Otto Steinbrinck

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 4/07)

Successes
204 ships sunk with a total of 233,072 GRT
2 warships sunk with a total of 11,725 tons
12 ships damaged with a total of 68,674 GRT
1 warship damaged with a total of 850 tons

Born:	19 Dec 1888	Lippstadt
Died:	16 Aug 1949	Landsberg am Lech

Ranks

3 Apr 1907		Seekadett
21 Apr 1908		Fähnrich zur See
28 Sep 1910		Leutnant zur See
27 Sep 1913		Oberleutnant zur See
26 Apr 1917		Kapitänleutnant
6 Nov 1919		Out of naval service

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd class
		Iron Cross 1st class
		Albert Order (Saxony)
		Order of the Iron Crown
9 Jan 1916		Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
29 Mar 1916		Pour le Mérite
23 Sep 1917		Military Order of St. Henry (Saxony)

U-boat Commands

U 6	29 Sep 1914	-	4 Nov 1914
U 6	6 Jan 1915	-	21 Jan 1915
UB 10	15 Mar 1915	-	12 Jan 1916
UB 18	16 Feb 1916	-	27 Oct 1916
UC 65	10 Nov 1916	-	31 Jul 1917
UB 57	3 Jul 1917	-	1 Jan 1918

Notes

Born on the 19th December 1888, son of a professor at Lippstadt. He entered the Kaiserliche Marine on 3 March, 1907. Became a Fahnrich zur See in 1908 and followed several courses such as artillery, torpedoes. In 1910 became he a Lt.z.S. serving on the cruiser Bremen. In 1911 served at the 1 Matrosen Division at Kiel and specialized further on Torpedo’s. Served afterwards on the U 15 and U 8 and became Oblt.z.S.

When war broke out he was CO of the U 6. In December he was serving on the U-Flottillen Torpedoboot S 122 and the next month he returned in command of the U 6. On the 15th March 1915 he moved to the Marinekorps Flandern to become CO of the very first U-boat of the Flandern Flottille, the UB 10. He remained CO of this U-boat until 12 January 1916. He now received the UB 18 and served on it until the 27th October 1916. In this period Steinbrinck would get enormous reputation as a U-boat commander sinking 74.781 BRT in 14 operations and the British submarine E22.

He was the third U-boat commander to receive the Pour le Mérite on the 29th March 1916. On the 10th November 1916 he took over the command of UC 65 until the 31st July 1917. In 8 operations he destroyed 94 merchant ships or 99.803 BRT and the British mine cruiser Ariadne of 11.150 tons. On the 26th of April he became Kap.lt. and also got married later to Lola Vogelsang. On the 1st of August he took command of UB 57 and again he was showing he was an ace. On the 2nd of January 1918 he left command to Johannes Lohs. He was completely exhausted and after recovery he became 1st Staff officer with the Fuhrer der U-Boote Flandern, Bartenbach. He sank a total of 231.614 BRT and a cruiser and a U-boat. In October 1918 he served with the U-Boot Inspection.

After the war he was active in the Verein Deutscher Eisen und Stahlindustrie and lots of other firms, many times as President. For his work for German industry he received in 1935 the honorary title of Standartenfuhrer at the SS. In 1939 he was vice president of the Vereinigte Stahlwerke.

During WW II he was active as a Fregatten Kapitän and a number of high positions in industry.

He was interned in August 1945 for his honorary title in the SS (!) and received 5 years of imprisonment for this reason and this reason alone. He became badly ill but his British guards refused to have him treated. Finally in August 1949 they did give authorization for an operation, but he died only four days later, on the 16th August, because he had become too weak. He was buried at Lippstadt.

Ships hit by Otto Steinbrinck

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons

14 Apr 1915	UB 10	Katwijk	Steamer	2,040	nl
7 Jun 1915	UB 10	Menapier	Steamer	1,886	be
30 Jul 1915	UB 10	Achieve	Fishing vessel (smack)	43	br
30 Jul 1915	UB 10	Athena	Fishing vessel (smack)	45	br
30 Jul 1915	UB 10	Coriander	Fishing vessel (smack)	46	br
30 Jul 1915	UB 10	Fitzgerald	Fishing vessel (smack)	51	br
30 Jul 1915	UB 10	Prospector	Fishing vessel (smack)	59	br
30 Jul 1915	UB 10	Quest	Fishing vessel (smack)	46	br
30 Jul 1915	UB 10	Strive	Fishing vessel (smack)	63	br
30 Jul 1915	UB 10	Venture	Fishing vessel (smack)	44	br
1 Aug 1915	UB 10	Alert	Fishing vessel (smack)	59	br
1 Aug 1915	UB 10	Fulgens	Steamer	2,512	br
6 Aug 1915	UB 10	Xmas Rose	Fishing vessel (smack)	27	br
8 Aug 1915	UB 10	Arbor Vitae	Fishing vessel (smack)	26	br
10 Aug 1915	UB 10	Rosalie	Steamer	4,243	br
10 Aug 1915	UB 10	Esperance	Fishing vessel (smack)	46	br
11 Aug 1915	UB 10	George Borrow	Fishing vessel (smack)	62	br
11 Aug 1915	UB 10	George Crabbe	Fishing vessel (smack)	42	br
11 Aug 1915	UB 10	Humphrey	Fishing vessel (smack)	41	br
11 Aug 1915	UB 10	Illustrious	Fishing vessel (smack)	59	br
11 Aug 1915	UB 10	Ocean’s Gift	Fishing vessel (smack)	60	br
11 Aug 1915	UB 10	Palm	Fishing vessel (smack)	47	br
11 Aug 1915	UB 10	Trevear	Fishing vessel (smack)	47	br
11 Aug 1915	UB 10	Welcome	Fishing vessel (smack)	59	br
11 Aug 1915	UB 10	Young Admiral	Fishing vessel (smack)	60	br
20 Dec 1915	UB 10	Belford	Steamer	516	br
20 Dec 1915	UB 10	Huntly	Steamer	1,153	br

26 Feb 1916	UB 18	Au Revoir	Auxiliary minesweeper	1,058	fr
8 Mar 1916	UB 18	Harmatris	Steamer	4,863	br
9 Mar 1916	UB 18	Louisiane	Passenger steamer	5,109	fr
9 Mar 1916	UB 18	Silius	Sailing vessel	1,559	nw
22 Mar 1916	UB 18	Kelvinbank	Steamer	4,209	br
23 Mar 1916	UB 18	Kannik	Steamer	2,397	nw
5 Apr 1916	UB 18	Baus	Steamer	1,287	nw
6 Apr 1916	UB 18	Jeannette	Sailing vessel	160	fr
7 Apr 1916	UB 18	Clyde	Sailing vessel	204	br
7 Apr 1916	UB 18	Eemdijk (d.)	Steamer	3,048	nl
25 Apr 1916	UB 18	E 22	Submarine	725	br
26 Apr 1916	UB 18	Alfred	Fishing vessel (smack)	24	br
17 May 1916	UB 18	Research	Fishing vessel (smack)	44	br
15 Jul 1916	UB 18	Bertha	Sailing vessel	203	nw
15 Jul 1916	UB 18	Dina	Sailing vessel	164	nl
17 Jul 1916	UB 18	Gertrude	Fishing vessel (smack)	57	br
17 Jul 1916	UB 18	Glance	Fishing vessel (smack)	60	br
17 Jul 1916	UB 18	Loch Nevis	Fishing vessel (smack)	58	br
17 Jul 1916	UB 18	Loch Tay	Fishing vessel (smack)	44	br
17 Jul 1916	UB 18	V.M.G.	Fishing vessel (smack)	59	br
17 Jul 1916	UB 18	Waverley	Fishing vessel (smack)	59	br
2 Aug 1916	UB 18	G. C. Gradwell	Sailing vessel	156	br
2 Aug 1916	UB 18	Margaret Sutton	Sailing vessel	197	br
2 Aug 1916	UB 18	S.D.	Sailing vessel	131	br
3 Aug 1916	UB 18	Badger	Steamer	89	br
3 Aug 1916	UB 18	Fortuna	Sailing vessel	131	br
3 Aug 1916	UB 18	Ivo (d.)	Sailing vessel	56	br
3 Aug 1916	UB 18	Jacques Cartier	Sailing vessel	259	fr
3 Aug 1916	UB 18	Sphene	Steamer	740	br
4 Aug 1916	UB 18	Demaris	Sailing vessel	98	br
4 Aug 1916	UB 18	Ermenilda	Sailing vessel	94	br
5 Aug 1916	UB 18	Spiral	Steamer	1,342	br
9 Aug 1916	UB 18	Henri Elisa	Steamer	822	fr
10 Aug 1916	UB 18	Marie	Steamer	784	fr
10 Aug 1916	UB 18	Credo	Steamer	728	nw
10 Aug 1916	UB 18	Saint Pierre	Sailing vessel	149	fr
10 Aug 1916	UB 18	Sora	Steamer	1,052	nw
10 Aug 1916	UB 18	Annette Marie	Sailing vessel	118	fr
3 Sep 1916	UB 18	Netta	Steamer	370	br
3 Sep 1916	UB 18	Teesborough	Steamer	308	br
5 Sep 1916	UB 18	City Of Ghent	Steamer	199	br
5 Sep 1916	UB 18	Marcel	Steamer	1,433	be
8 Sep 1916	UB 18	Gamen	Steamer	2,619	sw
9 Sep 1916	UB 18	Georges Andre	Sailing vessel	229	fr
9 Sep 1916	UB 18	Lodsen	Steamer	1,247	nw
9 Sep 1916	UB 18	Myosotis	Sailing vessel	64	fr
9 Sep 1916	UB 18	Carrigan Head (d.)	Q-ship	4,201	br
10 Sep 1916	UB 18	Furu	Steamer	2,029	nw
10 Sep 1916	UB 18	Marechal De Villars	Sailing vessel	1,908	fr
10 Sep 1916	UB 18	Polynesia	Steamer	4,064	nw
11 Sep 1916	UB 18	Assimacos	Steamer	2,898	gr
11 Sep 1916	UB 18	Kong Ring	Steamer	1,611	nw
11 Sep 1916	UB 18	Luis Vives	Steamer	2,160	sp
12 Sep 1916	UB 18	Antwerpen	Tanker	7,955	nl
13 Sep 1916	UB 18	Ariel	Sailing vessel	49	fr
13 Sep 1916	UB 18	Hans Jensen	Steamer	1,824	da
13 Sep 1916	UB 18	J. N. Madvig	Steamer	1,762	da
13 Sep 1916	UB 18	Tolosa	Steamer	1,833	nw
14 Sep 1916	UB 18	Ethel	Steamer	1,122	nw
20 Oct 1916	UB 18	Cliburn	Steamer	440	br
20 Oct 1916	UB 18	The Duke	steamer	376	br
20 Oct 1916	UB 18	The Marchioness	Steamer	553	br
21 Oct 1916	UB 18	Brizeux	Sailing vessel	2,197	fr
21 Oct 1916	UB 18	Condor	Sailing vessel	740	fr
21 Oct 1916	UB 18	Fulvio	Steamer	309	nw
21 Oct 1916	UB 18	Rabbi	Steamer	878	nw
24 Oct 1916	UB 18	Cannebiere	Sailing vessel	2,454	fr
26 Oct 1916	UB 18	Pan	Steamer	796	nw

8 Feb 1917	UC 65	Guillaume Tell	Sailing vessel	148	fr
8 Feb 1917	UC 65	Mary Ann	Fishing vessel	17	br
10 Feb 1917	UC 65	Sallagh	Steamer	325	br
11 Feb 1917	UC 65	Lycia	Steamer	2,715	br
11 Feb 1917	UC 65	Olivia	Steamer	242	br
11 Feb 1917	UC 65	Voltaire	Steamer	409	br
12 Feb 1917	UC 65	Pinna (d.)	Tanker	6,288	br
13 Feb 1917	UC 65	Friendship	Fishing vessel (smack)	37	br
13 Feb 1917	UC 65	Zircon	Fishing vessel (smack)	48	br
14 Feb 1917	UC 65	Ferga	Steamer	791	br
14 Feb 1917	UC 65	Greenland	Steamer	1,753	br
14 Feb 1917	UC 65	Inishowen Head	Steamer	3,050	br
14 Feb 1917	UC 65	Margarita	Steamer	375	br
15 Feb 1917	UC 65	Afton	Passenger steamer	1,156	br
15 Feb 1917	UC 65	Kyanite	Steamer	564	br
16 Feb 1917	UC 65	Queenswood	Steamer	2,710	br
16 Feb 1917	UC 65	Ville De Bayonne	Steamer	1,301	fr
19 Feb 1917	UC 65	Alice	Fishing vessel	18	fr
19 Feb 1917	UC 65	Brigade	Steamer	425	br
19 Feb 1917	UC 65	Justine Marie	Fishing vessel	16	be
19 Feb 1917	UC 65	SAINT LOUIS DE GONZAGUE	Fishing vessel	53	fr
19 Feb 1917	UC 65	Skrim	Steamer	727	nw
19 Feb 1917	UC 65	VIOLETTE		36	fr
25 Feb 1917	UC 65	Saint Joseph	Fishing vessel (sail)	42	fr
25 Feb 1917	UC 65	Vigda	Steamer	1,851	nw
26 Feb 1917	UC 65	Alberdina	Sailing vessel	134	nl
26 Feb 1917	UC 65	Algiers	steamer	2,361	br
26 Feb 1917	UC 65	Hannah Croasdell	Sailing vessel	151	br
27 Feb 1917	UC 65	Brunette	Sailing vessel	104	fr
27 Feb 1917	UC 65	Evadne	Navy Trawler	189	br
28 Feb 1917	UC 65	Marie Joseph	Sailing vessel	192	fr
28 Feb 1917	UC 65	Sjøstad	Steamer	1,155	nw
1 Mar 1917	UC 65	Germaine	Trawler	24	fr
1 Mar 1917	UC 65	Bout De Zan	Fishing vessel	13	fr
1 Mar 1917	UC 65	Diamond Cross	Fishing vessel	29	be
1 Mar 1917	UC 65	Drina	Steamer	11,483	br
1 Mar 1917	UC 65	Elise II	Fishing vessel	48	fr
1 Mar 1917	UC 65	Elorn	Steamer	603	fr
1 Mar 1917	UC 65	General Radiguet	Fishing vessel	24	fr
1 Mar 1917	UC 65	Glenart Castle (d.)	Hospital ship	6,824	br
1 Mar 1917	UC 65	Homocea	Fishing vessel	58	fr
1 Mar 1917	UC 65	Joseph Adolphine	Fishing vessel	21	fr
1 Mar 1917	UC 65	Notre Dame De Lourdes	Fishing vessel	47	fr
1 Mar 1917	UC 65	Reine des Anges	Fishing vessel	47	fr
1 Mar 1917	UC 65	Saint Joseph	Fishing vessel	20	fr
1 Mar 1917	UC 65	Sainte Famille	Fishing vessel	25	fr
1 Mar 1917	UC 65	Seigneur	Fishing vessel (lugger)	53	fr
1 Mar 1917	UC 65	Sarus (d.)	Crane	unknown	br
24 Mar 1917	UC 65	Bruyere	Sailing vessel	100	fr
24 Mar 1917	UC 65	Ennistown	Steamer	689	br
24 Mar 1917	UC 65	Fairearn	Steamer	592	br
24 Mar 1917	UC 65	Howe	Sailing vessel	175	br
24 Mar 1917	UC 65	Korsnaes	Steamer	732	nw
25 Mar 1917	UC 65	Adenwen	Steamer	3,798	br
25 Mar 1917	UC 65	Brandon	Sailing vessel	130	br
25 Mar 1917	UC 65	Fringante	Sailing vessel	124	fr
25 Mar 1917	UC 65	Poseidon	Steamer	2,589	gr
27 Mar 1917	UC 65	Kelvinhead	Steamer	3,063	br
28 Mar 1917	UC 65	Ardglass	Steamer	778	br
28 Mar 1917	UC 65	Dagali	Steamer	742	nw
28 Mar 1917	UC 65	Harvest Home	Sailing vessel	103	br
28 Mar 1917	UC 65	Laima	Sailing vessel	148	ru
28 Mar 1917	UC 65	Snowdon Range	Steamer	4,662	br
28 Mar 1917	UC 65	Wychwood	Steamer	1,985	br
28 Mar 1917	UC 65	Guillemot	Light vessel	unknown	br
30 Mar 1917	UC 65	Puma (d.)	Q-ship	1,459	br
6 Apr 1917	UC 65	Thelma	Steamer	1,350	nw
7 Apr 1917	UC 65	Lapland (d.)	Passenger steamer	18,565	br
9 Apr 1917	UC 65	New York (d.)	Passenger steamer	10,798	am
26 Apr 1917	UC 65	Agnes Cairns	Sailing vessel	146	br
26 Apr 1917	UC 65	Athole	Motor barge	150	br
26 Apr 1917	UC 65	Bretagne Et Vendee	Sailing vessel	79	fr
27 Apr 1917	UC 65	Burrowa	Sailing vessel	2,902	br
28 Apr 1917	UC 65	Alu Mendi	Steamer	2,104	sp
1 May 1917	UC 65	Helen	Steamer	322	br
1 May 1917	UC 65	Ivrig	Sailing vessel	1,197	nw
1 May 1917	UC 65	W. D. Potts	Sailing vessel	112	br
2 May 1917	UC 65	Amber	Steamer	401	br
2 May 1917	UC 65	Derrymore	Steamer	485	br
2 May 1917	UC 65	Dora	Steamer	296	br
2 May 1917	UC 65	Earnest	Sailing vessel	111	br
2 May 1917	UC 65	Morion	Steamer	299	br
2 May 1917	UC 65	Saint Mungo	Steamer	402	br
2 May 1917	UC 65	Taizan Maru	Steamer	3,527	jp
4 May 1917	UC 65	New Design No.2	Sailing Vessel	66	br
4 May 1917	UC 65	Pilar De Larrinaga	Steamer	4,136	br
4 May 1917	UC 65	Strumble	Fishing vessel (smack)	45	br
4 May 1917	UC 65	Victorious	Fishing vessel (smack)	39	br
7 May 1917	UC 65	Maude	Sailing vessel	93	br
8 May 1917	UC 65	San Patricio (d.)	Tanker	9,712	br
22 May 1917	UC 65	Merse	Navy Trawler	296	br
17 Jun 1917	UC 65	Fraser	Navy Trawler	310	br
17 Jun 1917	UC 65	Tartar (d.)	Destroyer	850	br
18 Jun 1917	UC 65	Gauntlet	Sailing vessel	58	br
18 Jun 1917	UC 65	Væring	Steamer	2,157	da
19 Jun 1917	UC 65	Morinier (d.)	Steamer	3,804	br
24 Jun 1917	UC 65	Aghia Paraskevi	Steamer	2,795	gr
24 Jun 1917	UC 65	Constantinos	Steamer	3,014	gr
24 Jun 1917	UC 65	Kong Haakon	Steamer	2,231	nw
24 Jun 1917	UC 65	Taigetos	Steamer	2,961	gr
25 Jun 1917	UC 65	Petritzis	Steamer	3,692	gr
28 Jun 1917	UC 65	Lizzie Ellen	Sailing vessel	114	br
20 Jul 1917	UC 65	Fluent	Steamer	3,660	br
26 Jul 1917	UC 65	Ariadne (hms)	Minelayer	11,000	br
27 Jul 1917	UC 65	Bellagio (d.)	Steamer	3,919	br
27 Jul 1917	UC 65	Candia	Passenger steamer	6,482	br
28 Jul 1917	UC 65	Saint Emilion	Steamer	1,112	fr
7 Oct 1917	UB 57	Alcyone	Sailing vessel	116	br
11 Oct 1917	UB 57	Joshua	Sailing vessel	60	br
20 Oct 1917	UB 57	Leander	Steamer	2,968	nw
20 Oct 1917	UB 57	Nitedal	Steamer	1,714	nw
22 Oct 1917	UB 57	Novillo	Steamer	2,336	da
23 Oct 1917	UB 57	Seistan	Steamer	4,238	br
23 Oct 1917	UB 57	Tredegar Hall	Steamer	3,764	br
22 Nov 1917	UB 57	Krosfond	Steamer	1,707	nw
24 Nov 1917	UB 57	Nyassa	Steamer	2,579	br
27 Nov 1917	UB 57	Almond Branch	Steamer	3,461	br
27 Nov 1917	UB 57	Eastfield	Steamer	2,145	br
22 Dec 1917	UB 57	Mabel Baird	Steamer	2,500	br
23 Dec 1917	UB 57	Vellore	Sailing vessel	1,672	nw
26 Dec 1917	UB 57	Benito	Steamer	4,712	br
26 Dec 1917	UB 57	Tregenna	Steamer	5,772	br
28 Dec 1917	UB 57	Clara	Steamer	2,425	br
29 Dec 1917	UB 57	Tiro	Steamer	1,442	nw
				314,321
206 ships sunk (244,797 tons) and 13 ships damaged (69,524 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. We have a picture of this vessel.