The Men - U-boat Commanders

Herbert Engel

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 39)

Successes
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 1,370 tons
1 ship damaged, total tonnage 5,234 GRT

Born	29 Jun 1912		Hamburg
Died	4 Jan 1991	(78)

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Ranks

1 Nov 1943

Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

3 Jul 1940		Iron Cross 2nd Class
3 Sep 1940		Iron Cross 1st Class
8 Sep 1940		U-boat War Badge 1939
9 Nov 1943		German Cross in Gold
18 Oct 1944		U-boat Front Clasp

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-666	26 Aug 1942	9 Dec 1943	3 patrols (157 days)
U-228	Aug, 1944	4 Oct 1944	1 patrol (40 days)

Patrol info for Herbert Engel

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-666	25 Feb 1943	Kiel	10 Apr 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 1,	45 days
2.	U-666	6 May 1943	St. Nazaire	9 Jul 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 2,	65 days
3.	U-666	31 Aug 1943	St. Nazaire	16 Oct 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 3,	47 days
4.	U-228	12 Aug 1944	St. Nazaire	20 Sep 1944	Bergen	Patrol 4,	40 days
4 patrols, 197 days at sea

Ships hit by Herbert Engel

Date	U-boat		Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy
19 Mar 1943	U-666		Carras (d.)	5,234		gr	SC-122
23 Sep 1943	U-666		HMS Itchen (K 227)	1,370		br	ON-202
				6,604
1 ship sunk (1,370 tons) and 1 ship damaged (5,234 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged.

Media links

U-Boat Attack Logs
Daniel Morgan and Bruce Taylor

amazon.co.uk
(£ 38.25)

German U-boat Commanders of World War II
Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders

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