Nicolai Clausen
| Nicolai Clausen | |
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| Born |
2 June 1911 Flensburg |
| Died | 16 May 1943 (aged 31) South Atlantic 33°55′N 20°35′W / 33.917°N 20.583°W |
| Allegiance |
 Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
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| Service/branch |
 Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine
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| Years of service | 1929–43 |
| Rank | Korvettenkapitän (posthumous) |
| Commands held |
U-142 U-37 U-129 U-182 |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
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.
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).
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