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Oscar Maaß

Born on 29 Aug 1888 in Hamburg.
Crew 4/05. Kapitänleutnant (24 Apr 1916)
Died on 28 Feb 1966, Hamburg.

Commands:
UB 95

Alexander Magnus

Born on 18 Aug 1893 in Berlin.
Crew 4/10. Oberleutnant zur See (22 Mar 1916)
Died on 1 Sep 1971, Buxtehude.

Commands:
UB 122

Bruno Mahn

Born on 3 Dec 1887 in Dorfilm, Leuthenberg, Thüringen.
Crew 10/11. Oberleutnant zur See der Reserve (16 Nov 1917)
Died on 6 Feb 1961

Commands:
UB 21

Egon Marchetti

Born on 5 Jul 1874 in Wien.
Crew 1893. Korvettenkapitän (1 Nov 1915)
Died on 10 Jun 1951, Wien.

Commands:
k.u.k. U1

Wilhelm Marschall

Born on 30 Sep 1886 in Augsburg (Bayern).
Crew 4/06. Kapitänleutnant (13 Jan 1917)
Awarded the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern on 12 Nov 1917
Awarded the Pour le Mérite on 4 Jul 1918
Died on 20 Mar 1976, Mölln (Schleswig-Holstein).

Commands:
UC 74, UB 105

Franz Maurer

Born on 4 Oct 1890 in Stolp.
Crew 4/11. Oberleutnant zur See (26 Apr 1917)
Died on 13 Aug 1981, Marburg.

Commands:
UB 77

Gottfried von Mayer

Born on 11 Aug 1890 in Niederruppersdorf, Saxony.
Crew 4/10. Oberleutnant zur See (22 Mar 1916)
Died on 16 Oct 1918, North Sea.

Commands:
UB 90

Ulrich Meier

Born on 26 May 1888 in St. Louis, USA.
Crew 4/08. Kapitänleutnant (28 Apr 1918)
Died on 9 Feb 1960, Flensburg.

Commands:
UB 17, UB 18

Hans von Mellenthin

Born on 25 Mar 1887 in Schivelbein, Pomerania.
Crew 4/06. Kapitänleutnant (13 Jul 1916)
Awarded the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern on 22 Apr 1917
Awarded the Pour le Mérite on 25 Feb 1918
Died on 12 Jun 1971, Kiel-Kitzeberg.

Commands:
UB 43, UB 49, U 120

Hermann Menzel

Born on 24 May 1890 in Blankenburg, Harz.
Crew 4/08. Kapitänleutnant (28 Apr 1918)
Awarded the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern on 4 Jul 1918
Died on 3 Feb 1960, Hamburg.

Commands:
UC 40, U 136

Hermann Metger

Born on 20 Feb 1883 in Plön.
Crew 4/01. Kapitänleutnant (13 Jun 1912)
Awarded the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern on 31 Dec 1917
Died on 15 Jan 1946, Kiel.

Commands:
U 163

Arthur Metz

Born on 25 Feb 1890 in Hamburg.
Crew 4/08. Oberleutnant zur See (19 Sep 1914)
Died on 24 Apr 1916, off the coast of Flanders.

Commands:
UB 17, UB 13

Heinrich Metzger

Born on 24 Jun 1884 in Quint near Trier.
Crew 4/03. Kapitänleutnant (27 Jan 1915)
Died on 30 Aug 1963

Commands:
U 47, U 63, U 39

Karl Meusel

Born on 4 Aug 1881 in Katscher/Kr. Leobschütz.
Crew 4/02. Kapitänleutnant (22 Mar 1914)
Died on 7 Dec 1941, Wesermünde.

Commands:
U 155, U 73, UB 142

Karl Mey

Born on 8 Mar 1887 in Berlin.
Crew 4/05. Oberleutnant zur See (27 Jan 1911)
Died on 30 Jun 1915, North Sea.

Commands:
UC 2

Wilhelm Meyer

Born on 5 Jun 1888 in Malstatt-Burbach.
Crew 4/07. Kapitänleutnant (20 Aug 1917)
Died on 18 Feb 1950, Saarbrücken.

Commands:
UB 77, U 78

Heinrich Middendorff

Born on 14 May 1884 in Emden.
Crew 4/02. Kapitänleutnant (22 Mar 1913)
Died on 23 Jun 1972, Kitzeberg bei Kiel.

Commands:
U 82

August Mildenberger

Born on 25 Dec 1881 in Eggenfelden.
Crew 4/01. Kapitänleutnant (14 Oct 1911)
Died on 10 Jul 1960, Darmstadt.

Commands:
U 89

Christian Mildenstein

Born on 9 Oct 1889 in Burg auf Fehmarn.
Crew 4/09. Oberleutnant zur See (2 May 1915)
Died on 18 Jul 1917, English Channel.

Commands:
UC 1

Friedrich Moecke

Born on 30 Jun 1888 in Ottmachau (now Otmuchów, Poland).
Crew 4/07. Oberleutnant zur See (27 Sep 1913)
Died on 8 Feb 1917, English Channel.

Commands:
UC 4, UB 17, UC 46, UB 12

Hans von Mohl

Born on 5 Sep 1882 in Thüringen.
Crew 4/00. Kapitänleutnant (22 Mar 1911)
Died on 14 Apr 1979, Berlin.

Commands:
U 97

Ulrich Mohrbutter

Born on 4 Jan 1889 in Oldenburg.
Crew 4/07. Oberleutnant zur See (27 Sep 1913)
Died on 21 Jun 1971, Fischbachau.

Commands:
UC 5

Otto Molitor

Born on 25 Apr 1888 in Tachlovice bei Klando, Bohemia.
Crew 1907. Linenschiffleutnant (1 Nov 1914)

Commands:
k.u.k. U10, k.u.k. U15, k.u.k. U47, k.u.k. U15

Alfons Graf Montecuccoli

Born on 29 Sep 1893 in Pola.
Crew 1911. Linenschiffleutnant (1 May 1918)
Died on 8 May 1952, Baden.

Commands:
k.u.k. U11, k.u.k. U5

Freiherr Cassius von Montigny

Born on 28 Oct 1890 in Düsseldorf.
Crew 4/09. Oberleutnant zur See (2 May 1915)
Died on 8 Nov 1940, Bad Tölz.

Commands:
UB 30, UB 10, UB 42

Robert Moraht

Born on 7 Sep 1884 in Sonderburg.
Crew 4/01. Kapitänleutnant (9 Dec 1911)
Awarded the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern on 29 Mar 1917
Awarded the Pour le Mérite on 12 Nov 1917
Died on 26 Aug 1956, Hamburg.

Commands:
U 64

Gerhard Muhle

Born on 18 Jul 1885 in Nordhausen.
Crew 4/02. Kapitänleutnant (22 Mar 1914)
Died on 3 Sep 1917, North Sea.

Commands:
U 66

Hans Albrecht Müller

Born on 22 Feb 1891 in Straßburg.
Crew 4/09. Oberleutnant zur See (2 May 1915)
Died on 10 Sep 1917, South of Ireland.

Commands:
UC 42

Johannes Paul Müller

Born on 4 Oct 1894 in Bad Warmbrunn, Silesia.
Crew 4/11. Oberleutnant zur See (26 Apr 1917)
Died on 24 Nov 1922, Hirschberg, Silesia.

Commands:
UB 92

Ludwig Müller

Born on 17 Mar 1890 in Kaaden, Bohemia.
Crew 1909. Linenschiffleutnant (1 May 1916)
Died on 4 Jul 1918, Adriatic.

Commands:
k.u.k. U11, k.u.k. U15, k.u.k. U20

Ernst Müller-Schwarz

Born on 8 May 1889 in Ehrenbreitstein am Rhein.
Crew 4/08. Oberleutnant zur See (19 Sep 1914)
Died on 22 Apr 1920, Magdeburg.

Commands:
UB 16, UC 64

Waldemar von Münch

Born on 20 Feb 1884 in Paruschowitz, Upper Silesia.
Crew 4/03. Kapitänleutnant (14 Jul 1914)

Commands:
U 161

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