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The Man Who Never Was
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Montagu, Ewen
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Willy Petz
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 4/03)
| Successes 4 ships sunk with a total of 20,225 GRT 1 ship damaged with a total of 7,608 GRT |
| Born: | 7 Jan 1885 | Gumbinnen |
| Died: | 7 Mar 1917 | North Sea |
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U-boat Commands
| U 85 | 23 Oct 1916 | - | 7 Mar 1917 (+) |
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Ships hit by Willy Petz
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Type of ship | Tons | Nat. | ||
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| 26 Jan 1917 | U 85 | Dicax | Steamer | 923 |  | nw | |
| 6 Feb 1917 | U 85 | Cliftonian | Steamer | 4,303 |  | br | |
| 6 Feb 1917 | U 85 | Explorer (d.) | Steamer | 7,608 | | br | |
| 7 Feb 1917 | U 85 |  | California | Passenger steamer | 8,669 | | br |
| 7 Feb 1917 | U 85 | Vedamore | Steamer | 6,330 | | br | |
| 27,833 | |||||||
| 4 ships sunk (20,225 tons) and 1 ship damaged (7,608 tons).
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