| Born | 22 Jun 1895 | Emmelsbüll | |
| Died | 4 Oct 1943 | (48) | North Atlantic |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| UA | 15 May 1942 | 9 Aug 1942 | No war patrols |
| U-460 | 1 Aug 1942 | 4 Oct 1943 (+) | 5 patrols (223 days) |
Kptlt. Ebe Schnoor was one of the oldest U-boat commanders of WWII to depart on patrol when he took his boat, the Milk Cow U-460, out from Bordeaux, France on 27 August 1942. He was 47 years old at the time and would take the boat out on 5 patrols for more than 220 days at sea.
Schnoor died on 4 Oct 1943 when the U-460 was sunk 36 days into its 5th patrol by aircraft from the US escort Carrier USS Card, only 2 survived from a crew of 64 (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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
Ships hit by Ebe Schnoor
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