WWI U-boat commanders

Otto Schultze

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 4/00)

Successes
53 ships sunk with a total of 132,567 GRT
1 warship sunk with a total of 5,250 tons
7 ships damaged with a total of 28,753 GRT
2 warships damaged with a total of 2,540 tons

Born:11 May 1884  
Died:22 Jan 1966  

Otto Schultze

Ranks

Kapitänleutnant
28 Apr 1918Korvettenkapitän

Decorations

 Empire Silver Medal Imtiaz with Scimitars
 Military Merit Cross
Iron Cross 2nd class
 Hausorden von Hohenzollern
 Prussian Cross Twenty-fifth year of Service
 Ottoman Empire Iron Half Moon
Iron Cross 1st class
 Badge U-Boat War
18 Mar 1918Pour le Mérite

U-boat Commands

U 6311 Mar 1916 - 27 Aug 1917
U 6315 Oct 1917 - 24 Dec 1917

Notes

Awarded the Pour le Mérite for outstanding leadership and distinguished naval planning and successful submarine operations. He sank a total of 175.000 BRT of enemy shipping, among these the British cruiser HMS Falmouth and the troop transport SS Transylvania and two other transports.

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