Engelbert Endrass
| Engelbert Endrass | |
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Endrass (foreground) and crew members, 1940
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| Born |
2 March 1911 Bamberg |
| Died | 21 December 1941 (aged 30) Northeast of Azores 44°02′N 20°10′W / 44.033°N 20.167°W |
| Allegiance |
 Nazi Germany
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| Service/branch |
 Kriegsmarine
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| Years of service | 1935–41 |
| Rank | Kapitänleutnant |
| Unit | 7th U-boat Flotilla |
| Commands held |
U-46 U-567 |
| Awards | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Engelbert Endrass (German: Engelbert Endraß) (2 March 1911 – 21 December 1941) was a German U-boat commander in World War II. He commanded the Type VIIB U-boat U-46 and the Type VIIC U-567, being credited in Nazi propaganda with sinking twenty-two ships on ten patrols, for a total of 118,528 gross register tons (GRT) of Allied shipping, to purpotedly become the 23rd highest scoring U-boat commanders of World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. It was Germany's highest military decoration at the time of its presentation to Endrass.
Endrass began his naval career in April 1935. After some months on the cruiser Deutschland and service on escort ships, he was assigned in October 1937 to the U-boat force. He joined U-47 in December 1938 as Leutnant zur See. He was first Watch Officer when Günther Prien made his famous Scapa Flow attack and sank HMS Royal Oak. The famous snorting bull emblem on U-47's conning tower was painted by Endrass before they returned.
Endrass remained on U-47 until December 1939, when he left the U-boat and after some training courses took over command of U-46 in May 1940 from the relatively unsuccessful Herbert Sohler, who had only sunk two ships in five patrols. Endrass had immediate success and sank five ships, including the British auxiliary cruiser HMS Carinthia.
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