Ernst Wilhelms

Successes
31 ships sunk with a total of 102,875 GRT
1 ship damaged with a total of 1,648 GRT

Born:	28 Aug 1884	Bommern, Witten
Died:	23 Jul 1917	North Sea

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		Iron Cross 2nd class
		Iron Cross 1st class
30 Jul 1917		Royal House Order of Hohenzollern (posthumous)

A	11 Jan 1915	-	14 Aug 1915
U 69	4 Sep 1915	-	23 Jul 1917 (+)

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Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons

15 Apr 1916	U 69	Fairport	Steamer	3,838	br
15 Apr 1916	U 69	Schwanden	Sailing vessel	844	ru
16 Apr 1916	U 69	Glendoon	Sailing vessel	1,918	nw
16 Apr 1916	U 69	Harrovian	Steamer	4,309	br
16 Apr 1916	U 69	Papelera	Steamer	1,591	nw
17 Apr 1916	U 69	Ernest Reyer	Sailing vessel	2,708	fr
18 Apr 1916	U 69	Ravenhill	Sailing vessel	1,826	br
20 Apr 1916	U 69	Cairngowan	Steamer	4,017	br
11 Jul 1916	U 69	Era	Navy Trawler	168	br
20 Oct 1916	U 69	Cabotia	Steamer	4,309	br
24 Oct 1916	U 69	Sola	Steamer	3,057	nw
26 Oct 1916	U 69	North Wales	Steamer	4,072	br
26 Oct 1916	U 69	Rappahannock	Steamer	3,871	br
2 Nov 1916	U 69	Spero	Steamer	1,132	br
3 Nov 1916	U 69	Bertha	Sailing vessel	591	sw

20 Apr 1917	U 69	Annapolis	Steamer	4,567	br
25 Apr 1917	U 69	Hesperides	Steamer	3,393	br
26 Apr 1917	U 69	Rio Lages	Steamer	3,591	br
26 Apr 1917	U 69	Vauxhall	Steamer	3,629	br
1 May 1917	U 69	Rockingham	Steamer	4,555	am
2 May 1917	U 69	Troilus	Steamer	7,625	br
29 May 1917	U 69	Argo	Sailing vessel	123	sw
29 May 1917	U 69	Ines	Sailing vessel	261	sw
29 May 1917	U 69	Consul N. Nielsen	Sailing vessel	1,395	da
31 May 1917	U 69	Esneh	Steamer	3,247	br
3 Jun 1917	U 69	Luisa (d.)	Sailing vessel	1,648	it
6 Jun 1917	U 69	Parthenia	Steamer	5,160	br
8 Jun 1917	U 69	Enidwen	Steamer	3,594	br
8 Jun 1917	U 69	Saragossa	Steamer	3,541	br
13 Jun 1917	U 69	Kelvinbank	Steamer	4,072	br
14 Jun 1917	U 69	Avenger	Armed merchant cruiser	13,441	br
24 Jul 1917	U 69	Mikelis	Steamer	2,430	gr
				104,523
31 ships sunk (102,875 tons) and 1 ship damaged (1,648 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. We have a picture of this vessel.