Nicknames of U-boat commanders
"Adi" Schnee | Adalbert Schnee, commander of
U-201 & U-2511 |
"Ajax" Bleichrodt | Heinrich Bleichrodt, commander of
U-48 & U-109 |
"Ali" Cremer | Peter Erich Cremer, commander of U-333. |
"Bertl" Endrass | Engelbert Endrass, Commander of
U-46 and U-567. |
"Grosse Löwe" | Karl Dönitz BdU (The Big Lion). |
"Päckchen" Wohlfahrt | Herbert Wohlfarth, commander of U-556. |
"Parzival" | Herbert Wohlfarth, commander of U-556. |
"Prientje"- "Prienchen" | Günther Prien, commander of U-47. |
"Recke" | Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, commander of
U-96. |
"Scherry Brandi" | Albrecht Brandi, commander of
U-617 & U-967. |
"Schweigsame Otto" | Otto Kretschmer, commander of
U-99 (Silent Otto). |
"Tüte" Timm | Heinrich Timm, commander of U-251 & U-862. |
"Teddy" Suhren | Reinhardt Suhren, commander of U-564. |
"Vati" Schultze | Herbert Schultze, commander of
U-48 (Daddy Schultze). |
"Wilde Moritz" | Georg von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, commander of U-459 (Wild Moritz). |
Special thanks to Bob Connolly for language editing and additions.