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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 19 Apr 1916   Kapitänleutnant 28 Aug 1920   Out of naval service 30 Jan 1938   SS Ostuf 30 Jan 1939   SS Hstuf 27 Aug 1939   char.Korvettenkapitän 1 Jun 1940   Korvettenkapitän z.V. 1 Jul 1942   Fregattenkapitän z.V. Decorations 20 Jul 1913   Order of the Crown   Iron Cross 2nd class 15 Dec 1915   Military Merit Order (Bavaria)     Hanseatic Cross   Iron Cross 1st class 18 Aug 1917   Royal House Order of Hohenzollern 24 Apr 1918   Pour le Mérite 25 Apr 1918   Military Order of Max Joseph (Bavaria)     U-Boat War Badge     Prussian Cross Twenty-fifth year of Service     Honor Cross for Combatants 15 Feb 1945   German Cross in Silver (WWII)   War Merit Cross 1st Class   War Merit Cross 2nd Class

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Von Georg entered the Kaiserliche Marine as Seekadett in 1905 and served on the armoured cruisers SMS Fürst Bismarck and SMS Scharnhorst in the East Asia Squadron. Between 1914 and 1916 served as watch officer on the light cruisers SMS Kolberg and SMS Regensburg and then went to the U-boat school. He became commander of U-57 and U-101 and was later appointed to command U-148 which was still under construction when the war ended.

Received the Pour le Mérite in recognition of his claimed successes of sinking a total of 200.187 GRT of enemy merchant shipping and one British light cruiser (this was in fact the sloop HMS Genista). Also received the Order of Max Joseph which gave him the noble title of Ritter von by the Bavarian king Ludwig III on 23 June 1918.

In 1919 he joined the famous Marine Brigade von Löwenfeldt until he left the military service on 28 August 1920. Von Georg was charged as war criminal by the British but acquitted in 1923. As civilian he worked as director and board member in the metal industry and joined the SS on 30 January 1938. Returning to military service in 1939 he became the chief of the Gruppe für Rüstungsfragen (OKM/K III R) in the Hauptamt Kriegsschiffbau (branch office for arms questions of the department for warship building) on 15 October 1939. When this branch was dissolved in April 1943 he led the special staff of the Kriegsmarine in the staff of the Ministry of Armaments and War Production in Milan, Italy.

Taken prisoner at the end of the war he was released on 19 December 1947.

Date	U-boat		Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons	Nat.
24 Sep 1916	U 57		Ranee (D.)	Trawler	194		br
24 Sep 1916	U 57		Albatross	Trawler	158		br
24 Sep 1916	U 57		Aphelion	Trawler	197		br
24 Sep 1916	U 57		Briton	Trawler	134		br
24 Sep 1916	U 57		Devonshire	Trawler	148		br
24 Sep 1916	U 57		Laila	Steamer	807		nw
24 Sep 1916	U 57		Marguerite	Trawler	151		br
24 Sep 1916	U 57		Otter	Trawler	123		br
24 Sep 1916	U 57		Sunshine	Trawler	185		br
24 Sep 1916	U 57		Tarantula	Fishing vessel	155		br
24 Sep 1916	U 57		Otterhound	Trawler	150		br
25 Sep 1916	U 57		Cynthia	Trawler	133		br
25 Sep 1916	U 57		Fisher Prince	Trawler	125		br
25 Sep 1916	U 57		Gamecock	Fishing vessel	151		br
25 Sep 1916	U 57		Harrier	Trawler	162		br
25 Sep 1916	U 57		Loch Ness	Trawler	176		br
25 Sep 1916	U 57		Nil Desperandum	Trawler	148		br
25 Sep 1916	U 57		Quebec	Fishing vessel	133		br
25 Sep 1916	U 57		Seal	Trawler	135		br
25 Sep 1916	U 57		St. Hilda	Trawler	94		br
25 Sep 1916	U 57		Trinidad	Trawler	147		br
23 Oct 1916	U 57		Genista	Sloop	1,250		br
26 Oct 1916	U 57		Rowanmore	Steamer	10,320		br
30 Oct 1916	U 57		Floreal	Fishing vessel	163		br
31 Oct 1916	U 57		Saturn	Steamer	1,108		nw
18 Jan 1917	U 57		Manchester Inventor	Steamer	4,247		br
22 Jan 1917	U 57		Euphrates	Steamer	2,809		be
22 Jan 1917	U 57		Minho	Sailing vessel	179		pt
22 Jan 1917	U 57		Trevean	Steamer	3,081		br
26 Jan 1917	U 57		Bisagno	Steamer	2,252		it
22 Mar 1917	U 57		Sirius	Sailing vessel	1,053		nw
27 Mar 1917	U 57		Holgate	Steamer	2,604		br
28 Mar 1917	U 57		Gafsa	Steamer	3,974		br
29 Mar 1917	U 57		Crispin	Steamer	3,965		br
29 Mar 1917	U 57		Lincolnshire	Steamer	3,965		br
30 Mar 1917	U 57		Lady Patricia (d.)	Q-ship	1,372		br
31 Mar 1917	U 57		Braefield	Steamer	427		br
5 Apr 1917	U 57		Ebenezer	Sailing vessel	181		da
12 May 1917	U 57		Refugio	Steamer	2,642		br
14 May 1917	U 57		Arlington Court (d.)	Steamer	4,346		br
19 May 1917	U 57		Farnham	Steamer	3,102		br
24 May 1917	U 57		Belgian	Steamer	3,657		br
1 Jun 1917	U 57		Teal	Trawler	141		br
2 Jul 1917	U 57		Mayflower	Fishing vessel (smack)	55		sw
5 Jul 1917	U 57		Cuyahoga	Tanker	4,586		br
7 Jul 1917	U 57		Tarquah	Passenger steamer	3,859		br
8 Jul 1917	U 57		Pegu	Steamer	6,348		br
10 Jul 1917	U 57		Garmoyle	Steamer	1,229		br
16 Jul 1917	U 57		Benguela (d.)	Steamer	5,530		br
8 Oct 1917	U 57		Aylevarroo	Steamer	908		br
8 Oct 1917	U 57		Richard De Larrinaga	Steamer	5,591		br
12 Oct 1917	U 57		Cape Corso (d.)	Steamer	3,890		br
12 Oct 1917	U 57		Georgios Markettos	steamer	2,269		gr
13 Oct 1917	U 57		Diu	Steamer	5,556		pt
14 Oct 1917	U 57		East Wales	Steamer	4,321		br
20 Oct 1917	U 57		Norden	Sailing vessel	703		sw
28 Nov 1917	U 57		Perm	Steamer	1,312		da
29 Nov 1917	U 57		Pierre	Sailing vessel	112		fr
30 Nov 1917	U 57		Courage	Fishing vessel (smack)	51		br
30 Nov 1917	U 57		Gazelle	Fishing vessel (smack)	40		br
30 Nov 1917	U 57		Lustre (D.)	Fishing vessel (smack)	48		br
3 Dec 1917	U 57		Copeland	Steamer	1,184		br
6 Dec 1917	U 57		Saint Antoine De Padoue (d.)	Sailing vessel	355		fr
19 Jan 1918	U 101		St. Clair (d.)	Steamer	621		br
1 Feb 1918	U 101		Kindly Light	Sailing vessel	116		br
2 Feb 1918	U 101		Marie Magdeleine	Sailing vessel	115		fr
2 Feb 1918	U 101		Sofie	Steamer	354		br
3 Feb 1918	U 101		Nikolaos (d.)	Steamer	3,561		it
5 Feb 1918	U 101		Mexico City	Steamer	5,078		br
20 Mar 1918	U 101		Glenford	Steamer	494		br
22 Mar 1918	U 101		Trinidad	Steamer	2,592		br
23 Mar 1918	U 101		Jane Gray	Sailing vessel	124		br
24 Mar 1918	U 101		John G. Walter	Sailing vessel	258		br
27 Mar 1918	U 101		Allendale	Steamer	2,153		br
30 Mar 1918	U 101		Lough Fisher	Steamer	418		br
2 Apr 1918	U 101		Solway Queen	steamer	307		br
14 May 1918	U 101		Embla	Sailing vessel	157		da
26 May 1918	U 101		Princess Royal	Passenger steamer	1,986		br
27 May 1918	U 101		Moliere	steamer	1,545		fr
28 May 1918	U 101		Flora	Sailing vessel	209		fr
29 May 1918	U 101		Souvenir	Sailing vessel	549		da
30 May 1918	U 101		Waneta	Steamer	1,683		br
31 May 1918	U 101		Pretty Polly	Fishing vessel (smack)	19		br
3 Jun 1918	U 101		St. John’s	Navy Trawler	208		br
					131,138
77 ships sunk (111,463 tons) and 7 ships damaged (19,675 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. We have a picture of this vessel.

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