U-boat Officers during WWI

Complete commander listing

On these pages you can find the complete U-boat commander listing from World War One.

Some famous aces

These are generally not the same officers as on the most successful list.


Kptlt. Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière (1886 - 1941)
Kptlt. Otto Hersing (1885 - 1960)
Kptlt. Walther Schwieger (1885 - 1917)
Kptlt. Otto Steinbrinck (1888 - 1949)
Kptlt. Max Valentiner (1883 - 1949)

Most Successful Commanders

This page shows the 20 most successful U-boat commanders of World War One.


The Aces of Aces

Kptlt. Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière
(1886 - 1941)

Highest scoring U-boat commander of all time with 193 ships sunk for over 450,000 tons sunk.