Ebe Schnoor
No ships sunk or damaged.
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| Born | 22 Jun 1895 | | Emmelsbüll |
| Died | 4 Oct 1943 | (48) | North Atlantic |
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| 1 Jan 1943 | | Kapitänleutnant |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| UA | 15 May 1942 | 9 Aug 1942 | No war patrols |
| U-460 | 1 Aug 1942 | 4 Oct 1943 (+) | 5 patrols (223 days) |
Ebe Schnoor was one of the oldest U-boat commanders of WWII to see active service when he took his boat, the milch cow U-460, out from Bordeaux, France on 27 August 1942. He was 47 years old, and would take U-460 on five patrols (over 220 days at sea).
U-460 was sunk 36 days into the 5th patrol by aircraft from the escort carrier USS Card, on 4 Oct 1943. There were only two survivors, and Kptlt. Schnoor was among the 62 who died (Niestlé, 1998).
Sources
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1997). Der U-Bootkrieg 1939-1945 (Band 2).
Niestlé, A. (1998). German U-boat losses during World War II.
Patrol info for Ebe Schnoor
| | U-boat | Departure |
Arrival | | | |
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| 1. |
U-460 |
27 Aug 1942 | St. Nazaire |
12 Oct 1942 | St. Nazaire |
Patrol 1, | 47 days | |
| 2. |
U-460 |
11 Nov 1942 | St. Nazaire |
19 Dec 1942 | St. Nazaire |
Patrol 2, | 39 days | |
| 3. |
U-460 |
27 Jan 1943 | St. Nazaire |
5 Mar 1943 | Bordeaux |
Patrol 3, | 38 days | |
| 4. |
U-460 |
24 Apr 1943 | Bordeaux |
25 Jun 1943 | Bordeaux |
Patrol 4, | 63 days | |
| 5. |
U-460 |
23 Aug 1943 | Bordeaux |
25 Aug 1943 | Bordeaux |
| 3 days | |
| 6. |
U-460 |
30 Aug 1943 | Bordeaux |
4 Oct 1943 | Sunk |
Patrol 5, | 36 days | |
| 5 patrols, 223 days at sea | |
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