U-Boat Aces

[Polar]

I think this is easy
Who was most successful german u-boat aces during ww2? How many ship he sank ?

[HighlandSniper58]

Fregattenkapitän Otto Kretschmer

U-boat Commands
U-35 31 Jul, 1937 - 15 Aug, 1937 No war patrols
U-23 1 Oct, 1937 - 1 Apr, 1940 8 patrols (94 days)
U-99 18 Apr, 1940 - 17 Mar, 1941 8 patrols (119 days)

Sank 47 ships for a total of 274.333 tons

5 ships damaged for a total of 37.965 tons

He was captured after scuttling U-99 at 0343hrs on 17 March 1941, south-east of Iceland in approximate position 61N, 12W after depth charge damage inflicted by the British destroyer HMS Walker. Kretschmer managed to surface his badly damaged boat and save 40 out of his 43-man crew (his chief engineer died) before the boat sank again for the last time.

After his capture he spent more than six and a half years in British captivity.

Post-war Kretschmer joined the Bundesmarine in 1957, retiring with the rank of Flotillenadmiral in Sept 1970. He died following an accident in Summer 1998.

[Polar]

Correct and full answer :D

[HighlandSniper58]

Not my own knowledge - I knew it was Kretschmer, but had to rely on Uboat.net for the details, another wonder of the internet, it's always there, just finding it is the problem.

http://www.uboat.net