WWI U-boat commanders

Egewolf Freiherr von Berckheim

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 4/02)

Successes
3 ships sunk with a total of 3,700 GRT
2 warships sunk with a total of 11,375 tons

Born:	2 Jul 1881	Berlin
Died:	31 Aug 1915	Baltic Sea

Egewolf Freiherr von Berckheim

Ranks

1 Apr 1902		Seekadett
11 Apr 1903		Fähnrich zur See
29 Sep 1905		Leutnant zur See
30 Mar 1908		Oberleutnant zur See
22 Mar 1914		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd class
		Iron Cross 1st class
6 Jun 1915		Royal House Order of Hohenzollern

U-boat Commands

U 26	1 Aug 1914	-	17 Dec 1914
U 23	18 Dec 1914	-	12 Jan 1915
U 26	13 Jan 1915	-	30 Sep 1915

Notes

Date of death of approximate.

Ships hit by Egewolf Freiherr von Berckheim

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

11 Oct 1914	U 26		Pallada	Armored cruiser	7,775		ru

23 Apr 1915	U 26		Fråck	Steamer	849		ru
4 Jun 1915	U 26		Yenisei	Minelayer	3,600		ru
25 Aug 1915	U 26		Petshora	Steamer	1,982		ru
30 Aug 1915	U 26		Zemlya	Steamer	869		ru
					15,075
5 ships sunk (15,075 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel.

Media links

Kaiserliche Marine U-Boote 1914-1918
Dufeil, Yves

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