Werner Lott
Werner Lott | |
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| Born | 3 December 1907 Iron cross , 2nd class |
Werner Lott (3 December 1907 – 2 May 1997) was a German U-boat commander in World War II. He was taken prisoner on 29 November 1939 after his boat was scuttled in the North Sea at position 60°53′N 2°47′E / 60.883°N 2.783°E after having been depth-charged by HMS Kingston, HMS Kashmir and HMS Icarus.
He was famously known for his humanity and being responsible for saving the lives of 28 Greek sailors whose ship he torpedoed; his submarine U-35 rescued the sailors who were treated with the utmost decency and landed them safely on a County Kerry beach in what was one of only two such instances when a German submarine crew risked its own safety to protect the crew of a vessel they torpedoed and sank.[1]
Another incident involving Lott happened while a prisoner of war in the
In 1984 he visited the Kerry man, Jimmy Fenton, who catered for the Greek sailors and posed for a photograph shaking his hand.[2]
References
Bibliography
- Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II : a biographical dictionary. Translated by Brooks, Geoffrey. London, Annapolis, Md: Greenhill Books, Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-186-6.
External links
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIA boat U-35". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- Mair, Hans. "U-35". U-Boat U-35 (WWII). Retrieved 21 December 2015.
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