Wolfpack Leaders

[cyberia]

Korvettenkapitan Gunther Prien

U-47

Known as "The Bull of Scapa Flow", Prien shot to celebrity status among U-Boat commanders after sinking the British battleship HMS Royal Oak in the heavily defended port of Scapa Flow. Prien won accolades not only from within Germany, but Churchill himself wrote about his outstanding feat of arms.

The U-47

Quick tempered and staunch, his loss in 1941 caused the nation to mourn. It was not entirely clear how his boat was sunk, as reports suggest he was either depth charged by a British destroyer, or fell victim to one of his own mines.
Under Prien's command the U-47 sank 33 ships for a total of 197,218 grt.

[Geek44]

Thanks Paul...check this out. It's pretty comprehensive.

uboat.net - The U-boat War 1939-1945

Peace.

[cyberia]

Bookmarked! Thanks my friend.

[Tom Houlihan]

U-boat Archive
Sharkhunters - German U-Boat History - Official Publication

If yer interested in dem dere Jerry subs...

[Jim O]

That is a great site. I just was over there checking it out.

[cyberia]

Originally Posted by Tom Houlihan

U-boat Archive
Sharkhunters - German U-Boat History - Official Publication

If yer interested in dem dere Jerry subs...

Jerry!!! Hey, that would make us Tom & Jerry.

[Tom Houlihan]

Originally Posted by cyberia

Jerry!!! Hey, that would make us Tom & Jerry.

Oh, brudder!

[cyberia]

Korvettenkapitän Georg Lassen
U-160

Born on 12 May, 1915 in Berlin-Steglitz.

Decorations:
26 Sep, 1939 Iron Cross 2nd Class
18 Jul, 1940 Iron Cross 1st Class
18 Jul, 1940 U-boat War Badge 1939
10 Aug, 1942 Knights Cross
7 Mar, 1943 Knights Cross with Oak Leaves
22 Oct, 1944 U-boat War Badge with Diamonds
U-boat Commands
U-29 3 Jan, 1941 - 14 Sep, 1941 No war patrols
U-160 16 Oct, 1941 - 14 Jun, 1943 4 patrols (324 days)


For more than a year Georg Lassen was I WO on the very successful U-29 under Kptlt. Otto Schuhart. They sank 12 ships for a total of 80,688 tons as well as the aircraft carrier HMS Courageous. From January to September 1941, Kptlt. Georg Lassen was the commander of U-29, which at this time was a training boat in the 24th U-boat flotilla.

On 16 October, 1941 Lassen commissioned the Type IXC U-boat U-160, and on his first patrol as commander in March/April 1942 he sank or damaged six ships for a total of 43,560 tons. Also outstanding was his last patrol in South African waters, where on 3/4 March, 1943 he sank or damaged six ships in less than 5 hours for a total of 41,076 tons. Three days later he received the Oak Leaves cluster to the Knights Cross.

U-160 photographed by the crew member of another sub

[sawfish]

Originally Posted by cyberia

Korvettenkapitan Gunther Prien

U-47

Known as "The Bull of Scapa Flow", Prien shot to celebrity status among U-Boat commanders after sinking the British battleship HMS Royal Oak in the heavily defended port of Scapa Flow. Prien won accolades not only from within Germany, but Churchill himself wrote about his outstanding feat of arms.

The U-47

Quick tempered and staunch, his loss in 1941 caused the nation to mourn. It was not entirely clear how his boat was sunk, as reports suggest he was either depth charged by a British destroyer, or fell victim to one of his own mines.
Under Prien's command the U-47 sank 33 ships for a total of 197,218 grt.

Well, this is a great site. Lots of photos and content and I stumbled upon this while looking for photos of U-47. But I noticed the photos are watrermarked. You should not watermark the photos in this manner because they are not yours.

I also recognize the text above was copied directly from uboataces.com along with the photo from the gallery there.

U-boat Aces and Leaders

Nice forum btw.

Regards.

[Wustenfuchs]

Uh Oh.......someone figure this out please.