Walther Schwieger

German World War I U-boat commander · Germany · Lived 1885 to 1917 · aged 32

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Kapitänleutnant Wilhelm Otto Walther Schwieger was a German military officer. He was a U-boat commander in the Imperial German Navy during First World War. In 1915, he sank the passenger liner RMS Lusitania with the loss of 1,199 lives.

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Schwieger (bottom right) in a 1906 group photograph of torpedo division students

Awards

Pour le Mérite

About this person

Country

Germany

Type

Other

Status

deceased

Dates

Lived 1885 to 1917 · aged 32

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