# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eberhard-weichold
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:48:05.645Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eberhard-weichold"
name: "Eberhard Weichold"
slug: "eberhard-weichold"
description: "Eberhard Weichold was a German naval officer of World War I who, among other commands, was captain of the submarine SM UC-22. On 10 August 1918, Weichold sank the SS Polynesien while he was in command of SM UC-22. Seventeen people died. Weichold joined the Imperial German Navy on 1 April 1911 as Seekadett, completed his recruit training on SMS Hertha and came afterwards to Naval Academy Mürwik."
tagline: "German navigator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wiceadmira%C5%82_Eberhard_Weichold_w_porcie_Marsa_Matruh_(2-2036).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1891-08-23"
deathDate: "1960-12-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.44
  momentum:             6.01851851851852
  historical:           5.672606666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eberhard_Weichold"
    title: "Eberhard Weichold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eberhard_Weichold"
    title: "Eberhard Weichold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eberhard_Weichold"
    title: "Eberhard Weichold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4"
    title: "Ебергард Вайхольд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eberhard_Weichold"
    title: "Eberhard Weichold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eberhard_Weichold"
    title: "Eberhard Weichold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1279474"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump