WWI U-boat commanders

Oskar Steckelberg

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 4/07)

Successes
1 ship sunk with a total of 57 GRT
1 warship sunk with a total of 100 tons
1 ship damaged with a total of 5,686 GRT

Born:	8 Feb 1889	Witten an der Ruhr
Died:	11 Jan 1951	Hannover

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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
See below		Kapitänleutnant
24 Nov 1919		Out of naval service

Decorations

Iron Cross 2nd class

U-boat Commands

UC 1	17 Dec 1916	-	7 Jan 1917
UB 6	10 Jan 1917	-	12 Mar 1917
UC 4	12 May 1917	-	20 May 1917

Notes

Interned in Holland on March 12, 1917.

Steckelberg was promoted to Kapitänleutnant on July 15, 1919 with a seniority date of July 16, 1917, the date he would otherwise have been promoted to Kapitänleutnant had he not been interned.

World War II Fregattenkapitän

Ships hit by Oskar Steckelberg

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons

28 Dec 1916	UC 1	Torpilleur 317	Torpedo boat	100	fr

1 Jan 1917	UC 1	Sussex (d.)	Steamer	5,686	br
4 Jul 1917	UC 4	Chrysolite	Fishing vessel (smack)	57	br
				5,843
2 ships sunk (157 tons) and 1 ship damaged (5,686 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged.