Captain(Korvettenkapitän)Werner Lott was commander of U-35 from 15 August 1937 until 29 November 1939.He sank 4 ships and damaged one.
You often hear about war crimes committed by the German armed forces, but there were also acts of decency.
Around 15.40 on 3 Oct, 1939, the Greek freighter Diamantis, although the ship was neutral it was carrying strategic cargo to Britain and was therefore considered a “legitimate target” for the German Navy. It was therefore torpedoed by U-35 and sank 40 miles west of the Scilly Islands, . Because the lifeboats were not suited for use in the bad weather, Capt Lott decided to take all crew members aboard and landed them the next day at Dingle, Co Kerry.Ireland.
Lott’s role in the war would be very limited.On 29 November 1939 the U-35 was scuttled by its crew in the North Sea,after a depth charge attack from the British destroyers Kingston, Icarus, and Kashmir. Lord Louis Mountbatten was the commander of the British squadron.
Lott and his crew were taken as prisoners of war.While imprisoned at the Tower of London. He complained about the accommodations, and demanded to talk to the officer in charge. But it was Lord Mountbatten who visited him instead, Mountbatten arranged for the Admiralty to allow Lott and his second-in-command to dine at Scott’s restaurant on the condition they would not attempt to escape. Lott agreed to the demand and kept his promise, he was returned to the Tower later that evening.
A few days later, he and his fellow officers were moved to the Grizedale P.O.W. camp.
Later, the entire crew was moved to P.O.W. camps in Canada.
The fact that the U35 was scuttled in the early stages of WWII and because the crew was taken as POW’s the entire crew survived the war.
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https://uboat.net/men/commanders/754.html
http://www.u-35.com/english.htm
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