WWI U-boat commanders

Zdenko Hudecek

Linenschiffleutnant (Crew 1906)

Successes
11 ships sunk with a total of 44,783 GRT
1 warship sunk with a total of 680 tons
1 ship damaged with a total of 5,592 GRT

Born:	22 Jun 1887	Theresienstadt (Terezin)
Died:	28 Sep 1974	Frydek Mystek, Czechoslovakia

Zdenko Hudecek

Ranks

1 Jul 1908		Seefähnrich
1 May 1910		Fregattenleutnant
1 May 1914		Linenschiffleutnant

Decorations

		Military Merit Medal
		Military Merit Cross
		Order of the Iron Crown

U-boat Commands

k.u.k. U17	9 Dec 1915	-	17 Sep 1916
k.u.k. U17	9 Oct 1916	-	19 Dec 1916
k.u.k. U17	6 Jan 1917	-	26 Feb 1917
k.u.k. U28	26 Jun 1917	-	31 Oct 1918

Notes

No entry found for this officer.

Ships hit by Zdenko Hudecek

Date	U-boat		Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons	Nat.

1 Jan 1916	k.u.k. U17		Unidentified Sailing Vessel	Sailing vessel	40
10 Jul 1916	k.u.k. U17		Impetuoso	Destroyer	680		it

30 Jun 1917	k.u.k. U28		Haigh Hall	Steamer	4,809		br
3 Jul 1917	k.u.k. U28		Mongara	Passenger steamer	8,205		br
13 Aug 1917	k.u.k. U28		Maston	Steamer	3,881		br
16 Aug 1917	k.u.k. U28		Bradford City	Q-ship	3,683		br
5 Oct 1917	k.u.k. U28		Bontnewydd	Steamer	3,296		br

12 Jan 1918	k.u.k. U28		Bosforo	steamer	2,723		it
13 Jan 1918	k.u.k. U28		Rapallo	Steamer	3,811		br
21 Jan 1918	k.u.k. U28		West Wales	Steamer	4,336		br
8 Mar 1918	k.u.k. U28		Mitra (d.)	Tanker	5,592		br
8 Mar 1918	k.u.k. U28		Uganda	Steamer	4,315		br
11 Mar 1918	k.u.k. U28		Stolt Nielsen	Steamer	5,684		br
					51,055
12 ships sunk (45,463 tons) and 1 ship damaged (5,592 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. We have a picture of this vessel.

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