Engelbert Endrass

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Engelbert Endrass
March 2, 1911 - December 21, 1941

Place of birth	Bamberg
Place of death	Northeast of Azores
Allegiance	Germany
Service/branch	Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1935 - 1941
Rank	Kapitänleutnant
Unit	7. Unterseebootsflottille
Commands held	U-46, May 22, 1940 – Sep 24, 1941 U-567, Oct 15, 1941 – Dec 21, 1941
Awards	Spanish Cross Iron Cross First Class U-boat War Badge with Diamonds Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves

Engelbert Endrass (German: 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.

Snorting bull emblem on the conning tower painted by Endrass.

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.