Georg Ritter von Trapp

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 1898)

Successes
11 ships sunk with a total of 47,653 GRT
2 warships sunk with a total of 12,641 tons
1 ship taken as prize with a total of 1,034 GRT

Born:	4 Apr 1880	Zara (Zadar), Croatia
Died:	30 May 1947	Stowe, Vermont, USA

Ranks

1 May 1903		Fregattenleutnant
1 Nov 1908		Linenschiffleutnant
1 May 1918		Korvettenkapitän

Decorations

prewar		Military Merit Cross
prewar		Order of St. Stanislaus (Russia)
1915		Order of Leopold
1915		Iron Cross 2nd class
1915		Iron Cross 1st class
1916		Military Merit Medal
1916		Liakat Medal
1917		Order of the Iron Crown
21 Apr 1924		Military Order of Maria Theresa

U-boat Commands

k.u.k. U6	1 Jul 1910	-	24 Jun 1913
k.u.k. U5	22 Apr 1915	-	10 Oct 1915
k.u.k. U14	14 Oct 1915	-	13 Jan 1918

Notes

Georg Ritter von Trapp was a successful U-boat commander that had been fascinated by U-boats since the early 1900s and transferred to the U-boat force in 1908. He took his first command, U 6, in 1910.

During the war he took his U-boats on 19 patrols and ended the war as commander of the Austrian U-boat base at Kotor (Cattaro, now in Montenegro).

He was married twice and had a total of 10 children. After economic disaster in 1935 he was left without his wealth inherited from his former wife, Agathe and his second wife Maria started organizing sining arrangements to provide for the family. The family, opposed to the annexation of Austria and Nazi influence, fled Austria to Italy and then to the USA in May 1938.

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Ships hit by Georg Ritter von Trapp

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons

27 Apr 1915	k.u.k. U5	Leon Gambetta	Armored cruiser	12,416	fr
5 Aug 1915	k.u.k. U5	Nereide	Submarine	225	it
29 Aug 1915	k.u.k. U5	Cefalonia (p.)	steamer	1,034	gr

28 Apr 1917	k.u.k. U14	Teakwood	Tanker	5,315	br
3 May 1917	k.u.k. U14	Antonio Sciesa	Steamer	1,905	it
5 Jul 1917	k.u.k. U14	Marionga Goulandris	Steamer	3,191	gr
23 Aug 1917	k.u.k. U14	Constance	Steamer	2,469	fr
24 Aug 1917	k.u.k. U14	Kilwinning	Steamer	3,071	br
26 Aug 1917	k.u.k. U14	Titian	Steamer	4,170	br
28 Aug 1917	k.u.k. U14	Nairn	Steamer	3,627	br
29 Aug 1917	k.u.k. U14	Milazzo	Steamer	11,477	it
19 Oct 1917	k.u.k. U14	Elsiston	Steamer	2,908	br
19 Oct 1917	k.u.k. U14	Good Hope	Steamer	3,618	br
23 Oct 1917	k.u.k. U14	Capo Di Monte	Steamer	5,902	it
				61,328
14 ships sunk (61,328 tons). Legend (p.) means the ship was taken as prize (included in ships & tonnage lost). We have a picture of this vessel.