Born 6 March 1915 in Hamburg,
EMMERMANN was in Naval Class 1934. He was a highly successful
Skipper, sinking 27 ships with a total tonnage of 152,904 gross tons.
He brought his U-172 all the way into Capetown Harbour
where his I.W.O. HERMANN HOFFMANN (1365-1990) took the famous
photograph of Table Mountain.
He was decorated with the Knights Cross
on 27 Nov. 1942 and with the Oak Leaf
on 4 July 1943.
In the Southern Seas, EMMERMANN is reading a book (left);
enjoying a smoke with his I.W.O. HOFFMANN (above) and looking
very dapper (below left).
Gunnery practice at sea
