Nicolai Clausen

Asmus Nicolai Clausen (2 June 1911 – 16 May 1943) was a German U-boat commander of the Second World War. He is credited with sinking 23 ships for a total of 73,428 gross register tons (GRT) of Allied shipping. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, awarded by Nazi Germany to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.
Clausen and U-182 were lost with all hands, sunk on 16 May 1943 by the American destroyers USS MacKenzie and USS Lamb.

Ships attacked

As commander of U-37, U-129 and U-182 Nicolai Clausen is credited with the sinking of 23 ships for a total of 73,428 gross register tons (GRT) and sinking the French submarine Sfax (Q 182) of 1,379 metric tons (1,357 long tons; 1,520 short tons).

Date	U-boat	Name of Ship	Nationality	Tonnage	Fate
1 December 1940	U-37	Palmella	United Kingdom	1,578	Sunk
2 December 1940	U-37	Gwalia	Sweden	1,258	Sunk
2 December 1940	U-37	Jeanne M.	United Kingdom	2,465	Sunk
4 December 1940	U-37	Daphne	Sweden	1,513	Sunk
16 December 1940	U-37	San Carlos	Spain	223	Sunk
19 December 1940	U-37	Rhône	Free France	2,785	Sunk
19 December 1940	U-37	Sfax (Q 182)	Free French Naval Forces	1,379	Sunk
9 February 1941	U-37	Courland	United Kingdom	1,325	Sunk
9 February 1941	U-37	Estrellano	United Kingdom	1,983	Sunk
10 February 1941	U-37	Brandenburg	United Kingdom	1,473	Sunk
7 March 1941	U-37	Mentor	Greece	3,050	Sunk
12 March 1941	U-37	Petursey	Iceland	91	Sunk
20 February 1942	U-129	Nordvangen	Norway	2,400	Sunk
23 February 1942	U-129	George L. Torian	Canada	1,754	Sunk
23 February 1942	U-129	Lennox	Canada	1,904	Sunk
23 February 1942	U-129	West Zeda	United States	5,658	Sunk
28 February 1942	U-129	Bayou	Panama	2,605	Sunk
3 March 1942	U-129	Mary	United States	5,104	Sunk
7 March 1942	U-129	Steel Age	United States	6,188	Sunk
15 January 1943	U-182	Ocean Courage	United Kingdom	7,173	Sunk
17 February 1943	U-182	Llanashe	United Kingdom	4,836	Sunk
10 March 1943	U-182	Richard D. Spaight	United States	7,177	Sunk
5 April 1943	U-182	Aloe	United Kingdom	5,047	Sunk
1 May 1943	U-182	Adelfotis	Greece	5,838	Sunk

Awards

• Wehrmacht Long Service Award 3rd Class (15 October 1941)
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (28 February 1940)
  • 1st Class (10 June 1940)
• U-boat War Badge (1939) (18 April 1940)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 13 March 1942 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-129
• Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 12 March 1942

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