WWI U-boat commanders

Horst Obermüller

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 4/09)

Successes
9 ships sunk with a total of 42,331 GRT
1 warship sunk with a total of 785 tons
1 ship damaged with a total of 5,684 GRT
1 warship damaged with a total of 7,350 tons

Born:	12 Nov 1890	Trier
Died:	10 May 1944	Bucarest

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Ranks

1 Apr 1909		Seekadett
12 Apr 1910		Fähnrich zur See
19 Sep 1912		Leutnant zur See
2 May 1915		Oberleutnant zur See
17 Nov 1919		Kapitänleutnant (Charakter)
17 Nov 1919		Out of naval service

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd class
		Iron Cross 1st class
11 Jan 1917		Order of the Zähringer Lion (Baden)
21 Jan 1918		Royal House Order of Hohenzollern

U-boat Commands

UB 43	9 Apr 1917	-	15 Jul 1917
UC 34	16 Jul 1917	-	14 Jul 1918
UB 132	2 Nov 1918	-	11 Nov 1918

Notes

No entry found for this officer.

Ships hit by Horst Obermüller

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons

1 May 1917	UB 43	British Sun	Tanker	5,565	br
7 May 1917	UB 43	Repton	Steamer	2,881	br
26 May 1917	UB 43	Dorothy	Steamer	4,494	gr
11 Jun 1917	UB 43	Grafton (d.)	Protected cruiser	7,350	br
13 Sep 1917	UC 34	Bengali (d.)	Steamer	5,684	br
25 Oct 1917	UC 34	Euston	Steamer	2,841	br
12 Nov 1917	UC 34	Barbary	Steamer	4,185	br
30 Dec 1917	UC 34	Aragon	Troopship	9,588	br
30 Dec 1917	UC 34	Attack	Destroyer	785	br
31 Dec 1917	UC 34	Osmanieh	Fleet messenger	4,041	br

8 Apr 1918	UC 34	Bengali	Steamer	5,684	br
9 Apr 1918	UC 34	Vasconia	Steamer	3,052	nw
				56,150
10 ships sunk (43,116 tons) and 2 ships damaged (13,034 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. We have a picture of this vessel.