Otto Schultze

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 4/00)

Successes
53 ships sunk with a total of 132,564 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	Oldenburg
Died:	22 Jan 1966	Hamburg

Ranks

7 Apr 1900		Seekadett
19 Apr 1901		Fähnrich zur See
27 Sep 1903		Leutnant zur See
21 Mar 1905		Oberleutnant zur See
22 Mar 1910		Kapitänleutnant
28 Apr 1918		Korvettenkapitän
1 Apr 1925		Fregattenkapitän
1 Jan 1928		Kapitän zur See
1 Apr 1931		Konteradmiral
1 Oct 1934		Vizeadmiral
1 Oct 1936		Admiral

Decorations

		Liakat Medal
		Military Merit Cross
		Iron Cross 2nd class
		Iron Cross 1st class
		Iron Half Moon
		Friedrich-August Cross (Oldenburg)
23 Jun 1917		Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
		Order of the Iron Crown
18 Mar 1918		Pour le Mérite
1918 or later		House and Merit Order of Peter Frederick Louis (Oldenburg)
		U-Boat War Badge
		Prussian Cross Twenty-fifth year of Service
31 Aug 1942		German Cross in Silver (WWII)

U-boat Commands

U 63	11 Mar 1916	-	27 Aug 1917
U 63	15 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.

Ships hit by Otto Schultze

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons

4 Jul 1916	U 63	Rosemary (d.)	Sloop	1,250	br
20 Aug 1916	U 63	Falmouth	Light cruiser	5,250	br
23 Oct 1916	U 63	Bayreaulx	Steamer	3,009	br
28 Oct 1916	U 63	Lanao	Steamer	692	am
28 Oct 1916	U 63	Rio Pirahy	Steamer	3,561	br
28 Oct 1916	U 63	Selene	Steamer	3,955	it
28 Oct 1916	U 63	Torsdal	Steamer	3,621	nw
29 Oct 1916	U 63	Massalia	Steamer	2,186	gr
29 Oct 1916	U 63	Meroë	Steamer	3,552	br
29 Oct 1916	U 63	Torino	Steamer	1,850	br
31 Oct 1916	U 63	Delto	Steamer	3,193	nw
31 Oct 1916	U 63	Fedelta	steamer	1,906	it
27 Nov 1916	U 63	Maude Larssen	Steamer	1,222	br
28 Nov 1916	U 63	Sigurd	Steamer	2,119	da
30 Nov 1916	U 63	Roma	Sailing vessel	125	br
2 Dec 1916	U 63	Luigi C.	Sailing vessel	71	it
2 Dec 1916	U 63	Roma	Sailing vessel	643	it
3 Dec 1916	U 63	Perugia	Q-ship	4,348	br
5 Dec 1916	U 63	Grigorios Anghelatos	Steamer	3,635	gr
11 Dec 1916	U 63	Magellan	Passenger steamer	6,027	fr
11 Dec 1916	U 63	Sinai	Steamer	4,624	fr

25 Mar 1917	U 63	Vellore	Steamer	4,926	br
26 Mar 1917	U 63	L. Rahmanich	Sailing vessel	79	ag
1 Apr 1917	U 63	Zambesi	Steamer	3,759	br
4 Apr 1917	U 63	Margit	Steamer	2,490	br
5 Apr 1917	U 63	Solstad	Steamer	4,147	nw
5 Apr 1917	U 63	Kangaroo (d.)	Motor vessel	4,348	br
28 Apr 1917	U 63	Carmelo Padre	Sailing vessel	75	it
28 Apr 1917	U 63	Giuseppe Padre I	Sailing vessel	102	it
28 Apr 1917	U 63	Giuseppina G.	Sailing vessel	100	it
28 Apr 1917	U 63	I Due Fratelli P.	Sailing vessel	97	it
28 Apr 1917	U 63	Karonga	Steamer	4,665	br
28 Apr 1917	U 63	Natale B.	Sailing vessel	54	it
28 Apr 1917	U 63	SAN FRANCESCO DI PAOLA	Sailing vessel	41	it
3 May 1917	U 63	Washington	Steamer	5,080	br
4 May 1917	U 63	Transylvania	Troopship	14,348	br
5 May 1917	U 63	Talawa (d.)	Steamer	3,834	br
7 May 1917	U 63	Crown Of Leon (d.)	Steamer	3,391	br
14 May 1917	U 63	Francesco Raiola	Sailing vessel	181	it
14 May 1917	U 63	Volga (d.)	Steamer	4,404	br
15 May 1917	U 63	Ferrara (d.)	Steamer	5,660	it
22 Jun 1917	U 63	Himalaya	Steamer	5,620	fr
23 Jun 1917	U 63	Craonne	Steamer	777	fr
23 Jun 1917	U 63	Kalypso Vergotti	Steamer	2,819	gr
26 Jun 1917	U 63	Birdoswald	Steamer	4,013	br
27 Jun 1917	U 63	Tong Hong	Steamer	2,184	br
30 Jun 1917	U 63	Alkelda	Yacht	98	it
30 Jun 1917	U 63	Enrichetta	Steamer	3,638	it
1 Jul 1917	U 63	Marie	Sailing vessel	118	fr
2 Jul 1917	U 63	Argentario	Sailing vessel	739	it
3 Jul 1917	U 63	IMMACOLATINA	Sailing vessel	54	it
5 Nov 1917	U 63	Hilda R.	Sailing vessel	136	br
5 Nov 1917	U 63	Kai	steamer	1,391	da
6 Nov 1917	U 63	Peveril	Q-ship	1,459	br
8 Nov 1917	U 63	Candytuft (d.)	Sloop	1,290	br
8 Nov 1917	U 63	Benledi (d.)	Steamer	3,931	br
9 Nov 1917	U 63	Ardglamis	Steamer	4,540	br
14 Nov 1917	U 63	Trowbridge	Steamer	3,712	br
16 Nov 1917	U 63	Gasconia	Steamer	3,801	br
16 Nov 1917	U 63	Kyno	Steamer	3,034	br
18 Nov 1917	U 63	Huntsgulf (d.)	Steamer	3,185	br
20 Nov 1917	U 63	Commendatore Carlo Bruno	Steamer	813	it
21 Nov 1917	U 63	Mossoul	Steamer	3,135	fr
				169,107
54 ships sunk (137,814 tons) and 9 ships damaged (31,293 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. We have a picture of this vessel.