U Boat Aces

WWI:
Most Successful U Boat Commanders Tonnage Sunk or Captured Commander Successes 1. Kptlt. Lothar von Arnauld de la Perire Kptlt. Walter Forstmann 195 ships sunk or captured (455,868 tons) 8 ships damaged (34,312 tons) 149 ships sunk or captured (391,607 tons) 7 ships damaged (30,552 tons) 144 ships sunk or captured (299,473 tons) 6 ships damaged (33,151 tons) 206 ships sunk or captured (244,778 tons) 11 ships damaged (61,519 tons) 82 ships sunk or captured (221,106 tons) 9 ships damaged (45,606 tons) 56 ships sunk or captured (188,895 tons) 10 ships damaged (36,363 tons) 49 ships sunk or captured (185,212 tons) 4 ships damaged (3,488 tons) 51 ships sunk or captured (183,832 tons) 12 ships damaged (60,480 tons) 80 ships sunk or captured (174,655 tons) 3 ships damaged (9,951 tons) 111 ships sunk or captured (173,057 tons) 10 ships damaged (17,131 tons) 48 ships sunk or captured (163,128 tons) 6 ships damaged (27,902 tons) 56 ships sunk or captured (157,771

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KrvKpt. Max Valentiner

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Kptlt. Otto Steinbrinck

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Kptlt. Hans Rose

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Kptlt. Gustav Sie

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Kptlt. Walther Schwieger

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Wolfgang Steinbauer

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Kptlt. Claus Rcker

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Oblt. Reinhold Saltzwedel

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Kptlt. Kurt Hartwig

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KrvKpt. Waldemar Kophamel

tons) 5 ships damaged (7,998 tons) 13. Kptlt. Hans von Mellenthin 58 ships sunk or captured (154,813 tons) 6 ships damaged (31,405 tons) 77 ships sunk or captured (153,630 tons) 6 ships damaged (25,317 tons) 77 ships sunk or captured (148,310 tons) 16 ships damaged (89,369 tons) 46 ships sunk or captured (147,869 tons) 3 ships damaged (9,420 tons) 57 ships sunk or captured (143,667 tons) 3 ships damaged (10,771 tons) 45 ships sunk or captured (140,783 tons) 5 ships damaged (21,956 tons) 54 ships sunk or captured (137,817 tons) 8 ships damaged (26,945 tons) 90 ships sunk or captured (136,203 tons) 5 ships damaged (15,297 tons)

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Kptlt. Otto Wnsche

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Oblt. Johannes Lohs

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Kptlt. Robert Moraht

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Kptlt. Konrad Gansser

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Kptlt. Rudolf Schneider

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Kptlt. Otto Schultze

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Oblt. Erwin Waner

These 20 commanders sank 1,731 ships for a total of 4,002,474 tons. Most Successful U Boat Commanders Ships Sunk or Captured Otto Steinbrinck 206 Lothar von Arnauld de la Periere 195 Walter Forstmann 149 Max Valentiner 144 Reinhold Saltzwedel 111 Erwin Waner 90

Hans Rose 82 Claus Rucker 80