Wilhelm Amberger

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 4/08)

Successes
28 ships sunk with a total of 35,124 GRT
1 ship damaged with a total of 4,577 GRT

Born:	16 Mar 1890	Ingolstadt
Died:	2 Jul 1918	off the Flanders coast

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Ranks

1 Apr 1908		Seekadett
10 Apr 1909		Fähnrich zur See
27 Sep 1911		Leutnant zur See
19 Sep 1914		Oberleutnant zur See
18 Jul 1918		Kapitänleutnant (posthumous)

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd class
		Iron Cross 1st class
		Military Merit Order (Bavaria)

U-boat Commands

UB 10	12 Sep 1916	-	13 Nov 1916
UB 38	19 Nov 1916	-	5 Dec 1917
UB 108	1 Mar 1918	-	2 Jul 1918 (+)

Notes

Amberger’s promotion to Kapitänleutnant on July 18, 1918 was almost certainly unintentionally posthumous. UB 108, with Amberger in command, sailed on July 2, 1918 from Ostend and did not return. The wrecks of several UBIII boats have been located off the Flanders coast in recent years and one of these should be UB 108, mined outbound.

Ships hit by Wilhelm Amberger

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons

12 Dec 1916	UB 38	Coath	steamer	975	br
12 Dec 1916	UB 38	Conrad	Sailing vessel	164	br
15 Dec 1916	UB 38	Naiad	Sailing vessel	1,907	br
17 Dec 1916	UB 38	Ason	Steamer	2,083	sp
19 Dec 1916	UB 38	Ocean	Sailing vessel	339	fr

15 Jan 1917	UB 38	Independant	Sailing vessel	153	fr
16 Jan 1917	UB 38	Manuel	Steamer	2,419	sp
18 Jan 1917	UB 38	Asp	Steamer	1,759	nw
19 Jan 1917	UB 38	Lillian H.	Sailing vessel	467	br
11 Feb 1917	UB 38	Dalmata	Steamer	1,773	nw
11 Apr 1917	UB 38	Precedent	Fishing Vessel (Smack)	36	br
12 Apr 1917	UB 38	Lismore	Passenger steamer	1,305	br
13 Apr 1917	UB 38	Maria	Sailing vessel	175	br
26 Apr 1917	UB 38	Kong Oscar Ii	Sailing vessel	842	nw
27 Apr 1917	UB 38	Jessie	Sailing vessel	108	br
1 May 1917	UB 38	Ladywood	Steamer	2,314	br
4 May 1917	UB 38	Aghios Nikolaos	Steamer	2,231	gr
4 May 1917	UB 38	Assos	Steamer	2,840	gr
4 May 1917	UB 38	Joseph	Sailing vessel	205	br
24 May 1917	UB 38	Gudrun	Sailing vessel	1,472	nw
24 May 1917	UB 38	Thyra	Sailing vessel	285	da
20 Aug 1917	UB 38	Claverley	Steamer	3,829	br
26 Aug 1917	UB 38	W. H. Dwyer	Steamer	1,770	ca
15 Sep 1917	UB 38	Dependence	Sailing vessel	120	br
21 Sep 1917	UB 38	Aline Montreuil	Steamer	1,624	fr
19 Oct 1917	UB 38	Teespool (d.)	Steamer	4,577	br
20 Oct 1917	UB 38	Algarve	Steamer	1,274	br

7 Jun 1918	UB 108	Diana	Steamer	1,119	br
12 Jun 1918	UB 108	Kennington	Steamer	1,536	br
				39,701
28 ships sunk (35,124 tons) and 1 ship damaged (4,577 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged.