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Carl Emmermann
German navy officer and world war ii u-boat commander

Carl Emmermann

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German navy officer and world war ii u-boat commander
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Hamburg, Germany
Place of death
Celle, Celle, Lüneburg Government Region, Province of Hanover
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75 years
Carl Emmermann
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Biography

Carl Emmermann (6 March 1915 – 25 March 1990) was a German U-boat commander during World War II. In his time as commander, he succeeded in sinking 27 ships for a total tonnage of 152,080 gross register tons (GRT).

Career

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 UA under the command of Hans Eckermann. On her first patrol UA 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.

In March 1945 he was commander of U-3037 for one month, and in the last month of the war he commanded the 31st U-boat Flotilla in Hamburg. Along with some other U-boat men he took part in infantry duty around Hamburg as commander of Marine-Battalion Emmermann.

Emmermann survived the war and later returned to Germany, studied engineering and prospered in business.

Summary of career

Ships attacked

As commander of U-172, Emmermann is credited with the sinking of 26 merchant ships totaling 152,080 gross register tons (GRT).

DateShipNationalityTonnageFate
27 May 1942Athelknight United Kingdom8,490Sunk
3 June 1942City of Alma United States5,446Sunk
5 June 1942Delfina United States3,480Sunk
8 June 1942Sicilien United States1,654Sunk
14 June 1942Lebore United States8,289Sunk
15 June 1942Bennestvet Norway2,438Sunk
18 June 1942Motorex United Kingdom1,958Sunk
23 June 1942Resolute * Colombia35Sunk
9 July 1942Santa Rita United States8,379Sunk
7 October 1942Chicksaw City United States6,196Sunk
7 October 1942Firethorn Panama4,700Sunk
8 October 1942Orcades United Kingdom23,456Sunk
31 October 1942Aldington Court United Kingdom4,891Sunk
2 November 1942Llandilo United Kingdom4,996Sunk
23 November 1942Benlomond United Kingdom6,630Sunk
28 November 1942Alaskan United States5,364Sunk
4 March 1943City of Pretoria United Kingdom6,049Sunk
13 March 1943Thorstrand Norway3,041Sunk
13 March 1943Keystone United States5,565Sunk
16 March 1943Benjamin Harrison United States7,191Sunk
29 March 1943Moanda Belgium4,621Sunk
28 June 1943Vernon City United Kingdom4,748Sunk
12 July 1943African Star United States6,507Sunk
15 July 1943Harmonic United Kingdom4,558Sunk
24 July 1943Fort Chilcotin United Kingdom7,133Sunk
* Sailing ship

Awards

  • Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (5 April 1938)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
    • 2nd Class (19 March 1941)
    • 1st Class (2 August 1941)
  • U-boat War Badge (1939) (2 August 1941)
    • with Diamonds (1 October 1943)
  • War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords (1 September 1944)
  • U-boat Front Clasp (1 October 1944)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
    • Knights Cross on 27 November 1942 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-172
    • 256th Oak Leaves on 4 July 1943 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-172

Promotions

26 September 1934:Seekadett (Midshipman)
1 July 1935:Fähnrich zur See (Officer Cadet)
1 January 1937:Oberfähnrich zur See (Senior Ensign)
1 April 1937:Leutnant zur See (Second Lieutenant)
1 April 1939:Oberleutnant zur See (First Lieutenant)
1 October 1941:Kapitänleutnant (Captain Lieutenant)
16 July 1943:Kapitänleutnant (Captain Lieutenant), new rank age dated 1 November 1940
1 December 1944Korvettenkapitän (Corvette Captain)
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