HMS Royal Oak in port:
Path of U-47:
U-47 returns to port after sinking Royal Oak. German battlecruiser Scharnhorst in background:
Model of U-47, Type VIIB:
Crew of U-47
HMS Royal Oak in port:
Path of U-47:
U-47 returns to port after sinking Royal Oak. German battlecruiser Scharnhorst in background:
Model of U-47, Type VIIB:
Crew of U-47
Prien, along with Schepke and Kretschmer [the three aces of the U-boat arm], were all taken out of action on the same convoy ambush in 1941[?]. Kretschmer, along with his crew, was captured. Prien and Schepke were killed.