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Bismarck
A Minute by Minute Account of the Final Hours of Germany's Greatest Battleship
Zetterling, Niklas
Allied Warships
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Gustav Sieß
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 4/02)
| Successes 53 ships sunk for a total of 160,145 GRT 3 warships sunk for a total of 28,750 tons 9 ships damaged for a total of 35,657 GRT |
| Born: | 11 Dec 1883 | |
| Dead: | 14 Oct 1970 |
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Decorations
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U-boat Commands
| U 73 | 9 Oct 1915 | - | 21 May 1917 |
| U 33 | 24 Sep 1916 | - | 1 Apr 1917 |
| U 65 | 19 Jul 1918 | - | 29 Sep 1918 |
Notes
Was awarded the Pour le Mérite on the 24th April 1918 in recognition of having sunk a total of 261.399 BRT of enemy shipping. Outside of the Mediterranean Siess sank 154.061 BRT of enemy shipping during three patrols with U73. In five long patrols in the same area he sank 107.338 BRT of enemy shipping.