Reinhold Saltzwedel
Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Oberleutnant zur See Reinhold Saltzwedel (23 November 1889 – 2 December 1917) was a successful and highly decorated German U-boat commander in the Kaiserliche Marine during World War I. He sank a total of 111 merchant vessels for Template:GRT. On 1 September 1936, his name was given to the 2nd U-boat Flotilla of the Kriegsmarine in Wilhelmshaven to honour him.
Early life
Reinhold Saltzwedel was born on 23 November 1889 in Rosenberg, Upper Silesia.[1] His father was a parson.
World War I
Saltzwedel was a Leutnant zur See when World War I broke out and Adjutant on the Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".. On 19 September 1914, he was promoted to Oberleutnant zur See.[1] In May 1915 he went to the U-boat school. Shortly afterwards, he served as commander of several U-boats. On 20 August 1917, he was awarded the Pour le Mérite for his achievements.
On 18 September 1917, he became the commanding officer of Template:SMU, aboard which he died on 2 December after UB-81 ran into a mine.[1] Twenty-nine men lost their lives.
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
- Pages with script errors
- 1889 births
- 1917 deaths
- People from Olesno
- Military personnel from the Province of Silesia
- U-boat commanders (Imperial German Navy)
- Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class)
- German military personnel killed in World War I
- Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914), 1st class
- Imperial German Navy personnel of World War I