Klaus Dönitz was a German naval officer. He was the eldest of two sons of Admiral Karl Dönitz

Karl Dönitz

Karl Dönitz was a German naval commander during World War II. He started his career in the German Navy during World War I. In 1918, while he was in command of , the submarine was sunk by British forces and Dönitz was taken prisoner...

. When his younger brother Peter was killed in the sinking of U-954

German submarine U-954

The German submarine U-954 was a Type VIIC submarine of World War II.She was sunk with all hands by hedgehog attacks from the Banff class sloop HMS Sennen and the River class frigate HMS Jed, both escorting Convoy SC 130. One of those killed in the sinking was Admiral Karl Dönitz's son Peter Dönitz....

 on 19 May 1943, Klaus was allowed to withdraw from active service to begin training as a naval doctor. However, he was killed on the E-boat S-141 whilst accompanying it on a raid on Selsey

Selsey

Selsey is a seaside town and civil parish, about seven miles south of Chichester, in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. Selsey lies at the southernmost point of the Manhood Peninsula, almost cut off from mainland Sussex by the sea...

, during which it was sunk by the French ship La Combattante

French destroyer La Combattante

The Combattante was a destroyer of the Forces navales françaises libres . A British-built Hunt class destroyer, she was offered to the Free French in 1942.-History:...

. He was buried in the park of the Column of the Grande Armée

Column of the Grande Armée

The Column of the Grande Armée is a 53 metre high Doric order triumphal column on the Rue Napoleon in Wimille, near Boulogne-sur-Mer, France.-To 1815:The column was intended to commemorate a successful invasion of England The Column of the Grande Armée (French - Colonne de la grande Armée or...

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External links

• http://www.uboat.net/men/doenitz.htm
• http://www.prinzeugen.com/S130.htm