WWI U-boat commanders

Paul Wagenführ

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 4/00)

Successes
22 ships sunk with a total of 72,542 GRT
1 ship damaged with a total of 4,154 GRT
1 warship damaged with a total of 1,250 tons
3 ships taken as prize with a total of 430 GRT

Born:10 Mar 1884 Helmstedt 
Died:12 Aug 1917 North Sea 


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Ranks

7 Apr 1900 Seekadett
19 Apr 1901 Fähnrich zur See
15 Apr 1904 Leutnant zur See
30 Mar 1906 Oberleutnant zur See
10 Apr 1911 Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

3 Oct 1912  Order of the Red Eagle
 Iron Cross 2nd class
 Iron Cross 1st class
14 May 1917  Royal House Order of Hohenzollern

U-boat Commands

U 447 May 1915 - 12 Aug 1917 (+)

Notes

No entry found for this officer.

Ships hit by Paul Wagenführ

DateU-boat Name of shipType of shipTonsNat.
 
25 Mar 1916 U 44 OttomarSailing vessel327ru
27 Mar 1916 U 44 Manchester EngineerSteamer4,302br
29 Mar 1916 U 44 Begonia (d.)Sloop1,250br
30 Mar 1916 U 44 BellSailing vessel3,765nw
31 Mar 1916 U 44  AchillesSteamer7,043br
31 Mar 1916 U 44 GoldmouthTanker7,446br
31 Mar 1916 U 44 Hans GudeSteamer1,110nw
1 Apr 1916 U 44 AshburtonSteamer4,445br
27 Sep 1916 U 44 ThursoSteamer1,244br
 
16 Jan 1917 U 44 Baron SempillSteamer1,607br
23 Jan 1917 U 44 Agnes (p.)Trawler125br
23 Jan 1917 U 44 George E. Benson (p.)Trawler155br
23 Jan 1917 U 44 Vera (p.)Trawler150br
6 Mar 1917 U 44 CaldergroveSteamer4,327br
6 Mar 1917 U 44 Fenay LodgeSteamer3,223br
7 Mar 1917 U 44 OhioSteamer8,719fr
8 Mar 1917 U 44 DunbarmoorSteamer3,651br
8 Mar 1917 U 44 SilasSailing vessel750nw
10 Mar 1917 U 44 Aracataca (d.)steamer4,154br
14 Mar 1917 U 44 Bray HeadSteamer3,077br
16 Mar 1917 U 44  NarragansettTanker9,196br
28 Apr 1917 U 44 VacuumSteamer2,551am
2 May 1917 U 44 NatunaSailing vessel1,121nw
21 Jul 1917 U 44 Robert SmithNavy Trawler211br
24 Jul 1917 U 44 Thorsdalsteamer2,200nw
27 Jul 1917 U 44 John Hays HammondSailing Vessel132am
5 Aug 1917 U 44  BracondaleQ-ship2,095br
 78,376
25 ships sunk (72,972 tons) and 2 ships damaged (5,404 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.

Media links


Kaiserliche Marine U-Boote 1914-1918

Dufeil, Yves

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