Joachim Schepke

Joachim Schepke
Nickname(s)	Her Majesty's best-looking officer (Ihrer Majestät bestaussehender Offizier)
Born	(1912-03-08)8 March 1912 Flensburg, Province of Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia, Germany
Died	17 March 1941(1941-03-17) (aged 29) U-100, Western Approaches, off British-occupied Iceland 61°N 12°W / 61°N 12°W / 61; -12
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1930–41
Rank	Kapitänleutnant
Commands	U-3 U-19 U-100
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Joachim Schepke (8 March 1912 – 17 March 1941) was a German U-boat commander during World War II. He was the seventh recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.^[1]

Schepke is credited with having sunk 36 Allied ships. During his career, he gained notoriety among fellow U-boat commanders for exaggerating the tonnage of ships sunk.