Wolfgang Steinbauer

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 4/08)

Successes
50 ships sunk with a total of 172,771 GRT
1 warship sunk with a total of 11,100 tons
11 ships damaged with a total of 42,080 GRT
1 warship damaged with a total of 18,400 tons

Born:	6 May 1888	Strassburg, Elsass
Died:	27 Jan 1978	Köln

Ranks

1 Apr 1908		Seekadett
10 Apr 1909		Fähnrich zur See
27 Sep 1911		Leutnant zur See
19 Sep 1914		Oberleutnant zur See
28 Apr 1918		Kapitänleutnant
16 Feb 1920		Out of naval service

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd class
		Iron Cross 1st class
		Military Merit Order (Bavaria)
9 Jan 1917		Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
3 Mar 1918		Pour le Mérite

U-boat Commands

UB 47	4 Jul 1916	-	31 Mar 1917
UB 48	11 Jun 1917	-	28 Oct 1918

Notes

Was awarded the Pour le Mérite for outstanding leadership and distinguished naval planning and successful submarine operations. During the previous 16 months on war patrol he sank a total of 49 enemy vessels which represented a loss of approximately 170.000 BRT.

Ships hit by Wolfgang Steinbauer

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons

17 Aug 1916	UB 47	Stampalia	Passenger steamer	9,000	it
8 Sep 1916	UB 47	Butetown	Steamer	3,789	br
8 Sep 1916	UB 47	Llangorse	Steamer	3,841	br
8 Sep 1916	UB 47	Spetzai	Steamer	1,904	gr
4 Oct 1916	UB 47	Franconia	Troopship	18,510	br
11 Oct 1916	UB 47	Crosshill	Steamer	5,002	br
12 Oct 1916	UB 47	Sebek (d.)	Steamer	4,601	br
14 Oct 1916	UB 47	ANNUNZIATA	Sailing vessel	61	it
14 Oct 1916	UB 47	Elena	Sailing vessel	52	it
14 Oct 1916	UB 47	IL NUOVO S. LUIGI	Sailing vessel	39	it
14 Oct 1916	UB 47	Il Redentore	Sailing vessel	80	it
14 Oct 1916	UB 47	LA NUOVA CONCETTINA	Sailing vessel	32	it
15 Oct 1916	UB 47	Avis	Steamer	1,000	gr
27 Dec 1916	UB 47	Gaulois	Battleship	11,100	fr

1 Jan 1917	UB 47	Ivernia	Passenger steamer	14,278	br
3 Jan 1917	UB 47	Huntsend (d.)	Passenger steamer	8,826	br
1 Mar 1917	UB 47	Euterpe (d.)	Steamer	3,540	br
8 Mar 1917	UB 47	Georgian	steamer	5,088	br
12 Aug 1917	UB 48	Roanoke	Steamer	4,803	br
14 Aug 1917	UB 48	Prize	Q-ship	199	br
18 Aug 1917	UB 48	Kongsli	Steamer	5,826	nw
20 Aug 1917	UB 48	Serra Do Marao	Trawler	74	pt
20 Aug 1917	UB 48	Serra Do Pilar	Trawler	65	pt
23 Aug 1917	UB 48	Winlaton	Steamer	3,270	br
27 Aug 1917	UB 48	Hathor	Steamer	3,823	br
2 Oct 1917	UB 48	Imera	Steamer	1,172	it
6 Oct 1917	UB 48	Citta Di Bari	Passenger steamer	1,489	it
9 Oct 1917	UB 48	Niki	Steamer	511	gr
14 Oct 1917	UB 48	Valparaiso	Steamer	4,930	it
19 Oct 1917	UB 48	Pera	Steamer	7,635	br
20 Oct 1917	UB 48	Collegian	Steamer	7,520	br
27 Nov 1917	UB 48	Glenbridge (d.)	Steamer	3,845	br
4 Dec 1917	UB 48	Dowlais	Steamer	3,016	br
4 Dec 1917	UB 48	Gerasimos	Steamer	3,845	gr
8 Dec 1917	UB 48	Consols	Steamer	3,756	br

27 Jan 1918	UB 48	Volonta Di Dio	Sailing vessel	43	it
30 Jan 1918	UB 48	Harlaw	Steamer	821	it
2 Feb 1918	UB 48	Celia	Steamer	5,004	br
2 Feb 1918	UB 48	Edilio	Steamer	4,719	it
2 Feb 1918	UB 48	Newminster Abbey	Steamer	3,114	br
3 Feb 1918	UB 48	Aboukir	Steamer	3,660	br
7 Feb 1918	UB 48	Sturton	Steamer	4,406	br
26 Apr 1918	UB 48	Upada (d.)	Steamer	5,257	br
26 Apr 1918	UB 48	Leopold D’or	Steamer	2,300	fr
27 Apr 1918	UB 48	Romany	Tanker	3,983	br
27 Apr 1918	UB 48	Saint Jean (d.)	Navy trawler	287	fr
29 Apr 1918	UB 48	Kingstonian	Steamer	6,564	br
29 Apr 1918	UB 48	Dalkeith	Navy tug	748	br
29 Apr 1918	UB 48	Monte Bianco (d.)	Sailing vessel	988	fr
29 Apr 1918	UB 48	Moose (d.)	Navy tug	208	br
2 May 1918	UB 48	Franklyn	Steamer	4,919	br
2 May 1918	UB 48	Tyler	Steamer	3,928	am
5 May 1918	UB 48	Clan Ross (d.)	Steamer	5,971	br
3 Jun 1918	UB 48	Sant’ Antonio	Sailing vessel	389	it
6 Jun 1918	UB 48	Christophero Colombo	Sailing vessel	264	it
10 Jun 1918	UB 48	Nivernais	Steamer	2,555	fr
13 Jun 1918	UB 48	Penhallow	Steamer	4,318	br
16 Aug 1918	UB 48	Balkan	Troopship	1,709	fr
18 Aug 1918	UB 48	Nordboen	Steamer	2,417	da
1 Sep 1918	UB 48	Baron Minto (d.)	Steamer	4,537	br
1 Sep 1918	UB 48	Monviso (d.)	Steamer	4,020	it
18 Oct 1918	UB 48	Voltaire (d.)	Battleship	18,400	fr
				242,051
50 ships sunk (181,571 tons) and 12 ships damaged (60,480 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. We have a picture of this vessel.