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.

This book charts the full story of U-47, its commander and crew.

U-47 had departed Lorient on her tenth and last patrol on 20 February 1941. She went missing on 7 March 1941. In this remarkably detailed account, the author charts the full story of U-47, its commander and crew.

So how, in the dead of night, was Gunther Prien's U-47 able to slip through the line of protective warships to sink the mighty Royal Oak? This book provides the answer with an account of one of the most daring naval raids in history.

This book examines the lives of many U-Bootwaffe officers, including the famous and the not-so-well known, to see if a pattern emerges.

... Gunther Prien, one of the youngest and most daring of the German U-Boat Commanders, slithered his submarine into Scapa Flow and torpedoed the British battleship Royal Oak. More remarkable still, he slipped out of the ... Gunther Prien was.

... returning to U-Boat training school to undergo commander Gunther Prien, the hero of Scapa Flow, pictured on the conning tower of U-47. When we consider that during the whole course of the. 9 5. Kapitänleutnant Günther Prien.