 "Korvettenkapitän" (corvette captain) Schuhart is credited with the sinking of the aircraft carrier on 17 September 1939, the first British warship to be lost in the war.In total Schuhart claimed thirteen ships sunk on seven war patrols, for a total of of Allied merchant shipping and one warship of .Born in Hamburg, Schuhart joined the "Reichsmarine" (navy) of the Weimar Republic in 1929.