WWI U-boat commanders

Matthias Graf von Schmettow

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 4/06)

Successes
76 ships sunk for a total of 110,967 GRT
2 warships sunk for a total of 654 tons
8 ships damaged for a total of 31,271 GRT

Born:9 Nov 1887 Pommerzig/Oder, Preussen 
Died:9 May 1917 Dover Straits 


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Ranks

20 Apr 1917Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

UC 624 Jun 1915 - 4 May 1916
UC 2618 Jul 1916 - 8 May 1917
UB 1013 Feb 1917 - 2 Mar 1917
UB 2319 Feb 1917 - 19 Mar 1917

Notes

The village of Pommerzig is now Pomorsko in Poland. Between Feb. and March 1917, while UC 26 was undergoing repairs, von Schmettow took command of UB 10 then UB 23 for just one patrol each.

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