Carl Emmermann
| Carl Emmermann | |
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Carl Emmermann
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| Born |
6 March 1915 Hamburg |
| Died | 25 March 1990 (aged 75) Celle |
| Allegiance |
 Nazi Germany
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| Service/branch |
 Kriegsmarine
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| Years of service | 1934–45 |
| Rank | Korvettenkapitän |
| Unit |
SSS Gorch Fock light cruiser Karlsruhe 6th U-boat Flotilla 10th U-boat Flotilla |
| Commands held |
U-172 U-3037 |
| Battles/wars | Battle of the Atlantic |
| Awards | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Carl Emmermann (6 March 1915 – 25 March 1990) was a German U-boat commander during World War II. In his time as commander, he was credited with sinking 27 ships for a total tonnage of 152,080 gross register tons (GRT).
Emmermann began his naval career in 1934. For some years he was training officer on the Naval Academy Mürwik, where future officers got their training.
In 1939 Emmermann joined the U-boat force and in November 1940 became the first Watch officer on U-A under the command of Hans Eckermann. On her first patrol U-A only damaged the British steamer SS Empire Attendant.
In November 1941 Emmermann took over his own boat, U-172. He completed five patrols with this boat, in the Caribbean Sea, with the wolf pack Eisbär in South African waters, and in the North and South Atlantic.
His greatest success was the sinking of the British liner-troopship SS Orcades. His fifth patrol with U-172 was dramatic, in that the boat brought back half the crew of U-604 which had been so heavily damaged during two air attacks that she had to be scuttled. After that patrol Emmermann became the commander of the 6th U-boat Flotilla in November 1943.
In August 1944 Emmermann became the chief of the Erprobungsgruppe Typ XXIII. There in late 1944 he wrote the battle instructions for the new Type XXIII U-boat.
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