Date of birth:

September 11th, 1906 (Stahlheim/Alsace-Lorraine, Germany)

Date of death:

January 9th, 1974 (Bad Schwartau/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant zur See

Unit:

Signaloffizier Panzerschiff "Deutschland"

Awarded on:

October 2nd, 1936

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Kapitänleutnant (Lieutenant)

Unit:

Adjutant Linienschiff "Schlesien"

Awarded on:

October 1st, 1937

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Kapitänleutnant (Lieutenant)

Unit:

Kommandant U-74 / 7. U-Boots-Flottille

Awarded on:

April 13th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Kapitänleutnant (Lieutenant)

Unit:

Kommandant U-74 / 7. U-Boots-Flottille

Awarded on:

April 13th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Kapitänleutnant (Lieutenant)

Unit:

Kommandant U-74 / 7. U-Boots-Flottille

Awarded on:

April 13th, 1939

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Kapitänleutnant (Lieutenant)

Unit:

Kommandant U-74 / 29. U-Boots-Flottille

Awarded on:

December 31st, 1941

Awarded for sinking 5 ships (with 25619 GRT), including the Canadian corvette HMCS Levis, as well as damaging 2 more ships (with 11525 GRT). He also distinguished himself for leading the longest submarine patrol in the entire war, specifically his first patrol with U-196 (and Kentrat's ninth in total). It lasted a total of 225 days.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Korvettenkapiän (Lieutenant Commander)

Unit:

Kommandant U-196 / 12. U-Boots-Flottille

Awarded on:

September 20th, 1944

• Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
• Photo: Wilco Vermeer collection, the Netherlands
• - DIXON, JEREMY, The U-boat Commanders, Naval Institute Press, 2019.
  - Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer, Elite of the Third Reich - The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, England, 2003
  - Busch, R., Röll, H-J., Der U-Boot-Krieg – Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Boot-Waffe von September 1939 bis Mai 1945, Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn GmbH, Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn, Deutschland, 2003