WWI U-boat commanders

Johannes Spieß

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 4/07)

Successes
39 ships sunk with a total of 77,455 GRT
1 auxiliary warship sunk with a total of 1,261 GRT
2 ships damaged with a total of 4,052 GRT
1 ship taken as prize with a total of 733 GRT

Born:	25 Jul 1888	Berlin
Died:	30 Mar 1972	Hamburg

Ranks

3 Apr 1907		Seekadett
21 Apr 1908		Fähnrich zur See
28 Sep 1910		Leutnant zur See
27 Sep 1913		Oberleutnant zur See
13 Dec 1917		Kapitänleutnant
8 Mar 1920		Out of naval service

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd class
		Iron Cross 1st class
		Military Merit Order (Bavaria)
26 Mar 1918		Royal House Order of Hohenzollern

U-boat Commands

U 9	12 Jan 1915	-	19 Apr 1916
U 19	11 Aug 1916	-	4 Jul 1917
U 52	19 Sep 1917	-	29 Oct 1917
U 19	17 Nov 1917	-	31 May 1918
U 135	20 Jun 1918	-	11 Nov 1918

Notes

No entry found for this officer.

Ships hit by Johannes Spieß

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons

3 May 1915	U 9	Bob White	Trawler	191	br
3 May 1915	U 9	Coquet	Trawler	176	br
3 May 1915	U 9	Hector	Trawler	179	br
3 May 1915	U 9	Hero	Trawler	173	br
3 May 1915	U 9	Iolanthe	Trawler	179	br
3 May 1915	U 9	Northward Ho	Trawler	180	br
3 May 1915	U 9	Progress	Trawler	273	br
4 May 1915	U 9	Rugby	Trawler	205	br
5 May 1915	U 9	Straton	Trawler	198	br
6 May 1915	U 9	Merrie Islington	Trawler	147	br
8 May 1915	U 9	Don	Steamer	939	br
8 May 1915	U 9	Queen Wilhelmina	Steamer	3,590	br
16 Aug 1915	U 9	Serbino	Steamer	2,205	br
5 Nov 1915	U 9	Dagö (n.4)	Auxiliary minesweeper	1,080	ru

12 Sep 1916	U 19	Elizabeth	Steamer	4,444	ru
12 Sep 1916	U 19	Ije (n-18)	Steamer	1,261	ru
22 Sep 1916	U 19	Kennett	Steamer	1,679	br

12 May 1917	U 19	Wirral	Steamer	4,207	br
17 May 1917	U 19	Vesterland	Steamer	3,832	sw
20 May 1917	U 19	Arnfinn Jarl	Steamer	1,097	nw
26 May 1917	U 19	Norway	Passenger steamer	1,447	nw
27 May 1917	U 19	Debora	Sailing vessel	159	da
20 Jun 1917	U 19	Fido	Sailing vessel	1,459	nw
21 Jun 1917	U 19	Black Head	Steamer	1,898	br
21 Jun 1917	U 19	Laatefos	Steamer	1,458	nw
22 Jun 1917	U 19	Bolette	Steamer	1,431	nw
31 Aug 1917	U 19	Miniota	Steamer	6,422	br
1 Sep 1917	U 19	Akaroa	Sailing vessel	1,348	nw
12 Sep 1917	U 19	Agricola	Sailing vessel	65	br
28 Dec 1917	U 19	Maxton	Steamer	5,094	br
28 Dec 1917	U 19	Santa Amalia	Steamer	4,309	br

2 Jan 1918	U 19	Nadejda	Steamer	3,849	ru
25 Feb 1918	U 19	Santa Maria	Tanker	5,383	am
25 Feb 1918	U 19	Appalachee (d.)	Tanker	3,767	br
26 Feb 1918	U 19	Tiberia	Steamer	4,880	br
1 Mar 1918	U 19	Calgarian	Armed merchant cruiser	12,515	br
1 Mar 1918	U 19	Thomas Collard	Navy trawler	215	br
1 Mar 1918	U 19	Lord Lister (d.)	Navy trawler	285	br
6 Apr 1918	U 19	Sterne	Sailing vessel	108	nl
21 Apr 1918	U 19	Delta A	Trawler	241	be
23 Apr 1918	U 19	Peregrine	Fishing vessel	79	br
23 Apr 1918	U 19	Tyne Wave	Trawler	121	br
25 Apr 1918	U 19	Hollandia I (p.)	Steamer	733	nl
				83,501
41 ships sunk (79,449 tons) and 2 ships damaged (4,052 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.