Reinhold Saltzwedel

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 4/08)

Successes
111 ships sunk with a total of 172,824 GRT
8 ships damaged with a total of 15,103 GRT
2 warships damaged with a total of 2,028 tons

Born:	23 Nov 1889	Rosenberg/ Oberschlesien
Died:	2 Dec 1917	English Channel

Ranks

1 Apr 1908		Seekadett
10 Apr 1909		Fähnrich zur See
27 Sep 1911		Leutnant zur See
19 Sep 1914		Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd class
		Iron Cross 1st class
29 Mar 1917		Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
20 Aug 1917		Pour le Mérite

U-boat Commands

UB 10	13 Jan 1916	-	18 Jun 1916
UC 10	14 Jun 1916	-	26 Jun 1916
UC 11	12 Aug 1916	-	20 Aug 1916
UC 21	15 Sep 1916	-	9 Jun 1917
UC 71	10 Jun 1917	-	13 Sep 1917
UB 81	18 Sep 1917	-	2 Dec 1917 (+)

Notes

Saltzwedel was a Lt.z.S. when war broke out and Adjutant on the Linienschiff Kaiser. He was promoted to Oblt.z.S. On the 19th September 1914.

In May 1915 he went to the U-boot-Schule. Shortly afterwards he joined the U-Flottille Flandern where he became commander of UB 10 on 13th January 1916. In June, from the 14th till the 26th he served as commander of the UC 10 and later UC 11 until 20th August 1916. On 15 September he became commander of the UC 21 and on the 10th of June 1917 he took command of the UC 71. On 20 August he was awarded the Pour le Mérite. On 18 September 1917 he became CO of UB 81.

He died on UB 81 on 2 December 1917 after running into a mine.

He sank more than 110 merchant vessels for over 170.000 BRT. His name was given to the 2 U-Boot Flottille of the Kriegsmarine in Wilhelmshaven.

Ships hit by Reinhold Saltzwedel

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons

19 Mar 1916	UB 10	Port Dalhousie	Steamer	1,744	br
1 Apr 1916	UB 10	Peter Hamre	Steamer	1,081	nw
28 Nov 1916	UC 21	Clematis	Fishing vessel (smack)	22	br
28 Nov 1916	UC 21	Lady Of The Lake	Sailing vessel	91	br
28 Nov 1916	UC 21	Vulcan	Fishing vessel (smack)	27	br
28 Nov 1916	UC 21	Pelagia	Navy Drifter	84	br
30 Nov 1916	UC 21	Draupner	Steamer	1,126	nw
30 Nov 1916	UC 21	Eggesford (d.)	Steamer	4,414	br
30 Nov 1916	UC 21	Therese	Sailing vessel	165	fr
1 Dec 1916	UC 21	King Bleddyn	Steamer	4,387	br
2 Dec 1916	UC 21	Demetrios Inglesis	Steamer	2,088	gr
2 Dec 1916	UC 21	Robinson	Sailing vessel	186	fr
2 Dec 1916	UC 21	Uribitarte	Steamer	1,756	sp
3 Dec 1916	UC 21	Aiglon	Sailing vessel	280	fr
3 Dec 1916	UC 21	Louise	Sailing vessel	155	fr
3 Dec 1916	UC 21	Verdun	Sailing vessel	184	fr
4 Dec 1916	UC 21	Pallas	Steamer	1,202	ru
5 Dec 1916	UC 21	Nexos	Steamer	1,013	da
6 Dec 1916	UC 21	Gerona	Steamer	1,328	sp
7 Dec 1916	UC 21	Avristan	Steamer	3,818	br
8 Dec 1916	UC 21	Dagon	Navy Trawler	250	br
8 Dec 1916	UC 21	Falk	Steamer	1,379	nw
8 Dec 1916	UC 21	Marjolaine	Sailing vessel	163	fr
8 Dec 1916	UC 21	Modum	Steamer	2,937	nw
17 Dec 1916	UC 21	Margaret	Drifter	54	br

18 Jan 1917	UC 21	Ferret (d.)	Destroyer	778	br
19 Jan 1917	UC 21	Joseph Rosalie	Sailing vessel	138	fr
19 Jan 1917	UC 21	Marietta Di Giorgio	Steamer	988	nw
19 Jan 1917	UC 21	Tremeadow	Steamer	3,653	br
20 Jan 1917	UC 21	Kisagata Maru No. 3	Steamer	2,588	jp
20 Jan 1917	UC 21	Jotunfjell (d.)	Steamer	2,492	nw
21 Jan 1917	UC 21	Victoire (d.)	Sailing vessel	290	fr
21 Jan 1917	UC 21	Leontine	Sailing vessel	124	fr
21 Jan 1917	UC 21	Saint Pierre	Sailing vessel	127	fr
22 Jan 1917	UC 21	Bearnais	Sailing vessel	301	fr
22 Jan 1917	UC 21	Precurseur	Sailing vessel	364	fr
22 Jan 1917	UC 21	Stenimachos	steamer	1,175	gr
24 Jan 1917	UC 21	Dan	Steamer	1,869	da
24 Jan 1917	UC 21	Gladiateur	Fishing vessel	23	fr
24 Jan 1917	UC 21	Loire Iii	Pilot cutter	27	fr
24 Jan 1917	UC 21	Marie 3	Pilot boat	25	fr
24 Jan 1917	UC 21	Quebec	Steamer	3,346	fr
24 Jan 1917	UC 21	Vega	Sailing vessel	195	da
25 Jan 1917	UC 21	Myrdal	steamer	2,631	nw
1 Feb 1917	UC 21	Sainte Helene	Steamer	2,128	fr
10 Feb 1917	UC 21	Beechtree	Steamer	1,277	br
11 Feb 1917	UC 21	Dernes	Steamer	738	nw
12 Feb 1917	UC 21	Nordcap	steamer	332	nw
13 Feb 1917	UC 21	Progreso	Steamer	1,620	nw
14 Feb 1917	UC 21	Longscar	Steamer	2,777	br
14 Feb 1917	UC 21	Mar Adriatico	Steamer	2,410	sp
15 Feb 1917	UC 21	Aline	Sailing vessel	30	fr
15 Feb 1917	UC 21	Marion Dawson	Steamer	2,300	br
16 Feb 1917	UC 21	Niobe	Steamer	1,319	fr
16 Feb 1917	UC 21	Pollcrea (d.)	Steamer	1,209	br
17 Feb 1917	UC 21	Cabo	Steamer	1,254	nw
17 Feb 1917	UC 21	Silene	Sailing vessel	171	fr
18 Feb 1917	UC 21	Triumph	Sailing vessel	52	br
19 Feb 1917	UC 21	Rutenfjell	Steamer	1,844	nw
10 Mar 1917	UC 21	Asbjørn	Steamer	3,459	nw
12 Mar 1917	UC 21	ALICE CHARLES	Fishing vessel	41	fr
12 Mar 1917	UC 21	ARETHUSE	Fishing vessel	40	fr
13 Mar 1917	UC 21	Girda	Steamer	1,824	nw
13 Mar 1917	UC 21	Vivina	Steamer	3,034	sp
14 Mar 1917	UC 21	Blaamanden	Steamer	954	nw
14 Mar 1917	UC 21	LA MARNE	Sailing vessel	133	fr
15 Mar 1917	UC 21	Eugene Robert	Sailing vessel	98	fr
15 Mar 1917	UC 21	Fleur D’esperance	Fishing vessel (dundee)	24	fr
15 Mar 1917	UC 21	Frimaire	Steamer	1,778	br
15 Mar 1917	UC 21	Petit Jean	Fishing vessel	21	fr
16 Mar 1917	UC 21	Anais	Sailing vessel	130	fr
16 Mar 1917	UC 21	Madeleine Davoust	Sailing vessel	148	fr
16 Mar 1917	UC 21	Ronald	Steamer	3,021	nw
18 Mar 1917	UC 21	Illinois	Tanker	5,225	am
17 Apr 1917	UC 21	Donegal	Passenger steamer	1,885	br
19 Apr 1917	UC 21	Cilurnum	Steamer	3,126	br
20 Apr 1917	UC 21	Georgios	Steamer	3,124	gr
21 Apr 1917	UC 21	Emile Et Charlotte	Fishing vessel (dundee)	41	fr
21 Apr 1917	UC 21	Ville De Dieppe	Sailing vessel	1,254	nw
22 Apr 1917	UC 21	Capenor	Steamer	2,536	br
22 Apr 1917	UC 21	Percy Birdsall	Sailing vessel	1,127	am
22 Apr 1917	UC 21	Valerie	Sailing vessel	2,140	nw
24 Apr 1917	UC 21	Barnton	Steamer	1,858	br
25 Apr 1917	UC 21	Baigorry	Steamer	2,161	fr
26 Apr 1917	UC 21	Boy Denis	Fishing vessel (smack)	41	br
22 May 1917	UC 21	Jeune Albert	Fishing vessel	25	fr
23 May 1917	UC 21	Harwood Palmer	Sailing vessel	2,885	am
23 May 1917	UC 21	Lesto	Steamer	1,940	br
26 May 1917	UC 21	Aristides	Steamer	2,179	gr
26 May 1917	UC 21	Norhaug	Steamer	1,245	nw
27 May 1917	UC 21	Efstathios	Steamer	3,847	gr
28 May 1917	UC 21	Hiram	steamer	598	nw
28 May 1917	UC 21	Urna	Steamer	2,686	nw
28 May 1917	UC 21	Waldemar	Steamer	1,267	nw
30 May 1917	UC 21	Sørland	Steamer	2,472	nw
2 Jun 1917	UC 21	Tonawanda (d.)	Tanker	3,421	br
7 Jun 1917	UC 21	Hafnia	Steamer	1,619	da
14 Jun 1917	UC 71	Wega	Steamer	839	br
15 Jun 1917	UC 71	Wapello	Tanker	5,576	br
26 Jun 1917	UC 71	Normandy (d.)	Q-ship	543	fr
28 Jun 1917	UC 71	Marne	Steamer	4,019	fr
29 Jun 1917	UC 71	Driskos	Steamer	2,833	gr
3 Jul 1917	UC 71	Orleans	Steamer	2,853	am
4 Jul 1917	UC 71	Snetoppen	Steamer	2,349	nw
6 Jul 1917	UC 71	Løvstakken	Steamer	3,105	nw
6 Jul 1917	UC 71	Victoria 2	Steamer	2,798	nw
8 Jul 1917	UC 71	Vendee	Steamer	1,295	br
3 Aug 1917	UC 71	Aube	Steamer	1,837	br
4 Aug 1917	UC 71	Afrique (d.)	Steamer	2,457	fr
4 Aug 1917	UC 71	Cairnstrath	Steamer	2,128	br
7 Aug 1917	UC 71	Port Curtis	Steamer	4,710	br
8 Aug 1917	UC 71	Dunraven	Q-ship	3,117	br
31 Aug 1917	UC 21	Marques De Mudela	Steamer	1,930	sp
6 Sep 1917	UC 71	Elisabethville	Passenger steamer	7,017	be
7 Sep 1917	UC 71	MONT DE PIETE		38	fr
7 Sep 1917	UC 71	Kleber (d.)	Sailing vessel	277	fr
8 Sep 1917	UC 71	Setubal	Steamer	1,201	nw
9 Sep 1917	UC 71	Myosotis (d.)	Sloop	1,250	br
10 Sep 1917	UC 71	Vikholmen	Steamer	494	nw
16 Nov 1917	UC 71	Naalso	Navy trawler	135	fr
1 Dec 1917	UB 81	Molesey	Steamer	3,218	br
				189,955
111 ships sunk (172,824 tons) and 10 ships damaged (17,131 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. We have a picture of this vessel.