Engelbert Endrass

German navy officer and world war II U-boat commander

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Lived 1911–1941, aged 30

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1911–1941
Aged 30
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Updated 2026-06-21

Engelbert Endrass was a German U-boat commander in World War II. He commanded the U-46 and the U-567, being credited with sinking 22 ships on ten patrols, for a total of 118,528 gross register tons (GRT) of Allied shipping, to purportedly become the 23rd highest claiming U-boat commander of World War II. He was a recipient of 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 Endrass.