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Schweiger

KapitänLeutnant Walter Schweiger

commanded U - 20

16 Dec 1914 - 5 Nov 1916

 

u - 20

 

Crew U - 20

                                   Brandt Alfred   Leutnant z.S.d.R   U-20
                                   Droscher  Otto             Kapitänleutnant                  U-20,U-14,U-78,U-71,U-117
                                   Fűrbringer  Werner  Kapitänleutnant       U-1,U-20,UB-2,UB-17,UB-39,UC-70, UC-17,
     UB-58,UB-110
                                   List  Willy           Kapitänleutnant         U-20,UB-25,UC-37,UC-27
                                   Scheffler       Walter   Oberleutnant     U-20,U-88,UB-21,UB-127
                                   Scherb       Karl     Marine-Oberingenieur               U-14,U-33,U-20,UA.U-22,U-58 U-80
                                    Schweiger       Walter         Kapitänleutnant        U-14,U-20,U-88
                                   Szitnik     Kurt    Marine-Oberingenieur    U-20,U-140
                                   Weisbach        Raimund      Kapitänleutnant       U-20,U-19,U-81
                                   Zenter       Rudolf      Oberleutnant z.S         U-20,U-88

 

Ships sunk or damaged by U - 20

                           30 Jan   1915 SS Ikaria 4,335tons  British
                           30 Jan   1915 SS Oriole 1,489tons  British
                           30 Jan   1915 SS Tokomaru 6,084tons  British
                           07 Mar  1915 SS Bengrove 3,840tons  British
                           09 Mar  1915 SS Princess Victoria 1,108tons  British
                           11 Mar  1915 SS Florazan 4,658tons  British
                           05 May 1915 SS Earl of Latham    132tons  British
                           06 May 1915 SS Candidate  5,858tons  British
                           06 May 1915 SS Centurian  5,495tons  British
                           07 May 1915 SS Lusitania 30,396tons British
                           08 Jul    1915 SS Marion Lightbody   2,176tons  Rumania
                           09 Jul    1915 SS Ellesmere   1,170tons  British
                           09 Jul    1915 SS Leo   2,224tons  British
                           09 Jul    1915 SS Meadowfield   2,750tons  British
                           13 Jul    1915 SS Lennok   1,142tons  Russian 
                           02 Sep  1915 SS Roumanie   2,599tons  British 
                           03 Sep  1915 SS Frode   1,875tons  Danish
                           04 Sep  1915 SS Hesperian 10,920tons British
                           05 Sep  1915 SS Dictator    4,116tons British
                           05 Sep  1915 SS Douro  1,604tons  British 
                           05 Sep  1915 SS Rhea  1,145tons  British 
                           06 Sep  1915 SS Guatemala  5,913tons  French 
                           07 Sep  1915 SS Bourdeaux  4,604tons  French 
                           07 Sep  1915 SS Caroni  2,652tons  British 
                           08 Sep  1915 SS Mora  3,047tons  British 
                           30 Apr  1916 SS Bakio 1,906tons  Spanish
                           01 May 1916 SS Bernadene    486tons  French
                           02 May 1916 SS Ruabon 2,004tons  British
                           03 May 1916 SS Marie Molinos 1,946tons  French
                           06 May 1916 SS Galgate 2,356tons  British
                           08 May 1916 SS Cymric 13,370tonsBritish
                           01 Aug  1916 SS Aaro   2,603tons British
                           29 Aug  1916 SS Ibo   (damaged)     397tons  Portugal 
                           26 Sep  1916 SS Thelma  1,002tons British 
                           18 Oct  1916 SS Ethel Duncan  2,510tons British
                           23 Oct  1916 SS Arromanches  1,640tons French 
                           23 Oct  1916 SS Chieri  4,400tons Italian 
                           23 Oct  1916 SS Felix Louis     272tons French 
                           26 Oct  1916 SS Fabian  (damaged) 2,246tons  British
     
     
     
     
     
     

Louistania 

HMS 'Louistania'

hesperian

HMS 'Hesperian'

Following a routine patrol on 04 November 1916, U-208 was returning to Germany when Kptlt. Schweiger received a wireless SOS from U Boat-30,

indicating engine failure. U -208 rendezvoused with U-30 and attempted to escort the U-30 to Borsberg when entered into a

fog bank resulting in both U-Boats going aground. Several German destroyers and the cruiser 'Moltke' responded in an attempt to refloat the boats.

Some how British Intelligence learned of the situation and dispatched  a British submarine, J-1. J-1 was able to fire four torpedoes at the unsuspecting

'Kurförst' and the 'Konprinz'. U-30 was pulled off the sandbank but not the case with U-20 which had to be scuttled.

sinking ship

aground on sandbank

 

u 20 aaa

scuttled

 

 

 

 

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