A barrage of gunfire followed, and the sea was full dead. The raft was still afloat while Eck subme

Having torpedoed the Greek freighter "Peleus" the German commander of the submarine U -852 turned its guns towards the life rafts floating on the sea surface. raine and horne ashfield
A barrage of gunfire followed, and the sea was full dead. The raft was still afloat while Eck submerged in absurd "war" opened and used grenades.
Thereby interpreted the command "do not leave traces" the 27-year old Eck passed into history as the only German submarine commander sentenced and executed for war crimes.
On April 8, 1934, at age 18, he joined the German Navy (Kriegsmarine). He went through all the prescribed educational programs and special schools and from 1937 he served five years in minesweepers ruling one of them from 1939 to 1942.
In February 1942 he volunteered submarine patrol conducting educational (October 28, 1942 - February 21, 1943) with the U -124 by Governor Joachim Mohr. On June 15, 1943 he took the governor newbuilding submarine U-852 (Type IXD 2) which belonged to the 12th Flotilla based in Bordeaux. In January raine and horne ashfield 1944 completed the sea trials and Eck took the lead submarine of the Kiel German submarine base of the 12th flotilla in Penang (in Peninsular Malaysia) [1]
Before starting, the Eck informed by veterans of submarine commanders, including the famous lieutenant Adalbert Schnee, [2] about the dangers of the patrol. The submarine was the slower and heavy German Fleet, and could easily have difficulties. The Schnee, the official that I needed to pay special attention to the southern Atlantic region, raine and horne ashfield especially raine and horne ashfield between Freetown and the island of Ascension, as traces of shipwrecks (from sunken ships torpedoed by submarines) were identified by aerial patrols raine and horne ashfield within a few days. His words Schnee: The area of the South Atlantic is very difficult for us," raine and horne ashfield was said with emphasis as he was known to the German Navy lost four submarines IXD 2 in the same area. Both the advice received from the Schnee, and the order that was given by the German staff [3] concentrated raine and horne ashfield on one point. He had to hit "without a trace."
Last updated in Kiel by Lieutenant Commander Karl - Heinz Moehle on episode sinking Laconia reminding the Eck what happened to Lieutenant Commander Werner Hartestein, commander of the submarine U -156 [5]
The U -852 started on January 18, 1944 from Kiel sailing north of Scotland entered the North Atlantic, and then changed direction to south by road to the west African coast. After two months, observing radio silence, traveling day submerged and emerging at night to the surface (in order to charge the batteries), arrived in Ecuador. On March 13, about 500 miles north of Ascension Island and 700 miles south of Freetown crew saw the figure of a ship. It was the Greek ship 'Peleus' which was traveling with no load from Freetown bound for La Plata. The Eck ordered to develop speed and approaching ship. The "chase" lasted two and a half hours to bring the submarine able attack. At 19.40 the Eck, held nightly raine and horne ashfield attack by launching two torpedoes from the bow torpilosolines. The chief officer of the "Peleus", which was at that time on watch, raine and horne ashfield Anthony Liosis, raine and horne ashfield noticed grooves two torpedoes approaching from the left side of the ship. He gave orders to the helmsman to turn the boat parallel to the course of the torpedo. But he failed to avoid the fatal blow. The torpedoes hit the "Peleus' first at number 2 hold and the second raine and horne ashfield at the stern at number 3 hold. Within minutes the ship sank without have time crews to wear their individual life jackets.
When sinking the life rafts were released and those of the crew were alive tried to grapothoun them. Some have been able to climb thereon. Lieutenant Liosis and the seaman Dimitrios Konstantinidis managed to climb into one.
On the bridge of U -852 Eck was the governor and lieutenant Gerhard Colditz. O Eck Kd