Max Viebeg

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 4/06)

Successes
50 ships sunk with a total of 79,748 GRT
10 ships damaged with a total of 49,140 GRT
1 ship taken as prize with a total of 1,047 GRT

Born:	6 Apr 1887	Rössel/Ostpreußen
Died:	9 Nov 1961	Augsburg

Ranks

1 Apr 1906		Seekadett
6 Apr 1907		Fähnrich zur See
30 Sep 1909		Leutnant zur See
19 Sep 1912		Oberleutnant zur See
26 Apr 1917		Kapitänleutnant
28 Jan 1920		Out of naval service

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd class
		Iron Cross 1st class
23 Jul 1917		Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
31 Jan 1918		Pour le Mérite
6 Jul 1918		Saxe-Ernestine House Order

U-boat Commands

UC 10	4 Nov 1915	-	8 Dec 1915
UB 20	10 Feb 1916	-	31 Jan 1917
UB 32	25 Feb 1917	-	5 Aug 1917
UC 65	1 Aug 1917	-	3 Sep 1917
UB 80	8 Sep 1917	-	11 Nov 1918

Notes

Viebeg entered the Kaiserliche Marine as Seekadett in 1906 and served on the battleship SMS Hessen in 1910. He then became watch officer on the torpedo boat V 190 in the 1st Torpedo Boat Flotilla until joining the U-boat school in October 1915. After commanding UC 10 and UB 20 in the Baltic he was transferred with UB 32 to the Flanders Flotilla in February 1917. He briefly took command of UC 65 and was then commander of UB 80 until the end of the war.

Awarded the Pour le Mérite on the 30 or the 31 of January, probably the 31 together with others. For outstanding leadership and distinguished naval planning and successful submarine operations. Also given in recognition of having sunk a total of 169,656 BRT of enemy shipping (later research has reduced this number quite a bit).

Max Viebeg retired from military service on 28 January 1920 and left Germany to manage a tea plantation on Java, Dutch East Indies.

Ships hit by Max Viebeg

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons

2 Aug 1916	UB 20	Bror Oskar	Steamer	368	sw
2 Aug 1916	UB 20	Commerce	Steamer	638	sw
2 Aug 1916	UB 20	Themis (p.)	Steamer	1,047	sw
2 Aug 1916	UB 20	Vera	Sailing vessel	312	sw
2 Aug 1916	UB 20	Vermland	Steamer	213	sw

13 Mar 1917	UB 32	Comrades	Fishing vessel (smack)	58	br
13 Mar 1917	UB 32	De Tien Kinders	Fishing vessel	44	be
13 Mar 1917	UB 32	Gold Seeker	Fishing vessel (smack)	62	br
30 Mar 1917	UB 32	Penshurst (d.)	Q-ship	1,191	br
31 Mar 1917	UB 32	Boaz	Sailing vessel	111	br
31 Mar 1917	UB 32	Gippeswic	Sailing vessel	116	br
31 Mar 1917	UB 32	Gloucester Castle (d.)	Hospital ship	7,999	br
31 Mar 1917	UB 32	Queen Louise (d.)	Steamer	4,879	br
1 Apr 1917	UB 32	Endymion	Sailing vessel	73	br
4 Apr 1917	UB 32	Parana	Steamer	4,461	bz
5 Apr 1917	UB 32	Ernest Legouve	Sailing vessel	2,246	fr
24 Apr 1917	UB 32	Marie Blanche	Sailing vessel	359	fr
25 Apr 1917	UB 32	Ballarat	Troopship	11,120	br
27 Apr 1917	UB 32	Alfalfa	Steamer	2,993	br
27 Apr 1917	UB 32	Beemah	Steamer	4,750	br
28 Apr 1917	UB 32	Pursue	Fishing vessel (smack)	37	br
29 Apr 1917	UB 32	Ellen Harrison	Sailing vessel	103	br
29 Apr 1917	UB 32	Mermaid	Sailing vessel	76	br
30 Apr 1917	UB 32	Portbail	Steamer	378	fr
8 Jun 1917	UB 32	Vinaes	Steamer	1,107	nw
11 Jun 1917	UB 32	Mar Cor	Steamer	3,257	it
12 Jun 1917	UB 32	South Point	Steamer	4,258	br
14 Jun 1917	UB 32	Vigoureuse	Sailing vessel	152	fr
5 Jul 1917	UB 32	Havbris	Steamer	677	nw
6 Jul 1917	UB 32	Wabasha (d.)	Tanker	5,864	br
19 Aug 1917	UC 65	General Du Temple	Dredger	585	fr
25 Aug 1917	UC 65	Garm	Steamer	725	nw
25 Aug 1917	UC 65	Nerma	Steamer	689	da
29 Aug 1917	UC 65	Laura C. Anderson	Sailing vessel	960	am
31 Aug 1917	UC 65	Erissos (d.)	Steamer	2,885	gr
1 Sep 1917	UC 65	Peronne	steamer	3,342	fr
26 Nov 1917	UB 80	Ango (d.)	Steamer	7,393	fr
27 Nov 1917	UB 80	Bleamoor	Steamer	3,755	br
30 Nov 1917	UB 80	Kalibia	Steamer	4,930	br
4 Dec 1917	UB 80	Vav	Steamer	1,255	nw
5 Dec 1917	UB 80	Armenia (d.)	Steamer	5,463	am

11 Jan 1918	UB 80	Barsac	Steamer	1,806	fr
11 Jan 1918	UB 80	Mississipi (d.)	Steamer	6,687	fr
14 Jan 1918	UB 80	Arthur Capel	Steamer	822	fr
17 Jan 1918	UB 80	Kingsdyke	Steamer	1,710	br
17 Jan 1918	UB 80	War Thistle (d.)	Steamer	5,166	br
4 Mar 1918	UB 80	Polkerris	Steamer	943	fr
5 Mar 1918	UB 80	Uskmoor	Steamer	3,189	br
7 Mar 1918	UB 80	Martha	Steamer	653	be
9 Mar 1918	UB 80	Grane	Steamer	1,122	nw
15 Apr 1918	UB 80	Ailsa Craig	Steamer	601	br
16 Apr 1918	UB 80	George Harper (d.)	Steamer	1,613	br
18 Apr 1918	UB 80	Bamse	Steamer	958	br
21 Apr 1918	UB 80	Westergate	steamer	1,760	br
25 Apr 1918	UB 80	Sevilla	Steamer	1,318	nw
7 Jun 1918	UB 80	Axpe Mendi	Steamer	2,873	sp
10 Jun 1918	UB 80	Stryn	Steamer	2,143	br
11 Jun 1918	UB 80	Boma	Steamer	2,694	br
30 Jul 1918	UB 80	Stock Force	Q-ship	732	br
6 Sep 1918	UB 80	Audax	Steamer	975	br
9 Sep 1918	UB 80	Taurus	Steamer	1,239	nw
				129,935
51 ships sunk (80,795 tons) and 10 ships damaged (49,140 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. (p.) means the ship was taken as prize (included in ships & tonnage lost). We have a picture of this vessel.