WWI U-boat commanders

Horst Obermüller

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 4/09)

Successes
9 ships sunk with a total of 42,331 GRT
1 warship sunk with a total of 785 tons
1 ship damaged with a total of 5,684 GRT
1 warship damaged with a total of 7,350 tons

Born:12 Nov 1890 Trier 
Died:  


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Ranks

1 Apr 1909 Seekadett
12 Apr 1910 Fähnrich zur See
19 Sep 1912 Leutnant zur See
2 May 1915 Oberleutnant zur See
17 Nov 1919 Kapitänleutnant (Charakter)
17 Nov 1919 Out of naval service

Decorations

 Iron Cross 2nd class
 Iron Cross 1st class
11 Jan 1917  Order of the Zähringer Lion (Baden)
21 Jan 1918  Royal House Order of Hohenzollern

U-boat Commands

UB 439 Apr 1917 - 15 Jul 1917
UC 3416 Jul 1917 - 14 Jul 1918
UB 1322 Nov 1918 - 11 Nov 1918

Notes

No entry found for this officer.

Ships hit by Horst Obermüller

DateU-boat Name of shipType of shipTonsNat.
 
1 May 1917 UB 43 British SunTanker5,565br
7 May 1917 UB 43 ReptonSteamer2,881br
26 May 1917 UB 43 DorothySteamer4,494gr
11 Jun 1917 UB 43  Grafton (d.)Protected cruiser7,350br
13 Sep 1917 UC 34 Bengali (d.)Steamer5,684br
25 Oct 1917 UC 34 EustonSteamer2,841br
12 Nov 1917 UC 34 BarbarySteamer4,185br
30 Dec 1917 UC 34  AragonTroopship9,588br
30 Dec 1917 UC 34  AttackDestroyer785br
31 Dec 1917 UC 34 OsmaniehFleet messenger4,041br
 
8 Apr 1918 UC 34 BengaliSteamer5,684br
9 Apr 1918 UC 34 VasconiaSteamer3,052nw
 56,150
10 ships sunk (43,116 tons) and 2 ships damaged (13,034 tons).


Legend
(d.) means the ship was damaged.
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Media links


Kaiserliche Marine U-Boote 1914-1918

Dufeil, Yves

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