Rudolf Schneider
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 4/01)
Successes 45 ships sunk with a total of 125,976 GRT 1 warship sunk with a total of 15,000 tons 5 ships damaged with a total of 21,956 GRT 1 ship taken as prize with a total of 1,925 GRT |
Born: | 13 Feb 1882 | Zittau |
Died: | 13 Oct 1917 | Northwest of Ireland |
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Most people knew him as Rudi. He entered the Kaiserliche Marine in 1901 as a Seekadett. In June 1914 he received the Rettungsmedaille as a Leutnant zur See and was promoted Kapitänleutnant.
He became CO of U24 and was responsible for the sinking of the British battleship HMS Formidable during the very first underwater attack at night on the 1st January 1915 off Portland Bill.
He also received the Hausorden von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern.
On October 13 1917, during a very stormy weather, he was lost overboard from the conning tower of U 87. One of his shipmates managed to bring him back on board but it was too late. He was subsequently buried at sea. His 1WO, KL Freiherr Rudolf von Speth-Schulzburg, took over the command of the boat.
Ships hit by Rudolf Schneider
Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Type of ship | Tons | Nat. | ||
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26 Oct 1914 | U 24 | Amiral Ganteaume (d.) | Steamer | 4,590 | fr | ||
1 Jan 1915 | U 24 | Formidable | Battleship | 15,000 | br | ||
2 Apr 1915 | U 24 | Lochwood | Steamer | 2,042 | br | ||
4 Apr 1915 | U 24 | City Of Bremen | Steamer | 1,258 | br | ||
10 Apr 1915 | U 24 | The President | Steamer | 647 | br | ||
11 Apr 1915 | U 24 | Frederic Franck (d.) | Steamer | 973 | fr | ||
27 Jun 1915 | U 24 | Edith | Sailing vessel | 97 | br | ||
27 Jun 1915 | U 24 | Indrani | Steamer | 3,640 | br | ||
27 Jun 1915 | U 24 | Lucena | Steamer | 243 | br | ||
28 Jun 1915 | U 24 | Dumfriesshire | Sailing vessel | 2,622 | br | ||
28 Jun 1915 | U 24 | Armenian | Steamer | 8,825 | br | ||
29 Jun 1915 | U 24 | Scottish Monarch | Steamer | 5,043 | br | ||
30 Jun 1915 | U 24 | Thistlebank | Sailing vessel | 2,411 | nw | ||
1 Jul 1915 | U 24 | L. C. Tower | Sailing vessel | 518 | br | ||
1 Jul 1915 | U 24 | Sardomene | Sailing vessel | 2,000 | it | ||
1 Jul 1915 | U 24 | Welbury | Steamer | 3,591 | br | ||
6 Jul 1915 | U 24 | Ellen | Sailing vessel | 169 | da | ||
7 Aug 1915 | U 24 | Geiranger | Steamer | 1,081 | nw | ||
12 Aug 1915 | U 24 | Osprey | Steamer | 310 | br | ||
13 Aug 1915 | U 24 | Cairo | steamer | 1,671 | br | ||
19 Aug 1915 | U 24 | Arabic | Passenger steamer | 15,801 | br | ||
19 Aug 1915 | U 24 | Dunsley | Steamer | 4,930 | br | ||
19 Aug 1915 | U 24 | New York City | Steamer | 2,970 | br | ||
19 Aug 1915 | U 24 | St. Olaf | Sailing vessel | 277 | br | ||
24 Aug 1915 | U 24 | Sinsen (p.) | Steamer | 1,925 | nw | ||
25 Dec 1915 | U 24 | Van Stirum | Passenger steamer | 3,284 | br | ||
26 Dec 1915 | U 24 | Cottingham | Steamer | 513 | br | ||
26 Dec 1915 | U 24 | Ministre Bernaert | Steamer | 4,215 | be | ||
28 Dec 1915 | U 24 | Huronian (d.) | Steamer | 8,755 | br | ||
28 Dec 1915 | U 24 | El Zorro | tanker | 5,989 | br | ||
11 Jul 1916 | U 24 | Nellie Nutten | Navy Trawler | 174 | br | ||
23 May 1917 | U 87 | Bernisse (d.) | Steamer | 951 | nl | ||
23 May 1917 | U 87 | Elve | Steamer | 962 | nl | ||
26 May 1917 | U 87 | Lucipara | Sailing vessel | 1,943 | ru | ||
26 May 1917 | U 87 | Saint Mirren | Sailing vessel | 1,956 | br | ||
30 May 1917 | U 87 | Bathurst | Steamer | 2,821 | br | ||
30 May 1917 | U 87 | Hanley | Steamer | 3,331 | br | ||
2 Jun 1917 | U 87 | Eliofilo | Steamer | 3,583 | it | ||
2 Jun 1917 | U 87 | Mississipi (d.) | Steamer | 6,687 | fr | ||
4 Jul 1917 | U 87 | Loch Katrine | Trawler | 151 | br | ||
8 Jul 1917 | U 87 | Valetta | Steamer | 5,871 | br | ||
10 Jul 1917 | U 87 | Seang Choon | Passenger steamer | 5,807 | br | ||
11 Jul 1917 | U 87 | Kioto | Steamer | 6,182 | br | ||
12 Jul 1917 | U 87 | Castleton | Steamer | 2,395 | br | ||
16 Jul 1917 | U 87 | Tamele | Steamer | 3,932 | br | ||
19 Jul 1917 | U 87 | Artensis | Sailing vessel | 1,788 | nw | ||
21 Jul 1917 | U 87 | Coniston Water | Steamer | 3,738 | br | ||
19 Aug 1917 | U 87 | Eika Ii | Steamer | 1,268 | nw | ||
21 Aug 1917 | U 87 | Oslo | Steamer | 2,296 | br | ||
22 Aug 1917 | U 87 | Alexander Shukoff | Steamer | 1,652 | da | ||
27 Aug 1917 | U 87 | Anna | Steamer | 1,211 | da | ||
27 Aug 1917 | U 87 | Aurora | Steamer | 768 | da | ||
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47 ships sunk (142,901 tons) and 5 ships damaged (21,956 tons).
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