Günther Prien sorhajóhadnagy

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Prien, GüntherCommanderSix weeks after the outbreak of war in 1939, U-boat commander Günther Prien became a German national hero, sinking the British battleship, Royal Oak, at anchor in Scapa Flow.Awarded the Knights Cross for this achievement, Prien went on to sink another 28 ships in the Atlantic.Like most German U-boat commanders, Prien did not survive the war. On March 7th 1941 his craft was lost with all hands, during an attack by British corvettes and destroyers.