WWI U-boat commanders

Victor Dieckmann

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 4/05)

Successes
42 ships sunk with a total of 92,427 GRT
11 ships damaged with a total of 27,718 GRT
1 warship damaged with a total of 1,020 tons
1 ship taken as prize with a total of 1,019 GRT

Born:	1 Sep 1887	Jüterbog
Died:	26 Mar 1918	St. George’s Channel

Ranks

1 Apr 1905		Seekadett
7 Apr 1906		Fähnrich zur See
28 Sep 1908		Leutnant zur See
27 Jan 1911		Oberleutnant zur See
24 Apr 1916		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd class
		Iron Cross 1st class
18 Aug 1917		Royal House Order of Hohenzollern

U-boat Commands

UB 27	23 Feb 1916	-	31 Oct 1916
U 61	2 Dec 1916	-	26 Mar 1918 (+)

Notes

No entry found for this officer.

Ships hit by Victor Dieckmann

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons

28 Apr 1916	UB 27	BLESSING	Fishing vessel	19	br
28 Apr 1916	UB 27	Christian (d.)	Sailing vessel	227	da
29 Apr 1916	UB 27	Teal	Steamer	766	br
29 Apr 1916	UB 27	Wandle (d.)	Steamer	889	br
30 Apr 1916	UB 27	Mod	Steamer	664	nw
1 May 1916	UB 27	Rio Branco	Steamer	2,258	bz
2 May 1916	UB 27	Mars	Barge	581	nw
2 May 1916	UB 27	Memento	Sailing vessel	654	nw
2 May 1916	UB 27	Superb	Barge	770	nw
25 Aug 1916	UB 27	Duke Of Albany	Armed boarding steamer	1,997	br
27 Aug 1916	UB 27	Skjaereg (p.)	steamer	1,019	nw
7 Oct 1916	UB 27	Jupiter (d.)	Steamer	2,124	br
8 Oct 1916	UB 27	Magnus	Trawler	154	br

2 Mar 1917	U 61	Edvard Grieg	Steamer	989	nw
3 Mar 1917	U 61	Rosborg	Steamer	1,877	da
9 Mar 1917	U 61	Spartan	Sailing vessel	2,287	nw
10 Mar 1917	U 61	Angola	Steamer	4,297	pt
13 Mar 1917	U 61	Luciline (d.)	Tanker	3,765	br
13 Mar 1917	U 61	Northwaite	Steamer	3,626	br
13 Mar 1917	U 61	Warner	Q-ship	1,273	br
17 Apr 1917	U 61	Aburi	Steamer	3,730	br
18 Apr 1917	U 61	Castilian	steamer	1,923	br
21 Apr 1917	U 61	Skjold	Sailing vessel	1,592	nw
21 Apr 1917	U 61	Telena	Tanker	4,778	br
23 Apr 1917	U 61	Calluna	Sailing vessel	1,405	da
23 Apr 1917	U 61	Lena	Steamer	2,463	br
24 Apr 1917	U 61	Metropolis	Sailing vessel	1,811	nw
24 Apr 1917	U 61	Thirlby (d.)	Steamer	2,009	br
30 Apr 1917	U 61	Jarstein	Sailing vessel	198	nw
9 Jun 1917	U 61	Ada	Steamer	2,370	sw
9 Jun 1917	U 61	Dana	Steamer	1,590	da
10 Jun 1917	U 61	Betty	Steamer	2,683	ru
10 Jun 1917	U 61	Ribera	Steamer	3,511	br
14 Jun 1917	U 61	Widwud (d.)	Sailing vessel	299	ru
16 Jun 1917	U 61	Fallodon (d.)	Steamer	3,012	br
17 Jun 1917	U 61	Raloo	Steamer	1,012	br
19 Jun 1917	U 61	Batoum	Tanker	4,054	br
20 Jun 1917	U 61	Nitonian (d.)	Steamer	6,381	br
28 Jul 1917	U 61	Comanchee (d.)	Tanker	5,588	br
2 Aug 1917	U 61	Libia	Steamer	2,416	fr
4 Aug 1917	U 61	Countess Of Mar	Steamer	2,234	br
5 Aug 1917	U 61	Sauternes	Steamer	902	fr
5 Aug 1917	U 61	Campo Libre	Fishing vessel	50	sp
6 Aug 1917	U 61	Campana	Steamer	3,675	am
6 Aug 1917	U 61	Jeanne Et Genevieve (d.)	Q-ship	695	fr
7 Aug 1917	U 61	Trento	Steamer	3,276	it
29 Sep 1917	U 61	Elmsgarth	Steamer	3,503	br
11 Oct 1917	U 61	Rhodesia	Steamer	4,313	br
15 Oct 1917	U 61	Cassin (d.)	Destroyer	1,020	am
27 Dec 1917	U 61	Santee (d.)	Q-ship	2,729	am

3 Jan 1918	U 61	Birchwood	Steamer	2,756	br
5 Jan 1918	U 61	Rose Marie	Steamer	2,220	br
6 Jan 1918	U 61	Halberdier	Steamer	1,049	br
6 Jan 1918	U 61	Spenser	Steamer	4,186	br
23 Mar 1918	U 61	Etonian	Passenger steamer	6,515	br
				122,184
43 ships sunk (93,446 tons) and 12 ships damaged (28,738 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. (p.) means the ship was taken as prize (included in ships & tonnage lost). We have a picture of this vessel.