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Notes

Christian August Max Ahlmann Valentiner was born in Tønder, Denmark just north of the current border with Germany. The area was occupied by Prussia at the time. He was awarded the Pour le Mérite in recognition of of distinguished naval service and leadership. The award also seems to have recognized completion of a war patrol in the Mediterranean where the U38 sank 23 enemy warships and merchant vessels including two neutral ships.

Valentiner was listed after the war as a war criminal by the British authorities because of his very unorthodox methods of attack.

Max Valentiner died on 19 June 1949 in Sønderborg, Denmark and is buried in the cemetery west of the town.

Sources

Max Valentiner (http://www.max-valentiner.dk).

Date	U-boat		Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons	Nat.
18 Apr 1915	U 38		Brilliant (p.)	Steamer	1,441		nw
22 Apr 1915	U 38		Eva	Sailing vessel	312		nw
22 Apr 1915	U 38		Oscar	Sailing vessel	766		nw
24 Apr 1915	U 38		Nidaros (p.)	Steamer	1,024		da
27 Apr 1915	U 38		Torwald (p.)	Steamer	1,085		sw
30 Apr 1915	U 38		Elida	Steamer	1,693		sw
20 Jun 1915	U 38		Roxburgh (d.)	Armored cruiser	10,850		br
21 Jun 1915	U 38		Carisbrook	Steamer	2,352		br
22 Jun 1915	U 38		Leo	Sailing vessel	269		ru
23 Jun 1915	U 38		Truma	Steamer	1,557		nw
23 Jun 1915	U 38		Elizabeth	Drifter	94		br
23 Jun 1915	U 38		Four	Drifter	84		br
23 Jun 1915	U 38		Josephine	Drifter	85		br
23 Jun 1915	U 38		Piscatorial	Drifter	84		br
23 Jun 1915	U 38		Research	Drifter	89		br
23 Jun 1915	U 38		Uffa	Drifter	79		br
23 Jun 1915	U 38		Ugiebrae	Drifter	79		br
24 Jun 1915	U 38		Commander	Trawler	149		br
24 Jun 1915	U 38		J. M. S.	Drifter	78		br
24 Jun 1915	U 38		Lebanon	Trawler	111		br
24 Jun 1915	U 38		Monarda	Drifter	87		br
24 Jun 1915	U 38		Primrose	Drifter	91		br
24 Jun 1915	U 38		Quiet Waters	Drifter	63		br
24 Jun 1915	U 38		Star Of Bethlehem	Drifter	77		br
24 Jun 1915	U 38		Viceroy	Trawler	150		br
24 Jun 1915	U 38		Vine	Trawler	110		br
5 Aug 1915	U 38		Hans Emil	Sailing vessel	106		da
5 Aug 1915	U 38		Vanadis	Sailing vessel	484		nw
6 Aug 1915	U 38		Ocean Queen	Trawler	185		br
6 Aug 1915	U 38		Westminster	Trawler	252		br
9 Aug 1915	U 38		Thrush	Trawler	264		br
10 Aug 1915	U 38		Oakwood	Steamer	4,279		br
17 Aug 1915	U 38		Bonny	Steamer	2,702		br
17 Aug 1915	U 38		George Baker	Drifter	91		br
17 Aug 1915	U 38		Glenby	Steamer	2,196		br
17 Aug 1915	U 38		Isidoro	Steamer	2,044		sp
17 Aug 1915	U 38		Kirkby	Steamer	3,034		br
17 Aug 1915	U 38		Maggie	Steamer	269		br
17 Aug 1915	U 38		Paros	Steamer	3,596		br
17 Aug 1915	U 38		Repeat	Trawler	107		br
17 Aug 1915	U 38		The Queen	Steamer	557		br
17 Aug 1915	U 38		Thornfield	Steamer	488		br
19 Aug 1915	U 38		Baron Erskine	Steamer	5,585		br
19 Aug 1915	U 38		Restormel	Steamer	2,118		br
19 Aug 1915	U 38		Samara	Steamer	3,172		br
20 Aug 1915	U 38		Bittern	Steamer	1,797		br
20 Aug 1915	U 38		Carterswell	Steamer	4,308		br
20 Aug 1915	U 38		Daghestan	Tanker	2,817		be
20 Aug 1915	U 38		Martha Edmonds	Sailing vessel	182		br
21 Aug 1915	U 38		Cober	Steamer	3,060		br
21 Aug 1915	U 38		Ruel	Steamer	4,029		br
21 Aug 1915	U 38		San Melito (d.)	Tanker	10,160		br
21 Aug 1915	U 38		Windsor	Steamer	6,055		br
22 Aug 1915	U 38		Diomed	Steamer	4,672		br
22 Aug 1915	U 38		Palmgrove	Steamer	3,100		br
23 Aug 1915	U 38		Silvia	Tanker	5,268		br
23 Aug 1915	U 38		Trafalgar	Steamer	4,572		br
3 Nov 1915	U 38		Woodfield	Steamer	3,584		br
3 Nov 1915	U 38		Yasukuni Maru	Steamer	5,118		jp
3 Nov 1915	U 38		Mercian (d.)	Steamer	6,305		br
4 Nov 1915	U 38		Dahra	Steamer	2,127		fr
4 Nov 1915	U 38		Ionia	Steamer	1,816		it
4 Nov 1915	U 38		Le Calvados	troopship	1,658		fr
5 Nov 1915	U 38		Buresk	Steamer	3,673		br
5 Nov 1915	U 38		Sidi Ferruch	Steamer	2,797		fr
6 Nov 1915	U 38		Elisa Francesca	Sailing vessel	208		it
6 Nov 1915	U 38		Glenmoor	Steamer	3,075		br
6 Nov 1915	U 38		Ticino	Steamer	1,470		it
6 Nov 1915	U 38		Yser	Steamer	3,545		fr
7 Nov 1915	U 38		France Iv	Passenger steamer	4,025		fr
8 Nov 1915	U 38		Ancona	Passenger steamer	8,210		it
9 Nov 1915	U 38		Firenze	Passenger steamer	3,960		it
21 Dec 1915	U 38		Yasaka Maru	Passenger steamer	10,932		jp
30 Dec 1915	U 38		Clan Macfarlane	Steamer	4,823		br
30 Dec 1915	U 38		Persia	Passenger steamer	7,951		br
9 Feb 1916	U 38		Springwell	Steamer	5,593		br
9 Feb 1916	U 38		Thornhill (D.)	Q-ship	3,848		br
23 Feb 1916	U 38		Diadem	Steamer	3,752		br
23 Feb 1916	U 38		Roubine	Sailing vessel	327		fr
24 Feb 1916	U 38		Denaby	Steamer	2,987		br
24 Feb 1916	U 38		Fastnet	Steamer	2,227		br
24 Feb 1916	U 38		Torborg	Steamer	1,266		sw
29 Feb 1916	U 38		Alexander Wentzel	Steamer	2,832		ru
29 Feb 1916	U 38		Elisa S	Sailing vessel	209		it
1 Mar 1916	U 38		Kilbride	Steamer	3,712		br
16 May 1916	U 38		Clifford	Fleet messenger	487		br
8 Jun 1916	U 38		Malorossija (d.)	Steamer	893		ru
8 Jun 1916	U 38		Cementcrug	Steamer	1,086		ru
8 Jun 1916	U 38		Ekaterina	Sailing vessel	70		ru
8 Jun 1916	U 38		Vera (d.)	Steamer	1,231		ru
10 Jun 1916	U 38		Orion	Steamer	429		ru
2 Jul 1916	U 38		Rockcliffe	Steamer	3,073		br
9 Jul 1916	U 38		Vperied	Passenger steamer	859		ru
10 Jul 1916	U 38		Florida	Steamer	3,238		ru
14 Aug 1916	U 38		Remembrance	Q-ship	3,660		br
19 Aug 1916	U 38		Dea	Sailing vessel	166		it
23 Aug 1916	U 38		Elios	Sailing vessel	190		it
23 Aug 1916	U 38		Maria Brizzolari	Sailing vessel	152		it
23 Aug 1916	U 38		Tanina	Sailing vessel	138		it
24 Aug 1916	U 38		Isdalen	Steamer	2,275		nw
24 Aug 1916	U 38		Liegeoise	Steamer	3,895		be
25 Aug 1916	U 38		Leandros	Steamer	1,658		gr
25 Aug 1916	U 38		Nostra Signora Del Carmine	Sailing vessel	1,575		it
26 Aug 1916	U 38		Atlantico	Steamer	3,069		it
29 Aug 1916	U 38		Antigoon	Steamer	1,884		be
29 Aug 1916	U 38		Francois Joseph	Sailing vessel	114		fr
29 Aug 1916	U 38		Stella Del Mare	Sailing vessel	1,166		it
30 Aug 1916	U 38		Nostra Signora Della Guardia	Sailing vessel	1,588		it
31 Aug 1916	U 38		Bacchus	Steamer	3,583		fr
31 Aug 1916	U 38		Duart	Steamer	3,108		br
31 Aug 1916	U 38		Piero Maroncelli	Steamer	3,225		it
1 Sep 1916	U 38		S. Francesco Di Paola	Sailing vessel	68		it
1 Sep 1916	U 38		Swift Wings	Steamer	4,465		br
1 Sep 1916	U 38		Antinous (d.)	Steamer	3,682		br
2 Sep 1916	U 38		Strathallan	Steamer	4,404		br
2 Sep 1916	U 38		Uranie	Sailing vessel	117		fr
3 Sep 1916	U 38		Villadoro	Sailing vessel	134		it
4 Sep 1916	U 38		Laristan	Steamer	3,675		br
5 Sep 1916	U 38		Saint Marc	Steamer	5,818		fr
25 Nov 1916	U 38		Michael	Steamer	2,410		gr
26 Nov 1916	U 38		Chemung	Steamer	3,062		am
3 Dec 1916	U 38		Dacia	Cable ship	1,856		br
3 Dec 1916	U 38		Kanguroo	Submarine carrier	2,493		fr
3 Dec 1916	U 38		Surprise (mn)	Gunboat	680		fr
8 Dec 1916	U 38		Brask	Steamer	1,464		nw
8 Dec 1916	U 38		Britannia	Steamer	1,814		br
9 Dec 1916	U 38		Brizella	Sailing vessel	282		pt
10 Dec 1916	U 38		Esemplare	Steamer	2,595		it
13 Dec 1916	U 38		Angelo Parodi	Steamer	3,825		it
13 Dec 1916	U 38		Kaupanger	steamer	3,354		nw
15 Dec 1916	U 38		Emmanuele Accame	Steamer	3,242		it
17 Dec 1916	U 38		Tripoli	Sailing vessel	56		it
20 Dec 1916	U 38		Itonus	Steamer	5,340		br
25 Jan 1917	U 38		Sylvie	Steamer	2,591		fr
7 Feb 1917	U 38		Aphrodite	Sailing vessel	130		fr
14 Feb 1917	U 38		Trowbridge (d.)	Steamer	3,712		br
14 Feb 1917	U 38		Michele	Sailing vessel	41		it
12 May 1917	U 38		Egyptian Prince	Steamer	3,117		br
13 May 1917	U 38		Rio Amazonas	Steamer	2,970		it
25 May 1917	U 38		Kohinur	Steamer	2,265		br
26 May 1917	U 38		Holmesbank	Steamer	3,051		br
1 Jul 1917	U 38		Corrado	Sailing vessel	121		it
1 Jul 1917	U 38		Volto Santo G.	Sailing vessel	225		it
7 Jul 1917	U 38		La Resolu	Sailing vessel	186		fr
12 Jul 1917	U 38		Claire	Steamer	1,157		be
15 Jul 1917	U 38		Atalante	Sailing vessel	124		fr
19 Jul 1917	U 38		Eloby	Steamer	6,545		br
20 Aug 1917	U 38		Incemore	Steamer	3,060		br
26 Dec 1917	U 157		Lidia	Sailing vessel	302		pt
7 Jan 1918	U 157		Oued Sebou	Troopship	1,540		fr
10 Jan 1918	U 157		Hulda Maersk	Steamer	1,566		da
11 Jan 1918	U 157		Norefos	Steamer	1,788		nw
17 Feb 1918	U 157		Estrella Da Bissao	Sailing vessel	129		pt
20 Feb 1918	U 157		Kithira	steamer	2,240		gr
14 Mar 1918	U 157		Arpillao	Steamer	2,768		sp
					343,714
148 ships sunk (306,881 tons) and 7 ships damaged (36,833 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. (p.) means the ship was taken as prize (included in ships & tonnage lost). We have a picture of this vessel.

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