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Ranks 3 Apr 1907   Seekadett 21 Apr 1908   Fähnrich zur See 28 Sep 1910   Leutnant zur See 27 Sep 1913   Oberleutnant zur See 26 Apr 1917   Kapitänleutnant 6 Nov 1919   Out of naval service Decorations   Iron Cross 2nd class   Iron Cross 1st class     Albert Order (Saxony)     Order of the Iron Crown 9 Jan 1916   Royal House Order of Hohenzollern 29 Mar 1916   Pour le Mérite 23 Sep 1917   Military Order of St. Henry (Saxony)

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Born on the 19th December 1888, son of a professor at Lippstadt. He entered the Kaiserliche Marine on 3 March, 1907. Became a Fahnrich zur See in 1908 and followed several courses such as artillery, torpedoes. In 1910 became he a Lt.z.S. serving on the cruiser Bremen. In 1911 served at the 1 Matrosen Division at Kiel and specialized further on Torpedo’s. Served afterwards on the U 15 and U 8 and became Oblt.z.S.

When war broke out he was CO of the U 6. In December he was serving on the U-Flottillen Torpedoboot S 122 and the next month he returned in command of the U 6. On the 15th March 1915 he moved to the Marinekorps Flandern to become CO of the very first U-boat of the Flandern Flottille, the UB 10. He remained CO of this U-boat until 12 January 1916. He now received the UB 18 and served on it until the 27th October 1916. In this period Steinbrinck would get enormous reputation as a U-boat commander sinking 74.781 BRT in 14 operations and the British submarine E22.

He was the third U-boat commander to receive the Pour le Mérite on the 29th March 1916. On the 10th November 1916 he took over the command of UC 65 until the 31st July 1917. In 8 operations he destroyed 94 merchant ships or 99.803 BRT and the British mine cruiser Ariadne of 11.150 tons. On the 26th of April he became Kap.lt. and also got married later to Lola Vogelsang. On the 1st of August he took command of UB 57 and again he was showing he was an ace. On the 2nd of January 1918 he left command to Johannes Lohs. He was completely exhausted and after recovery he became 1st Staff officer with the Fuhrer der U-Boote Flandern, Bartenbach. He sank a total of 231.614 BRT and a cruiser and a U-boat. In October 1918 he served with the U-Boot Inspection.

After the war he was active in the Verein Deutscher Eisen und Stahlindustrie and lots of other firms, many times as President. For his work for German industry he received in 1935 the honorary title of Standartenfuhrer at the SS. In 1939 he was vice president of the Vereinigte Stahlwerke.

During WW II he was active as a Fregatten Kapitän and a number of high positions in industry.

He was interned in August 1945 for his honorary title in the SS (!) and received 5 years of imprisonment for this reason and this reason alone. He became badly ill but his British guards refused to have him treated. Finally in August 1949 they did give authorization for an operation, but he died only four days later, on the 16th August, because he had become too weak. He was buried at Lippstadt.

Date	U-boat		Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons	Nat.
14 Apr 1915	UB 10		Katwijk	Steamer	2,040		nl
7 Jun 1915	UB 10		Menapier	Steamer	1,886		be
30 Jul 1915	UB 10		Achieve	Fishing vessel (smack)	43		br
30 Jul 1915	UB 10		Athena	Fishing vessel (smack)	45		br
30 Jul 1915	UB 10		Coriander	Fishing vessel (smack)	46		br
30 Jul 1915	UB 10		Fitzgerald	Fishing vessel (smack)	51		br
30 Jul 1915	UB 10		Prospector	Fishing vessel (smack)	59		br
30 Jul 1915	UB 10		Quest	Fishing vessel (smack)	46		br
30 Jul 1915	UB 10		Strive	Fishing vessel (smack)	63		br
30 Jul 1915	UB 10		Venture	Fishing vessel (smack)	44		br
1 Aug 1915	UB 10		Alert	Fishing vessel (smack)	59		br
1 Aug 1915	UB 10		Fulgens	Steamer	2,512		br
6 Aug 1915	UB 10		Xmas Rose	Fishing vessel (smack)	27		br
8 Aug 1915	UB 10		Arbor Vitae	Fishing vessel (smack)	26		br
10 Aug 1915	UB 10		Rosalie	Steamer	4,243		br
10 Aug 1915	UB 10		Esperance	Fishing vessel (smack)	46		br
11 Aug 1915	UB 10		George Borrow	Fishing vessel (smack)	62		br
11 Aug 1915	UB 10		George Crabbe	Fishing vessel (smack)	42		br
11 Aug 1915	UB 10		Humphrey	Fishing vessel (smack)	41		br
11 Aug 1915	UB 10		Illustrious	Fishing vessel (smack)	59		br
11 Aug 1915	UB 10		Ocean’s Gift	Fishing vessel (smack)	60		br
11 Aug 1915	UB 10		Palm	Fishing vessel (smack)	47		br
11 Aug 1915	UB 10		Trevear	Fishing vessel (smack)	47		br
11 Aug 1915	UB 10		Welcome	Fishing vessel (smack)	59		br
11 Aug 1915	UB 10		Young Admiral	Fishing vessel (smack)	60		br
20 Dec 1915	UB 10		Belford	Steamer	516		br
20 Dec 1915	UB 10		Huntly	Steamer	1,153		br
26 Feb 1916	UB 18		Au Revoir	Auxiliary minesweeper	1,058		fr
8 Mar 1916	UB 18		Harmatris	Steamer	4,863		br
9 Mar 1916	UB 18		Louisiane	Passenger steamer	5,109		fr
9 Mar 1916	UB 18		Silius	Sailing vessel	1,559		nw
22 Mar 1916	UB 18		Kelvinbank	Steamer	4,209		br
23 Mar 1916	UB 18		Kannik	Steamer	2,397		nw
5 Apr 1916	UB 18		Baus	Steamer	1,287		nw
6 Apr 1916	UB 18		Jeannette	Sailing vessel	160		fr
7 Apr 1916	UB 18		Clyde	Sailing vessel	204		br
7 Apr 1916	UB 18		Eemdijk (d.)	Steamer	3,048		nl
25 Apr 1916	UB 18		E 22	Submarine	725		br
26 Apr 1916	UB 18		Alfred	Fishing vessel (smack)	24		br
17 May 1916	UB 18		Research	Fishing vessel (smack)	44		br
15 Jul 1916	UB 18		Bertha	Sailing vessel	203		nw
15 Jul 1916	UB 18		Dina	Sailing vessel	164		nl
17 Jul 1916	UB 18		Gertrude	Fishing vessel (smack)	57		br
17 Jul 1916	UB 18		Glance	Fishing vessel (smack)	60		br
17 Jul 1916	UB 18		Loch Nevis	Fishing vessel (smack)	58		br
17 Jul 1916	UB 18		Loch Tay	Fishing vessel (smack)	44		br
17 Jul 1916	UB 18		V.M.G.	Fishing vessel (smack)	59		br
17 Jul 1916	UB 18		Waverley	Fishing vessel (smack)	59		br
2 Aug 1916	UB 18		G. C. Gradwell	Sailing vessel	156		br
2 Aug 1916	UB 18		Margaret Sutton	Sailing vessel	197		br
2 Aug 1916	UB 18		S.D.	Sailing vessel	131		br
3 Aug 1916	UB 18		Badger	Steamer	89		br
3 Aug 1916	UB 18		Fortuna	Sailing vessel	131		br
3 Aug 1916	UB 18		Ivo (d.)	Sailing vessel	56		br
3 Aug 1916	UB 18		Jacques Cartier	Sailing vessel	259		fr
3 Aug 1916	UB 18		Sphene	Steamer	740		br
4 Aug 1916	UB 18		Demaris	Sailing vessel	98		br
4 Aug 1916	UB 18		Ermenilda	Sailing vessel	94		br
5 Aug 1916	UB 18		Spiral	Steamer	1,342		br
9 Aug 1916	UB 18		Henri Elisa	Steamer	822		fr
10 Aug 1916	UB 18		Marie	Steamer	784		fr
10 Aug 1916	UB 18		Credo	Steamer	728		nw
10 Aug 1916	UB 18		Saint Pierre	Sailing vessel	149		fr
10 Aug 1916	UB 18		Sora	Steamer	1,052		nw
10 Aug 1916	UB 18		Annette Marie	Sailing vessel	118		fr
3 Sep 1916	UB 18		Netta	Steamer	370		br
3 Sep 1916	UB 18		Teesborough	Steamer	308		br
5 Sep 1916	UB 18		City Of Ghent	Steamer	199		br
5 Sep 1916	UB 18		Marcel	Steamer	1,433		be
8 Sep 1916	UB 18		Gamen	Steamer	2,619		sw
9 Sep 1916	UB 18		Georges Andre	Sailing vessel	229		fr
9 Sep 1916	UB 18		Lodsen	Steamer	1,247		nw
9 Sep 1916	UB 18		Myosotis	Sailing vessel	64		fr
9 Sep 1916	UB 18		Carrigan Head (d.)	Q-ship	4,201		br
10 Sep 1916	UB 18		Furu	Steamer	2,029		nw
10 Sep 1916	UB 18		Marechal De Villars	Sailing vessel	1,908		fr
10 Sep 1916	UB 18		Polynesia	Steamer	4,064		nw
11 Sep 1916	UB 18		Assimacos	Steamer	2,898		gr
11 Sep 1916	UB 18		Kong Ring	Steamer	1,611		nw
11 Sep 1916	UB 18		Luis Vives	Steamer	2,160		sp
12 Sep 1916	UB 18		Antwerpen	Tanker	7,955		nl
13 Sep 1916	UB 18		Ariel	Sailing vessel	49		fr
13 Sep 1916	UB 18		Hans Jensen	Steamer	1,824		da
13 Sep 1916	UB 18		J. N. Madvig	Steamer	1,762		da
13 Sep 1916	UB 18		Tolosa	Steamer	1,833		nw
14 Sep 1916	UB 18		Ethel	Steamer	1,122		nw
20 Oct 1916	UB 18		Cliburn	Steamer	440		br
20 Oct 1916	UB 18		The Duke	steamer	376		br
20 Oct 1916	UB 18		The Marchioness	Steamer	553		br
21 Oct 1916	UB 18		Brizeux	Sailing vessel	2,197		fr
21 Oct 1916	UB 18		Condor	Sailing vessel	740		fr
21 Oct 1916	UB 18		Fulvio	Steamer	309		nw
21 Oct 1916	UB 18		Rabbi	Steamer	878		nw
24 Oct 1916	UB 18		Cannebiere	Sailing vessel	2,454		fr
26 Oct 1916	UB 18		Pan	Steamer	796		nw
8 Feb 1917	UC 65		Guillaume Tell	Sailing vessel	148		fr
8 Feb 1917	UC 65		Mary Ann	Motor fishing vessel	17		br
10 Feb 1917	UC 65		Sallagh	Steamer	325		br
11 Feb 1917	UC 65		Lycia	Steamer	2,715		br
11 Feb 1917	UC 65		Olivia	Steamer	242		br
11 Feb 1917	UC 65		Voltaire	Steamer	409		br
12 Feb 1917	UC 65		Pinna (d.)	Tanker	6,288		br
13 Feb 1917	UC 65		Friendship	Fishing vessel (smack)	37		br
13 Feb 1917	UC 65		Zircon	Fishing vessel (smack)	48		br
14 Feb 1917	UC 65		Ferga	Steamer	791		br
14 Feb 1917	UC 65		Greenland	Steamer	1,753		br
14 Feb 1917	UC 65		Inishowen Head	Steamer	3,050		br
14 Feb 1917	UC 65		Margarita	Steamer	375		br
15 Feb 1917	UC 65		Afton	Passenger steamer	1,156		br
15 Feb 1917	UC 65		Kyanite	Steamer	564		br
16 Feb 1917	UC 65		Queenswood	Steamer	2,710		br
16 Feb 1917	UC 65		Ville De Bayonne	Steamer	1,301		fr
19 Feb 1917	UC 65		Alice	Fishing vessel	18		fr
19 Feb 1917	UC 65		Brigade	Steamer	425		br
19 Feb 1917	UC 65		Justine Marie	Fishing vessel	16		be
19 Feb 1917	UC 65		SAINT LOUIS DE GONZAGUE	Fishing vessel	53		fr
19 Feb 1917	UC 65		Skrim	Steamer	727		nw
19 Feb 1917	UC 65		VIOLETTE		36		fr
25 Feb 1917	UC 65		Saint Joseph	Fishing vessel (sail)	42		fr
25 Feb 1917	UC 65		Vigda	Steamer	1,851		nw
26 Feb 1917	UC 65		Alberdina	Sailing vessel	134		nl
26 Feb 1917	UC 65		Algiers	steamer	2,361		br
26 Feb 1917	UC 65		Hannah Croasdell	Sailing vessel	151		br
27 Feb 1917	UC 65		Brunette	Sailing vessel	104		fr
27 Feb 1917	UC 65		Evadne	Navy Trawler	189		br
28 Feb 1917	UC 65		Marie Joseph	Sailing vessel	192		fr
28 Feb 1917	UC 65		Sjøstad	Steamer	1,155		nw
1 Mar 1917	UC 65		Germaine	Trawler	24		fr
1 Mar 1917	UC 65		Bout De Zan	Fishing vessel	13		fr
1 Mar 1917	UC 65		Diamond Cross	Fishing vessel	29		be
1 Mar 1917	UC 65		Drina	Steamer	11,483		br
1 Mar 1917	UC 65		Elise II	Fishing vessel	48		fr
1 Mar 1917	UC 65		Elorn	Steamer	603		fr
1 Mar 1917	UC 65		General Radiguet	Fishing vessel	24		fr
1 Mar 1917	UC 65		Glenart Castle (d.)	Hospital ship	6,824		br
1 Mar 1917	UC 65		Homocea	Drifter	58		fr
1 Mar 1917	UC 65		Joseph Adolphine	Fishing vessel	21		fr
1 Mar 1917	UC 65		Notre Dame De Lourdes	Fishing vessel	47		fr
1 Mar 1917	UC 65		Reine des Anges	Fishing vessel	47		fr
1 Mar 1917	UC 65		Saint Joseph	Fishing vessel	20		fr
1 Mar 1917	UC 65		Sainte Famille	Fishing vessel	25		fr
1 Mar 1917	UC 65		Seigneur	Fishing vessel (lugger)	53		fr
1 Mar 1917	UC 65		Sarus (d.)	Crane	unknown		br
24 Mar 1917	UC 65		Bruyere	Sailing vessel	100		fr
24 Mar 1917	UC 65		Ennistown	Steamer	689		br
24 Mar 1917	UC 65		Fairearn	Steamer	592		br
24 Mar 1917	UC 65		Howe	Sailing vessel	175		br
24 Mar 1917	UC 65		Korsnaes	Steamer	732		nw
25 Mar 1917	UC 65		Adenwen	Steamer	3,798		br
25 Mar 1917	UC 65		Brandon	Sailing vessel	130		br
25 Mar 1917	UC 65		Fringante	Sailing vessel	124		fr
25 Mar 1917	UC 65		Poseidon	Steamer	2,589		gr
27 Mar 1917	UC 65		Kelvinhead	Steamer	3,063		br
28 Mar 1917	UC 65		Ardglass	Steamer	778		br
28 Mar 1917	UC 65		Dagali	Steamer	742		nw
28 Mar 1917	UC 65		Harvest Home	Sailing vessel	103		br
28 Mar 1917	UC 65		Laima	Sailing vessel	148		ru
28 Mar 1917	UC 65		Snowdon Range	Steamer	4,662		br
28 Mar 1917	UC 65		Wychwood	Steamer	1,985		br
28 Mar 1917	UC 65		Guillemot	Light vessel	unknown		br
30 Mar 1917	UC 65		Puma (d.)	Q-ship	1,459		br
6 Apr 1917	UC 65		Thelma	Steamer	1,350		nw
7 Apr 1917	UC 65		Lapland (d.)	Passenger steamer	18,565		br
9 Apr 1917	UC 65		New York (d.)	Passenger steamer	10,798		am
26 Apr 1917	UC 65		Agnes Cairns	Sailing vessel	146		br
26 Apr 1917	UC 65		Athole	Motor barge	150		br
26 Apr 1917	UC 65		Bretagne Et Vendee	Sailing vessel	79		fr
27 Apr 1917	UC 65		Burrowa	Sailing vessel	2,902		br
28 Apr 1917	UC 65		Alu Mendi	Steamer	2,104		sp
1 May 1917	UC 65		Helen	Steamer	322		br
1 May 1917	UC 65		Ivrig	Sailing vessel	1,197		nw
1 May 1917	UC 65		W. D. Potts	Sailing vessel	112		br
2 May 1917	UC 65		Amber	Steamer	401		br
2 May 1917	UC 65		Derrymore	Steamer	485		br
2 May 1917	UC 65		Dora	Steamer	296		br
2 May 1917	UC 65		Earnest	Sailing vessel	111		br
2 May 1917	UC 65		Morion	Steamer	299		br
2 May 1917	UC 65		Saint Mungo	Steamer	402		br
2 May 1917	UC 65		Taizan Maru	Steamer	3,527		jp
4 May 1917	UC 65		New Design No.2	Sailing Vessel	66		br
4 May 1917	UC 65		Pilar De Larrinaga	Steamer	4,136		br
4 May 1917	UC 65		Strumble	Fishing vessel (smack)	45		br
4 May 1917	UC 65		Victorious	Fishing vessel (smack)	39		br
7 May 1917	UC 65		Maude	Sailing vessel	93		br
8 May 1917	UC 65		San Patricio (d.)	Tanker	9,712		br
22 May 1917	UC 65		Merse	Navy Trawler	296		br
17 Jun 1917	UC 65		Fraser	Navy Trawler	310		br
17 Jun 1917	UC 65		Tartar (d.)	Destroyer	850		br
18 Jun 1917	UC 65		Gauntlet	Sailing vessel	58		br
18 Jun 1917	UC 65		Væring	Steamer	2,157		da
19 Jun 1917	UC 65		Morinier (d.)	Steamer	3,804		br
24 Jun 1917	UC 65		Aghia Paraskevi	Steamer	2,795		gr
24 Jun 1917	UC 65		Constantinos	Steamer	3,014		gr
24 Jun 1917	UC 65		Kong Haakon	Steamer	2,231		nw
24 Jun 1917	UC 65		Taigetos	Steamer	2,961		gr
25 Jun 1917	UC 65		Petritzis	Steamer	3,692		gr
28 Jun 1917	UC 65		Lizzie Ellen	Sailing vessel	114		br
20 Jul 1917	UC 65		Fluent	Steamer	3,660		br
26 Jul 1917	UC 65		Ariadne (hms)	Minelayer	11,000		br
27 Jul 1917	UC 65		Bellagio (d.)	Steamer	3,919		br
27 Jul 1917	UC 65		Candia	Passenger steamer	6,482		br
28 Jul 1917	UC 65		Saint Emilion	Steamer	1,112		fr
7 Oct 1917	UB 57		Alcyone	Sailing vessel	116		br
11 Oct 1917	UB 57		Joshua	Sailing vessel	60		br
20 Oct 1917	UB 57		Leander	Steamer	2,968		nw
20 Oct 1917	UB 57		Nitedal	Steamer	1,714		nw
22 Oct 1917	UB 57		Novillo	Steamer	2,336		da
23 Oct 1917	UB 57		Seistan	Steamer	4,238		br
23 Oct 1917	UB 57		Tredegar Hall	Steamer	3,764		br
22 Nov 1917	UB 57		Krosfond	Steamer	1,707		nw
24 Nov 1917	UB 57		Nyassa	Steamer	2,579		br
27 Nov 1917	UB 57		Almond Branch	Steamer	3,461		br
27 Nov 1917	UB 57		Eastfield	Steamer	2,145		br
22 Dec 1917	UB 57		Mabel Baird	Steamer	2,500		br
23 Dec 1917	UB 57		Vellore	Sailing vessel	1,672		nw
26 Dec 1917	UB 57		Benito	Steamer	4,712		br
26 Dec 1917	UB 57		Tregenna	Steamer	5,772		br
28 Dec 1917	UB 57		Clara	Steamer	2,425		br
29 Dec 1917	UB 57		Tiro	Steamer	1,442		nw
					314,321
206 ships sunk (244,797 tons) and 13 ships damaged (69,524 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. We have a picture of this vessel.

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