Walter Schmitz

Successes
13 ships sunk with a total of 25,076 GRT
1 warship sunk with a total of 355 tons
2 ships damaged with a total of 9,642 GRT

Born:	1 Feb 1891	Buer, Recklinghausen
Died:	4 Mar 1919	Skipton (GB)

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		Iron Cross 2nd class
		Iron Cross 1st class
		Hanseatic Cross
		Military Merit Cross (Mecklenburg-Schwerin)

UC 4	13 Sep 1917	-	19 Jan 1918
UC 75	31 Jan 1918	-	31 May 1918

Prisoner of war May 31, 1918.

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons

20 Oct 1917	UC 4	Vitality	Navy Trawler	202	br
13 Nov 1917	UC 4	Axminster	Steamer	1,905	br
23 Dec 1917	UC 4	Grantley Hall	Steamer	4,008	br

5 Mar 1918	UC 75	Edouard Marie	Fishing vessel	32	be
9 Mar 1918	UC 75	MARGUERITE	Sailing vessel	10	br
10 Mar 1918	UC 75	Sunrise	Fishing vessel (smack)	56	br
10 Mar 1918	UC 75	Wave	Fishing vessel (smack)	47	br
13 Mar 1918	UC 75	Arno Mendi	Steamer	2,827	sp
14 Mar 1918	UC 75	Tweed	Steamer	1,777	br
17 Mar 1918	UC 75	Eliza Anne	Sailing vessel	36	br
18 Mar 1918	UC 75	Navigator (d.)	Steamer	3,803	br
28 Mar 1918	UC 75	Dryden (d.)	Steamer	5,839	br
16 Apr 1918	UC 75	Hungerford	Steamer	5,811	br
19 Apr 1918	UC 75	War Helmet	Steamer	8,184	br
29 May 1918	UC 75	Dirk	Navy Trawler	181	br
31 May 1918	UC 75	Fairy (hms)	Destroyer	355	br
				35,073
14 ships sunk (25,431 tons) and 2 ships damaged (9,642 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged.