Engelbert Endrass

Infobox Military Person
name=Engelbert Endrass
born=birth date|1911|3|2|df=y
died=dda|1941|12|21|1911|3|2|df=y
placeofbirth=Bamberg
placeofdeath=Northeast of Azores


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
serviceyears=1935 - 1941
rank=Kapitänleutnant
branch=navy|Nazi Germany
commands=U-46, May 22 1940 – Sep 24 1941
U-567, Oct 15 1941 – Dec 21 1941
unit=7. Unterseebootsflottille
battles=
awards=Spanish Cross
Iron Cross First Class
U-boat War Badge with Diamonds
Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
relations=
laterwork=
Lieutenant Engelbert Endrass ( _de. Engelbert Endraß) (March 2 1911 - December 21 1941) was a German U-boat commander in World War II.

He began his naval career in April 1935. After some months on the cruiser "Deutschland" and some 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 Herbert Sohler who failed to have proper success. Endrass had immediately success and sank five ships, including the British auxiliary cruiser HMS "Carinthia".

His success continued and on his second patrol with "U-46", he sank five more ships, including another British auxiliary cruiser, HMS "Dunvegan Castle", although the main periscope was damaged. After returning from this patrol Endrass received the Knight's Cross. Five patrols later he received the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross.

In September 1941 he left "U-46" and a month later took over "U-567". On his second patrol he was killed on December 21 1941, when "U-567" was sunk with all hands by depth charges from the British sloop HMS "Deptford" and the corvette HMS "Samphire" northeast of the Azores.

References

* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Kurowski, Franz (1995). "Knight's Cross Holders of the U-Boat Service". Schiffer Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-88740-748-X.
* Range, Clemens (1974). "Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine". Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-87943-355-0.

;External link
* [http://www.uboat.net/men/endrass.htm uboat.net webpage about Engelbert Endrass]