Otto Weddigen

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 4/01)

Successes
4 ships sunk with a total of 12,934 GRT
4 warships sunk with a total of 43,350 tons
2 ships damaged with a total of 4,317 GRT

Born:	15 Sep 1882	Herford
Died:	18 Mar 1915	Pentland Firth

Ranks

10 Apr 1901		Seekadett
22 Apr 1902		Fähnrich zur See
29 Sep 1904		Leutnant zur See
10 Nov 1906		Oberleutnant zur See
25 Apr 1912		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

30 Aug 1904		Lifesaving Medal
3 Oct 1912		Order of the Red Eagle
24 Sep 1914		Iron Cross 2nd class
24 Sep 1914		Iron Cross 1st class
28 Sep 1914		Military Order of St. Henry (Saxony)
11 Oct 1914		Military Order of Max Joseph (Bavaria)
24 Oct 1914		Pour le Mérite
22 Nov 1914		Friedrich-August Cross (Oldenburg)
		Military Merit Order (Württemberg)

U-boat Commands

U 9	1 Oct 1911	-	11 Jan 1915
U 29	16 Feb 1915	-	18 Mar 1915 (+)

Notes

Awarded the Pour le Mérite for distinguished and outstanding submarine actions against the British Royal Navy in the North Sea, especially in recognition of the sinking of the British armoured cruisers HMS Hogue, Aboukir and Cressy on September the 22nd 1914. The award also recognised the sinking of the HMS Hawke the next month.

Weddigen also received the first Bavarian Military Max Josef Order of WW I that was given to non-Bavarians and this on the 11th October 1914.

Ships hit by Otto Weddigen

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons

22 Sep 1914	U 9	Aboukir	Armored cruiser	12,000	br
22 Sep 1914	U 9	Cressy	Armored Cruiser	12,000	br
22 Sep 1914	U 9	Hogue	Armored cruiser	12,000	br
15 Oct 1914	U 9	Hawke	Protected cruiser	7,350	br

11 Mar 1915	U 29	Adenwen (d.)	Steamer	3,798	br
11 Mar 1915	U 29	Auguste Conseil	Steamer	2,952	fr
12 Mar 1915	U 29	Andalusian	Steamer	2,349	br
12 Mar 1915	U 29	Headlands	Steamer	2,988	br
12 Mar 1915	U 29	Indian City	Steamer	4,645	br
14 Mar 1915	U 29	Atalanta (d.)	Steamer	519	br
				60,601
8 ships sunk (56,284 tons) and 2 ships damaged (4,317 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. We have a picture of this vessel.