WWI U-boat commanders

Otto Wünsche

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 4/02)

Successes
75 ships sunk with a total of 149,854 GRT
1 warship sunk with a total of 1,290 tons
7 ships damaged with a total of 29,919 GRT

Born:	28 Sep 1884	Duisburg
Died:	29 Mar 1919	Kiel

Ranks

1 Apr 1902		Seekadett
11 Apr 1903		Fähnrich zur See
29 Sep 1905		Leutnant zur See
30 Mar 1908		Oberleutnant zur See
15 Nov 1913		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd class
		Iron Cross 1st class
		Friedrich-August Cross (Oldenburg)
14 May 1917		Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
20 Dec 1917		Pour le Mérite

U-boat Commands

U 25	9 May 1914	-	15 Sep 1915
U 70	22 Sep 1915	-	15 Sep 1918
U 97	14 Oct 1917	-	12 Jan 1918
U 126	7 Oct 1918	-	11 Nov 1918

Notes

No entry found for this officer.

Ships hit by Otto Wünsche

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons

7 Jun 1915	U 25	Glittertind	Steamer	717	nw
7 Jun 1915	U 25	Nottingham	Trawler	165	br
7 Jun 1915	U 25	Pentland	Trawler	204	br
7 Jun 1915	U 25	Saturn	Trawler	183	br
7 Jun 1915	U 25	Velocity	Trawler	186	br
9 Jun 1915	U 25	Cardiff	Trawler	163	br
9 Jun 1915	U 25	Castor	Trawler	182	br
9 Jun 1915	U 25	J. Leyman	Trawler	197	br
9 Jun 1915	U 25	Tunisian	Trawler	211	br
4 Jul 1915	U 25	Sunbeam	Sailing vessel	132	br
8 Jul 1915	U 25	Anna	Steamer	2,000	ru
8 Jul 1915	U 25	Guido	Steamer	2,093	br
9 Jul 1915	U 25	Nordaas	Steamer	1,111	nw
11 Jul 1915	U 25	Hainton	Trawler	156	br
11 Jul 1915	U 25	Syrian	Trawler	176	br
11 Jul 1915	U 25	Fleetwood (d.)	Trawler	163	br
6 Aug 1915	U 25	Maj	Steamer	920	sw
7 Aug 1915	U 25	Norman	Sailing vessel	1,060	nw
10 Aug 1915	U 25	Aura	Steamer	396	nw
14 Aug 1915	U 25	Albis	Steamer	1,381	nw
17 Aug 1915	U 25	Mineral	Steamer	649	nw
19 Aug 1915	U 25	Bras	Steamer	1,863	nw

16 Mar 1916	U 70	Berwindvale (d.)	Steamer	5,242	br
16 Mar 1916	U 70	Willie	Sailing vessel	185	br
17 Mar 1916	U 70	Lindfield	Sailing vessel	2,230	nw
22 Mar 1916	U 70	Bougainville	Sailing vessel	2,248	fr
24 Mar 1916	U 70	Fenay Bridge	Steamer	3,838	br
25 Mar 1916	U 70	Duendes (D.)	Steamer	4,602	br
28 Mar 1916	U 70	Eagle Point	Steamer	5,222	br
2 Apr 1916	U 70	Arena	steamer	1,019	nw
17 Dec 1916	U 70	Pascal	Steamer	5,587	br
18 Dec 1916	U 70	Eugene Gaston	Sailing vessel	184	fr
18 Dec 1916	U 70	Flimston	Steamer	5,751	br
18 Dec 1916	U 70	Hirondelle	Sailing vessel	148	fr
22 Dec 1916	U 70	Avanti	Steamer	1,673	it
22 Dec 1916	U 70	Thyra (d.)	Steamer	749	nw
24 Dec 1916	U 70	Harry W. Adams	Sailing vessel	127	br
26 Dec 1916	U 70	Spin-away	Sailing vessel	95	br
30 Dec 1916	U 70	Borre	Steamer	741	nw
30 Dec 1916	U 70	Edda	Steamer	1,138	nw

1 Jan 1917	U 70	Tsiropinas	Steamer	3,015	gr
2 Jan 1917	U 70	Aconcagua	Sailing vessel	1,313	fr
2 Jan 1917	U 70	Odda	Steamer	1,101	nw
2 Jan 1917	U 70	San Leandro	Steamer	1,616	sp
4 Jan 1917	U 70	Ruby	Sailing vessel	949	ru
9 Jan 1917	U 70	Excellent	Steamer	1,944	br
27 Feb 1917	U 70	San Patricio (d.)	Tanker	9,712	br
3 Mar 1917	U 70	Kincardine	Steamer	4,108	br
9 Mar 1917	U 70	Inverlogie	Sailing vessel	2,347	br
10 Mar 1917	U 70	Mediterranean	Sailing vessel	105	br
10 Mar 1917	U 70	T. Crowley	Sailing vessel	97	br
12 Mar 1917	U 70	Winnebago (d.)	Tanker	4,666	br
13 Mar 1917	U 70	Alma	Sailing vessel	335	ru
13 Mar 1917	U 70	Elizabeth Eleanor	Sailing vessel	169	br
13 Mar 1917	U 70	Pera	Sailing vessel	1,737	ru
15 Mar 1917	U 70	Balaguier	Steamer	2,293	fr
15 Mar 1917	U 70	Circe	Steamer	4,133	fr
16 Mar 1917	U 70	Norma Pratt	Steamer	4,416	br
16 Mar 1917	U 70	Vigilancia	steamer	4,115	am
18 Mar 1917	U 70	Joshua Nicholson	steamer	1,853	br
21 Apr 1917	U 70	Sebek	Steamer	4,601	br
24 Apr 1917	U 70	Clan Galbraith	Fishing vessel (sail)	2,168	nw
24 Apr 1917	U 70	Eos	Sailing vessel	179	da
24 Apr 1917	U 70	Valkyrian	Sailing vessel	233	sw
24 Apr 1917	U 70	Vestdal	Sailing vessel	1,690	nw
26 Apr 1917	U 70	Harflete	Steamer	4,814	br
27 Apr 1917	U 70	Manchester Citizen	Steamer	4,251	br
28 Apr 1917	U 70	Anne Marie	Sailing vessel	441	nw
29 Apr 1917	U 70	Daleby	Steamer	3,628	br
30 Apr 1917	U 70	Delamere	Steamer	1,525	br
4 Jun 1917	U 70	Southland	Passenger steamer	11,899	br
9 Jun 1917	U 70	Appledore	Steamer	3,843	br
9 Jun 1917	U 70	Egyptiana	Steamer	3,818	br
9 Jun 1917	U 70	Harbury	Steamer	4,572	br
10 Jun 1917	U 70	Galicia	Steamer	1,400	br
11 Jun 1917	U 70	City Of Perth	Steamer	3,427	br
18 Jun 1917	U 70	Queen Adelaide	Steamer	4,965	br
19 Jun 1917	U 70	Buffalo	Steamer	4,106	br
25 Aug 1917	U 70	Malda	Passenger steamer	7,896	br
22 Nov 1917	U 97	Conovium	Sailing vessel	86	br
22 Nov 1917	U 97	Elsena	Steamer	335	br
22 Nov 1917	U 97	Hartland (d.)	Steamer	4,785	br

5 May 1918	U 70	Rhododendron	Sloop	1,290	br
				181,063
77 ships sunk (155,746 tons) and 6 ships damaged (25,317 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. We have a picture of this vessel.