Erwin Waßner

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 4/06)

Successes
89 ships sunk with a total of 135,048 GRT
1 ship sunk with a total of 1,025 GRT
5 ships damaged with a total of 15,184 GRT
1 warship damaged with a total of 975 tons

Born:	1 Mar 1887	Rendsburg
Died:	24 Aug 1937	The Hague

Ranks

1 Apr 1906		Seekadett
6 Apr 1907		Fähnrich zur See
30 Sep 1909		Leutnant zur See
19 Sep 1912		Oberleutnant zur See
13 Jul 1916		Kapitänleutnant
1 Apr 1925		Korvettenkapitän
1 Jul 1930		Fregattenkapitän
1 Oct 1932		Kapitän zur See
1 Oct 1936		Konteradmiral

Decorations

14 Nov 1915		Lifesaving Medal
		Iron Cross 2nd class
		Iron Cross 1st class
14 May 1917		Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
5 Mar 1918		Pour le Mérite
26 Jan 1918		Saxe-Ernestine House Order
1918 or later		Hanseatic Cross
		U-Boat War Badge

U-boat Commands

UC 3	27 Sep 1915	-	12 May 1916
UB 38	10 Sep 1916	-	18 Nov 1916
UC 69	23 Dec 1916	-	8 Aug 1917
UB 59	25 Aug 1917	-	5 May 1918
UB 117	6 Jun 1918	-	11 Nov 1918

Notes

Awarded the Pour le Mérite for outstanding leadership and distinguished naval planning and successful submarine operations as he sank a total of 86 enemy vessels which amounted to approximately 150.000 BRT.

Ships hit by Erwin Waßner

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons

14 Oct 1915	UC 3	Salerno	Steamer	2,071	br
16 Oct 1915	UC 3	Volscian (d.)	Steamer	570	br
17 Oct 1915	UC 3	Javelin	Navy Trawler	205	br
25 Oct 1915	UC 3	Selma	Steamer	1,654	nw
6 Nov 1915	UC 3	Alastair	Steamer	366	br
11 Nov 1915	UC 3	Rhineland	Steamer	1,501	br
17 Nov 1915	UC 3	Ulriken	Steamer	2,379	nw
29 Nov 1915	UC 3	Duchess Of Hamilton	Auxiliary minesweeper	553	br
10 Dec 1915	UC 3	Nereus	Steamer	742	nw
11 Dec 1915	UC 3	Pinegrove	Steamer	2,847	br
18 Dec 1915	UC 3	Nico	Steamer	712	nw
21 Dec 1915	UC 3	Lady Ismay	Auxiliary minesweeper	495	br
27 Dec 1915	UC 3	Hadley	Steamer	1,777	br

14 Jan 1916	UC 3	Breslau (d.)	Steamer	1,339	br
18 Jan 1916	UC 3	Auvergne	Auxiliary minesweeper	523	fr
8 Feb 1916	UC 3	Argo	steamer	1,720	br
28 Feb 1916	UC 3	Thornaby	Steamer	1,782	br
30 Sep 1916	UB 38	Irma	Steamer	844	fr
30 Sep 1916	UB 38	Pearl	Sailing vessel	144	br
1 Oct 1916	UB 38	Le Pelerin	Fishing vessel	31	fr
1 Oct 1916	UB 38	Cap Mazagan	steamer	789	fr
1 Oct 1916	UB 38	Le Blavet	Steamer	1,010	fr
1 Oct 1916	UB 38	Mallin	Steamer	468	nw
1 Oct 1916	UB 38	Musette	Sailing vessel	245	fr
3 Oct 1916	UB 38	La Fraternite	Sailing vessel	477	fr
5 Oct 1916	UB 38	Cantatrice	Sailing vessel	109	fr
5 Oct 1916	UB 38	Cederic	Steamer	1,129	nw
5 Oct 1916	UB 38	Rosenvold	Steamer	758	nw
13 Nov 1916	UB 38	Bernicia	Passenger steamer	957	br
13 Nov 1916	UB 38	Caterham	Steamer	1,912	br
13 Nov 1916	UB 38	Riquette	Sailing vessel	164	fr
13 Nov 1916	UB 38	Saint Nicolas	Sailing vessel	261	fr
14 Nov 1916	UB 38	Polpedn	Steamer	1,510	br
14 Nov 1916	UB 38	Professeur Jalaguier	Sailing vessel	223	fr
14 Nov 1916	UB 38	Ullvang	Steamer	639	nw

12 Mar 1917	UC 69	Skate (d.)	Destroyer	975	br
25 Mar 1917	UC 69	Huntleys	Sailing vessel	186	br
25 Mar 1917	UC 69	Mary Annie	Sailing vessel	154	br
26 Mar 1917	UC 69	Norma	Steamer	1,443	sw
27 Mar 1917	UC 69	Aasta	Steamer	1,146	nw
27 Mar 1917	UC 69	Grib	Steamer	1,474	nw
27 Mar 1917	UC 69	Thracia	Steamer	2,891	br
28 Mar 1917	UC 69	Katina	Steamer	2,464	gr
29 Mar 1917	UC 69	Morild I	Steamer	1,354	nw
30 Mar 1917	UC 69	Avanguardia	Steamer	2,703	it
30 Mar 1917	UC 69	Britta	Steamer	2,061	nw
31 Mar 1917	UC 69	Farmand	Steamer	1,387	nw
1 May 1917	UC 69	Barreiro	Steamer	1,738	pt
3 May 1917	UC 69	Maria	Steamer	2,754	gr
3 May 1917	UC 69	Polstad	Steamer	2,692	nw
4 May 1917	UC 69	Ilva	Steamer	2,140	it
4 May 1917	UC 69	Ioannis P. Goulandris	Steamer	3,153	gr
4 May 1917	UC 69	Tromp	Steamer	2,751	nw
6 May 1917	UC 69	Gurth	Steamer	1,340	nw
6 May 1917	UC 69	Voss	Steamer	2,390	nw
7 May 1917	UC 69	Leikanger	Steamer	3,544	nw
7 May 1917	UC 69	Tiger	Steamer	3,273	nw
22 May 1917	UC 69	Nann Smith	Steamer	2,093	nw
12 Jun 1917	UC 69	Alexandre	Sailing vessel	697	fr
14 Jun 1917	UC 69	Hasting	Steamer	983	sw
15 Jun 1917	UC 69	Addah	Steamer	4,397	br
16 Jun 1917	UC 69	La Tour D’agon	Sailing vessel	125	fr
17 Jun 1917	UC 69	Marguerite Vi (d.)	Q-ship	862	fr
19 Jun 1917	UC 69	Bearn	Steamer	1,288	fr
19 Jun 1917	UC 69	Spind	steamer	1,174	nw
20 Jun 1917	UC 69	Katerina	Steamer	3,092	gr
21 Jun 1917	UC 69	E. T. Nygaard	Steamer	1,923	da
24 Jun 1917	UC 69	Cabo Verde	Steamer	2,220	pt
24 Jun 1917	UC 69	Helma	Steamer	1,131	nw
10 Jul 1917	UC 69	Kansan	Steamer	7,913	am
20 Jul 1917	UC 69	Kageshima Maru	Steamer	4,697	jp
23 Jul 1917	UC 69	Frithjof	Steamer	1,389	nw
24 Jul 1917	UC 69	Sir Walter	Steamer	492	br
25 Jul 1917	UC 69	Baldwin	Steamer	1,130	nw
26 Jul 1917	UC 69	Bertha	Sailing vessel	107	pt
26 Jul 1917	UC 69	Locksley	Steamer	2,487	nw
26 Jul 1917	UC 69	Venturoso	Sailing vessel	290	pt
28 Jul 1917	UC 69	Hildur	Steamer	961	nw
29 Jul 1917	UC 69	Gyldenpris	Steamer	2,667	nw
10 Aug 1917	UC 69	War Patrol	Steamer	2,045	br
28 Nov 1917	UB 59	Jeanne Conseil	steamer	2,309	fr
29 Nov 1917	UB 59	Texas (d.)	Steamer	6,674	fr
5 Dec 1917	UB 59	City Of Naples (d.)	Steamer	5,739	br

2 Feb 1918	UB 59	Avanti	Steamer	2,128	br
3 Feb 1918	UB 59	Holmtown	Steamer	598	br
9 Feb 1918	UC 69	Fantoft	Steamer	1,034	nw
13 Mar 1918	UB 59	Tweed	Steamer	1,025	br
14 Mar 1918	UB 59	Venezuela	Steamer	730	fr
17 Mar 1918	UB 59	South Western	Steamer	674	br
20 Mar 1918	UB 59	Azemmour	Steamer	897	fr
16 Sep 1918	UB 117	Acadian	Steamer	2,305	br
17 Sep 1918	UB 117	Lavernock	Steamer	2,406	br
18 Sep 1918	UB 117	Buffalo	Steamer	2,359	fr
18 Sep 1918	UB 117	John O. Scott	Steamer	1,235	br
18 Sep 1918	UB 117	Primo	Steamer	1,037	br
19 Sep 1918	UC 69	Belliqueux		unknown	fr
				152,232
90 ships sunk (136,073 tons) and 6 ships damaged (16,159 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. We have a picture of this vessel.