WWI U-boat Commanders

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Karl-Friedrich von Abendroth

Born on 26 Nov 1884.
Crew 4/02. Kapitänleutnant (13 May 1913)

Commands:
U 162

Werner Ackermann

Born on 28 Oct 1888.
Crew 4/08. Oberleutnant zur See (19 Sep 1914)
Died on 17 Sep 1917, North Sea.

Commands:
UC 45

Hans Adam

Born on 5 Mar 1883 in Wesel / Rhein.
Crew 4/01. Kapitän zur See (28 Feb 1945)
Awarded the Pour le Mérite on (6 Nov 1917)
Died on 23 Jun 1948, Düsseldorf.

Commands:
U 23, U 82

Woldemar Adam

Born on 8 Jul 1887.
Crew 4/06. Kapitänleutnant (13 Jul 1916)

Commands:
UB 73

Kurt Albrecht

Born on 2 Jan 1887.
Crew 4/06. Kapitänleutnant (26 Apr 1917)
Died on 8 May 1918, W Med.

Commands:
UB 24, UB 36, UC 53, U 32

Werner Albrecht

Born on 21 May 1889.
Crew 4/08. Oberleutnant zur See (19 Sep 1914)
Died on 21 Aug 1916, North Sea.

Commands:
UC 10

Gustav Amberger

Born on 22 Apr 1887.
Crew 4/06. Kapitänleutnant (13 Jan 1917)

Commands:
U 80, U 58

Wilhelm Amberger

Born on 16 Mar 1890.
Crew 4/08. Kapitänleutnant (18 Jul 1918)
Died on 2 Jul 1918, off the Flanders coast.

Commands:
UB 10, UB 38, UB 108

Rudolf Andler

Born on 30 Jul 1885.
Crew 4/03. Kapitänleutnant (13 May 1915)

Commands:
U 98

Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière

Born on 18 Mar 1886 in Posen.
Crew 4/03. Vizeadmiral z.V. (1 Feb 1941)
Awarded the Pour le Mérite on (11 Oct 1916)
Died on 24 Feb 1941, Air crash at Paris Le Bourget airport.

Commands:
U 35, U 139