Gunther Prien and U-47: the Bull of Scapa Flow
Gunther Prien and U-47: the Bull of Scapa Flow

Author: Dougie Martindale

Publisher: US Naval Institute Press

Published: 2018-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781682473863

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On the night of 13/14 October 1939, the Type VIIB U-boat U-47, on its second war patrol, penetrated the main Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow and sank the British battleship HMS Royal Oak. This legendary attack is remembered as one of the most audacious raids in the history of submarine warfare. Over the months that followed, U-47 went on to complete a total of ten war patrols. During these, Kapitänleutnant Günther Prien and his crew sank a total of 31 Allied ships and damaged eight more, making it one of the most successful U-boats of the Second World War. This book charts the full story of U-47, its commander and crew.

Nightmare at Scapa Flow
Nightmare at Scapa Flow

Author: H. J. Weaver

Publisher: Origin

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781912476626

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Originally published: Peppard Common, Oxfordshire: Cressrelles Pub., 1980.

U-Boat Commander
U-Boat Commander

Author: Gunther Prien

Publisher:

Published: 2005-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781841450537

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The Royal Oak was one of the mightiest battleships of the British Navy although, prior to the start of the Second World War, it had been scheduled for retirement. Nonetheless, when it was sent to the bottom of the sea on 14 October 1939 the shock was felt thoughout Britain. How could it be vulnerable to attack when it lay inside the great naval base of Skapa Flow, ringed by defences that were believed, by the Royal navy, to be impregnable? U-47, commanded by Gunther Prien, had found a way though the maze to the heart of the anchorage where the Royal Oak lay. Suddenly two torpedoes blew the mighty battleship apart and it capsized with the loss of over 800 men. In the mayhem that followed, Prien and his crew escaped unnoticed. Gunther Prien went on to become, until his death in May 1941, the leading U-boat commander and was awarded Germany's highest decoration, the Knight's Cross - with the Oakleaves being awarded posthumously. U-Boat Commander is Prien's own account of his early life, his training for U-boat command in the early years of Hitler's Third Reich up to the sinking of the Royal Oak.

Torpedo Junction
Torpedo Junction

Author: Homer H Hickam

Publisher: Naval Institute Press

Published: 1996-05-03

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1612515789

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In 1942 German U-boats turned the shipping lanes off Cape Hatteras into a sea of death. Cruising up and down the U.S. eastern seaboard, they sank 259 ships, littering the waters with cargo and bodies. As astonished civilians witnessed explosions from American beaches, fighting men dubbed the area "Torpedo Junction." And while the U.S. Navy failed to react, a handful of Coast Guard sailors scrambled to the front lines. Outgunned and out-maneuvered, they heroically battled the deadliest fleet of submarines ever launched. Never was Germany closer to winning the war. In a moving ship-by-ship account of terror and rescue at sea, Homer Hickam chronicles a little-known saga of courage, ingenuity, and triumph in the early years of World War II. From nerve-racking sea duels to the dramatic ordeals of sailors and victims on both sides of the battle, Hickam dramatically captures a war we had to win--because this one hit terrifyingly close to home.

Dönitz's Crews
Dönitz's Crews

Author: French L. MacLean

Publisher: Schiffer Military

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9780764333569

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With dozens of historical documents and over 400 photographs, the author not only presents a comprehensive history of U-boat crews and the undersea war, but also shows how those with an interest in the U-boat war can find U-boat-related artifacts and how they can trace many to specific boats - and then research what those boats and crews accomplished.

U-48
U-48

Author: Franz Kurowski

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781848326064

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In August 1939, U-48, commanded by 'Vaddi' Schultze, took up a waiting position around England. Schultze showed himself to be a notable humanitarian: he addressed signals to Churchill giving positions of ship sinkings so that crews could be saved. By 1 August 1941 this most successful boat of World War II, had sunk 56 merchant ships one corvette.

Hearts of Oak
Hearts of Oak

Author: Dilip Sarkar

Publisher: Amberley Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781848689442

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'This book ... provides a completely new and unique perspective on the tragedy ... [of] the Royal Oak story.--the author has ... traced the families of various souls lost with the battleship that fateful night in 1939. Their photographs and stories are representative of all their shipmates. Interviews with survivors bring the dramatic events vivdly to life, emphasizing the human tragedy and experience of war.' (Back cover)

The Phantom of Scapa Flow
The Phantom of Scapa Flow

Author: Alexandre Korganoff

Publisher: Crecy

Published: 2022-02-21

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1800350295

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On the night of 13/14 October 1939, the German commander of U-boat U-47, Günther Prien, steered past the sunken block ships and chains which inadequately protected the British naval base at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands. The U-Boat sank the old British World War I battleship HMS Royal Oak and then escaped into the North Sea. The loss of the Royal Oak was insignificant in naval terms though over 800 men perished with her, however this was a bitter blow to British moral.