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Reinhold Saltzwedel
Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 4/08)
| Successes 111 ships sunk with a total of 172,756 GRT 8 ships damaged with a total of 15,103 GRT 2 warships damaged with a total of 2,028 tons |
| Born: | 23 Nov 1889 | Rosenberg/ Oberlschlesien |
| Died: | 2 Dec 1917 | English Channel |
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Decorations
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U-boat Commands
| UB 10 | 13 Jan 1916 | - | 18 Jun 1916 |
| UC 10 | 14 Jun 1916 | - | 26 Jun 1916 |
| UC 11 | 12 Aug 1916 | - | 20 Aug 1916 |
| UC 21 | 15 Sep 1916 | - | 9 Jun 1917 |
| UC 71 | 10 Jun 1917 | - | 13 Sep 1917 |
| UB 81 | 18 Sep 1917 | - | 2 Dec 1917 (+) |
Notes
Saltzwedel was a Lt.z.S. when war broke out and Adjutant on the Linienschiff Kaiser. He was promoted to Oblt.z.S. On the 19th September 1914.
In May 1915 he went to the U-boot-Schule. Shortly afterwards he joined the U-Flottille Flandern where he became commander of UB 10 on 13th January 1916. In June, from the 14th till the 26th he served as commander of the UC 10 and later UC 11 until 20th August 1916. On 15 September he became commander of the UC 21 and on the 10th of June 1917 he took command of the UC 71. On 20 August he was awarded the Pour le Mérite. On 18 September 1917 he became CO of UB 81.
He died on UB 81 on 2 December 1917 after running into a mine.
He sank more than 110 merchant vessels for over 170.000 BRT. His name was given to the 2 U-Boot Flottille of the Kriegsmarine in Wilhelmshaven.