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Friedrich Fähndrich

Born on 8 Jan 1887 in Buapest.
Crew 1905. Linenschiffleutnant (1 May 1913)
Awarded the Order of Leopold
Died on Apr 1917, Adriatic or Mediterranean Sea.

Commands:
k.u.k. U15, k.u.k. U15, k.u.k. U30

Hugo von Falkhausen

Born on 11 Aug 1888 in Pilsen.
Crew 1906. Linenschiffleutnant (1 May 1914)
Died on 31 Dec 1965, Gräfelfing.

Commands:
k.u.k. U6

Adolf Feddersen

Born on 28 Aug 1887 in Olderup.
Crew 4/10. Oberleutnant zur See der Reserve (17 Jun 1917)
Died on 3 Oct 1917, Flanders coast.

Commands:
UC 14

Johannes Feldkirchner

Born on 6 Nov 1884 in Klingenmünster.
Crew 4/03. Kapitänleutnant (16 Apr 1915)
Died on 10 Jul 1950, Hamburg.

Commands:
U 17, UC 25, U 72, U 47

Richard Feldt

Born on 24 Sep 1882 in Münster.
Crew 4/00. Kapitänleutnant (21 Aug 1910)
Died on 25 Sep 1918, North Sea.

Commands:
U 156

Freiherr Wilhelm von Fircks

Born on 31 Dec 1881 in Berlin.
Crew 4/01. Kapitänleutnant (11 Nov 1911)
Died on 14 May 1917, Horns Reef.

Commands:
U 59

Hermann von Fischel

Born on 13 Jan 1887 in Kiel.
Crew 4/05. Kapitänleutnant (24 Apr 1916)
Awarded the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern on 18 Aug 1918
Died on 13 May 1950, in PoW camp at Moscow.

Commands:
U 65

Waldemar von Fischer

Born on 28 Sep 1889 in Hannover.
Crew 4/09. Oberleutnant zur See (2 May 1915)
Died on 6 Jun 1974, Hamburg.

Commands:
UB 33, UC 60, UB 38, UB 126

Erich Förste

Born on 11 Feb 1892 in Magdeburg.
Crew 4/10. Oberleutnant zur See (22 Mar 1916)
Died on 10 Jul 1963, Kiel.

Commands:
UB 34, UB 99

Hans Förste

Born on 27 Dec 1890 in Magdeburg-Südenburg.
Crew 4/09. Oberleutnant zur See (2 May 1915)
Died on 21 Aug 1917, off the River Tay.

Commands:
UC 41

Walter Forstmann

Born on 9 Mar 1883 in Essen-Werden.
Crew 4/00. Kapitänleutnant (10 Apr 1911)
Awarded the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern on 14 May 1916
Awarded the Pour le Mérite on 12 Aug 1916
Awarded the Order of Leopold on 8 Nov 1917
Died on 2 Nov 1973, Essen.

Commands:
U 12, U 39

Freiherr Georg-Günther von Forstner

Born on 21 Nov 1882 in Greifswald.
Crew 4/00. Korvettenkapitän (28 Apr 1918)
Died on 29 Oct 1940, Greifswald.

Commands:
U 28

Adolf Franz

Born on 25 Nov 1883 in Köln (Cologne).
Crew 4/01. Kapitänleutnant (18 Nov 1912)
Died on 12 Mar 1940, Witten.

Commands:
U 47, U 152

Hans Friedrich

Born on 16 Sep 1894 in Darmstadt.
Crew 4/12. Oberleutnant zur See (25 Dec 1917)
Died on 25 May 1966, Vigo.

Commands:
U 55

Eberhard Fröhner

Born on 9 Feb 1889 in Berlin.
Crew 4/08. Oberleutnant zur See (19 Sep 1914)
Died on 16 Mar 1916, off Taranto.

Commands:
UC 12

Gerhardt Fürbringer

Born on 13 Jul 1884 in Braunschweig.
Crew 4/03. Kapitänleutnant (27 Jan 1915)
Died on 17 Mar 1972

Commands:
U 40

Werner Fürbringer

Born on 2 Oct 1888 in Braunschweig.
Crew 4/07. Kapitänleutnant (16 Nov 1917)
Awarded the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern on 27 Aug 1916
Died on 8 Feb 1982, Braunschweig.

Commands:
UB 2, UB 17, UB 39, UC 70, UC 17, UB 58, UB 110

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