KM013 “Korvettenkapitan Otto Kretschmer”

Another of Donitz’s most famous U Boat aces, Kretschmer and boats under his command sank almost 300,000 tons of Allied shipping between 1939 and 1941 when he was captured.

He rejoined the Bundesmarine in 1955 finally retiring in 1965 as a “Flotilla Admiral”.

Sadly, he died in a boating accident in 1998.