Niels Bätge, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Recipient of the Knight's Cross
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Place of Birth: Tallinn, Estonia
About Niels Bätge
- Niels Bätge (19 April 1913 in Reval – 12 December 1944 near the Åland Islands) was a German Schnellboot commander with Baltic German origin in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
- Bätge was promoted to Korvettenkapitän on 1 September 1943.
- Shortly after his promotion he took command of the destroyer Z35 on 25 September 1943.
- The destroyers Z35 and Z36 both ran into a German naval mine in the Gulf of Finland on 12 December 1944.
- Bätge and 24 members of the crew managed to save themselves in a life boat.
- However, they all froze to death and were later washed ashore near the Åland Islands.
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