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|name=Herbert Werner
|birth_date={{birth date|1920|5|13|df=yes}}
|death_date={{death date and age|2013|4|6|1920|5|13|df=y}}[1]
|birth_place=Freiburg im Breisgau
|place_of_death=Vero Beach, Florida, United States
|allegiance={{flag|Nazi Germany}}
|branch=Kriegsmarine
|serviceyears=1939 – 1945
|rank=Oberleutnant zur See
|commands={{GS|U-415||2}}, {{GS|U-953||2}}
|battles=Battle of the Atlantic
|awards=Minesweeper War BadgeU-boat War Badge

Iron Cross 1st Class


|laterwork=}}Herbert A. Werner (13 May 1920 – 6 April 2013) was a German submarine officer and captain during World War II. He served in five U-boats and survived the sinking of {{GS|U-612||2}} in the Baltic and the loss of {{GS|U-415||2}} in Brest harbour. Werner moved to the United States in 1957 and became an American citizen.[2]

Biography

Herbert Werner was born in Freiburg im Breisgau in 1920. He joined the navy in 1939 as an officer candidate and became a midshipman (Fähnrich zur See) in November 1940. in April 1941 he was appointed watch officer to {{GS|U-557||2}} under Ottokar Paulshen and carried out three war patrols with her, from April to November 1941, during which he was involved in a number of engagements and took part in the sinking of five merchant ships.

Werner was promoted and sent to U-boat school for training, before joining U-612 in April 1942 as first watch officer under Paul Siegmann. U-612 was lost accidentally in August 1942 while working up, although most of the crew were saved; they transferred en bloc to {{GS|U-230||2}}. Werner accomplished four patrols with her (seeing only one success) up to December 1943, when he was again promoted and sent to commanders school.

In April 1944 he took command of U-415 but made only two abortive sorties before she was sunk in harbour after detonating a mine. Werner then took command of {{GS|U-953||2}}, in August 1944 and escaped with her to Norway, from where he made one unfruitful patrol before the German surrender in May 1945.

Werner is thought to have moved to the US in 1957, and there wrote the best selling memoir Iron Coffins. He is believed to have died on 4 (or 6[3]) April 2013 in Vero Beach, Florida.[4]

References

1. ^Herbert Werner's obituary {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203012303/http://www.obitsforlife.com/obituary/688804/Werner-Herbert.php |date=2013-12-03 }}
2. ^uboat.net
3. ^Herbert A Werner at obitsforlife {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203012303/http://www.obitsforlife.com/obituary/688804/Werner-Herbert.php |date=2013-12-03 }}
4. ^Herbert Werner at uboat.net

Sources

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  • {{cite book | last1 = Busch | first1 = Rainer | last2 = Röll | first2 = Hans-Joachim | translator-last = Brooks | translator-first = Geoffrey | title = German U-boat commanders of World War II : a biographical dictionary | publisher = Greenhill Books, Naval Institute Press | location = London, Annapolis, Md | year = 1999b | isbn = 1-55750-186-6 | ref = harv}}
  • {{Cite book

|last1=Hadley
|first1=Michael L.
|authorlink=
|year=1995
|title=Count Not the Dead: The Popular Image of the German Submarine
|language =
|location= Montreal
|url=http://www.mqup.ca/count-not-the-dead-products-9780773512825.php
|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press
|isbn= 9780773512825
|ref = harv
}}{{refend}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Werner, Herbert}}

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