=16 April 2015
}}

{{Authority control}}
{{Subject bar
| portal1=Biography
| portal2=Military of Germany
| portal3=Submarine
| portal4=World War II
}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Poske, Fritz}}
[[Category:1904 births]]
[[Category:1984 deaths]]
[[Category:U-boat commanders (Kriegsmarine)]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]]
[[Category:People from Schöneberg]]
[[Category:Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]]
[[Category:Reichsmarine personnel]]
[[Category:German Navy personnel]]


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