Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 4/05)

Successes
74 ships sunk with a total of 109,971 GRT
1 warship sunk with a total of 1,250 tons
9 ships damaged with a total of 19,917 GRT

Born:	27 Aug 1886	Oberndorf bei Schweinfurt
Died:	26 Sep 1957	Köln

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

U-boat Commands

U 57	6 Jul 1916	-	19 Dec 1917
U 101	20 Dec 1917	-	17 Jun 1918

Notes

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.

Ships hit by Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons

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.