WWI U-boat commanders

Ernst Rosenow

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 4/07)

Successes
18 ships sunk with a total of 21,909 GRT
4 ships damaged with a total of 17,154 GRT

Born:27 Jul 1888 Perlhof, Perleberg 
Died:7 Jun 1917 west of Ireland 


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Ranks

3 Apr 1907 Seekadett
21 Apr 1908 Fähnrich zur See
28 Sep 1910 Leutnant zur See
27 Sep 1913 Oberleutnant zur See
17 Jun 1917 Kapitänleutnant (posthumous)

Decorations

 Iron Cross 2nd class
 Iron Cross 1st class

U-boat Commands

UC 1017 Jul 1915 - 3 Nov 1915
UB 2827 Dec 1915 - 13 Jan 1916
UC 2915 Aug 1916 - 7 Jun 1917 (+)

Notes

No entry found for this officer.

Ships hit by Ernst Rosenow

DateU-boat Name of shipType of shipTonsNat.
 
17 Nov 1916 UC 29 CanganianSteamer1,143br
 
23 Jan 1917 UC 29 Clan ShawSteamer3,943br
24 Jan 1917 UC 29 SunnivaSteamer589nw
5 Feb 1917 UC 29 PrimroseTrawler136br
9 Feb 1917 UC 29 YessoNavy Trawler229br
10 Feb 1917 UC 29 San Fraterno (d.)Tanker9,587br
11 Feb 1917 UC 29 NorwoodSteamer798br
11 Feb 1917 UC 29 ROANOKE (d.)3,455br
1 Mar 1917 UC 29 Herbert IngramTrawler142br
1 Mar 1917 UC 29 RedcapTrawler199br
3 Mar 1917 UC 29 NorthumbriaNavy Trawler211br
14 Mar 1917 UC 29 StoraasSteamer3,041nw
24 Apr 1917 UC 29 Upton CastleTrawler145br
27 Apr 1917 UC 29 NidelvenSteamer1,262nw
27 Apr 1917 UC 29 RagnhildSteamer1,117nw
29 Apr 1917 UC 29  Carbo ISteamer1,385da
1 May 1917 UC 29 FirelightSteamer1,143br
3 Jun 1917 UC 29 ElisabethSailing vessel2,061fr
3 Jun 1917 UC 29 Mavis (d.)Q-ship1,295br
4 Jun 1917 UC 29 SongvandSailing vessel2,206nw
7 Jun 1917 UC 29 Pargust (d.)Q-ship2,817br
3 Aug 1917 UC 29 HornchurchSteamer2,159br
 39,063
18 ships sunk (21,909 tons) and 4 ships damaged (17,154 tons).


Legend
(d.) means the ship was damaged.
We have a picture of this vessel.

Media links


Kaiserliche Marine U-Boote 1914-1918

Dufeil, Yves

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