Günther Prien was a German U-boat commander during World War II. He was the first U-boat commander to receive the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and the first member of the Kriegsmarine to receive the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. It was Germany's highest military decoration at the time of its presentation to Prien.
Günther Prien
The Königin-Carola-Gymnasium in Leipzig was named the Günther-Prien-School.
The plaque commemorating Prien and the crew of U-47 at the Möltenort U-Boat Memorial
Road sign in Schönberg, Plön
German submarine U-47 (1938)
German submarine U-47 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down on 25 February 1937 at Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft in Kiel as yard number 582 and went into service on 17 December 1938 under the command of Günther Prien.
15 October 1939. U-47 returns to port after sinking HMS Royal Oak. The battleship Scharnhorst is in the background.
Kriegsmarine U-boat commander Günther Prien
SS Arandora Star lost 2 July 1940
A model of U-47 viewed from the side