WWI U-boat commanders

Fritz Wernicke

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 4/05)

Successes
8 ships sunk with a total of 8,100 GRT
1 warship damaged with a total of 1,200 tons

Born:	30 Oct 1885	Gumbinnen
Died:	18 Jan 1918	Eastern Mediterranean or Aegean Sea

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Ranks

1 Apr 1905		Seekadett
7 Apr 1906		Fähnrich zur See
28 Sep 1908		Leutnant zur See
27 Jan 1911		Oberleutnant zur See
16 Mar 1916		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd class
		Iron Cross 1st class

U-boat Commands

UB 42	23 Mar 1916	-	13 May 1917
UB 66	1 Aug 1917	-	18 Jan 1918 (+)

Notes

Date of death is approximate. There was no contact with UB 66 after it sank Windsor Hall on January 17, 1918 off Egypt; the U-boat was to end its patrol at Constantinople.

Ships hit by Fritz Wernicke

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons

3 Sep 1916	UB 42	Peter Darcy	steamer	731	ru
5 Oct 1916	UB 42	St. Nikolei	Sailing vessel	150	ru
19 Oct 1916	UB 42	Czarita	Steamer	2,891	ru

1 Apr 1917	UB 42	Flora	Sailing vessel	122	it
14 Apr 1917	UB 42	Veronica (d.)	Sloop	1,200	br
16 Apr 1917	UB 42	Rosetta	Sailing vessel	86	ag
23 Apr 1917	UB 42	Boro	Sailing vessel	15	it
19 Oct 1917	UB 66	Martha	Sailing vessel	412	da

17 Jan 1918	UB 66	Windsor Hall	Steamer	3,693	br
				9,300
8 ships sunk (8,100 tons) and 1 ship damaged (1,200 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. We have a picture of this vessel.