Walther Forstmann (March 9, 1883 – November 2, 1973) was one of the most successful and highly decorated U-boatcommanders in the Kaiserliche Marine during World War I. He also served in the Kriegsmarine during World War II in different staff positions. In his time as commander of U-12 and U-39 in World War I, he conducted 47 patrols and succeeded in sinking 146 ships for a total tonnage of 384,304 gross register tons (GRT). As such he is the second most successful submarine commander ever (by tonnage sunk), after de la Perière. (Intro from Wikipedia)
March 9, 1883 - Essen-Werden - Walther Forstmann is born
April 7, 1900 - Kiel - Forstmann joins the Kaiserliche Marine as "Seekadett"
April 19, 1901 - Kiel - Forstmann is promoted to "Fähnrich zur See" and enters the Naval Academy
January(?) 1(?), 1903 - On service aboard the "SMS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse"
September 27, 1903 - (?) - Promoted to "Leutnant zur See". Security Officer aboard the "SMS Ariadne"
January 1(?), 1905 - Kiel - Departs on the sea trials of the new pre-dreadnought "SMS Preussen"
January(?) 1(?), 1906 - Douala, Cameroon - Officer aboard the unprotected cruiser "SMS Sperber" stationed in Cameroon
January(?) 1(?), 1908 - Kiel(?) - Receives the command of the "D-8" torpedo boat
October 1, 1909 - Kiel(?) - Forstmann is designated for submarine service
April 10, 1910 - Kiel - Walther Forstmann receives his first command, the U-11 submarine =(START)
April 10, 1911 - Kiel - Forstmann is promoted to Kapitänleutnant
October 1, 1913 - Kiel - Kapitänleutnant Forstmann is appointed commander in the Kiel Naval Academy
August 1, 1914 - Heligoland - Forstmann receives the command of the "U-12" submarine
November 11, 1914 - Off Deal, Kent - U-12 sinks the minesweeper "HMS Niger"
January 15, 1915 - Zeebrugge, Belgium - U-12 departs Zeebrugge transporting a Friedrichshafen FF.29 Seaplane on its deck
February 9, 1915 - Heligoland - Forstmann returns the command of the "U-12"
February 11, 1915 - Heligoland - Forstmann receives the command of another submarine, the "U-39"
May 1, 1915 - Center North Sea - 190 miles E Isle of May - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Balduin" and the sailing vessel "Elsa"
May 2, 1915 - NE Isle of May - U-39 shells and sinks the trawlers "St.Louis No.1" and "Sunray"
May 3, 1915 - E-SW Aberdeen - U-39 shells and sinks the trawler "Scottish Queen"
May 4, 1915 - SE Peterhead, Aberdeenshire - U-39 sinks the schooner "Elsa"
May 5, 1915 - E-S Peterhead, Aberdeenshire - U-39 shells and sinks the fishing vessel "Sceptre"
May 6, 1915 - E-NE St Abbs's Head, Berwickshire - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the passenger ship "Truro"
May 7, 1915 - SE Peterhead, Aberdeenshire - U-39 shells and sinks the trawler "Benington"
May 10, 1915 - North Sea - U-39 captures the ship "Olga"
June 26, 1915 - N Hoy Head, Orkney Islands - U-39 shells and sinks the trawler "Campania"
June 29, 1915 - SW-S County Cork, Ireland - U-39 sinks the full-rigged ships "Cambuskenneth" and damages the sailing ship "Kotka", which is beached but later refloated
June 30, 1915 - 65 miles W Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Lomas"
July 1, 1915 - SW-S Isles of Scilly - U-39 sinks 5 ships!!! "Caucasian" - Tanker (shelled), "Craigard" - cargo ship (torpedoed), "Gadsby" - cargo ship (torpedoed), "Inglemoor" - Collier (torpedoed), "Richmond" - cargo ship (shelled)
July 2, 1915 - N Ouessant, Finistère - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Boudougnat" and the sailing vessel "Hirondelle"
July 3, 1915 - W-SW Isles of Scilly - U-39 scuttles the barque "Fiery Cross", shells and sinks the cargo ships "Larchmore" and "Renfrew"
July 4, 1915 - 90 miles off Cobh, S of Ireland - U-39 damages the Horse transport vessel "Anglo-Californian", carrying 927 horses. Forstmann opens fire with the deck gun, but when the british master delays him and ignores orders to stop, Forstmann hits the ship repeatedly, wrecking the bridge, lifeboats and superstructure. However, before sinking the ship, the U-39 submerges to avoid approaching destroyers. The "Anglo-Californian" is towed to Cobh, and its master, Frederick Parslow, who was killed in the attack, is posthumously awarded the "Victoria Cross"
August 27, 1915 - Heligoland - Forstmann and the U-39 depart Heligoland to the Mediterranean
August 30, 1915 - Shetland Islands - U-39 passes by the Shetland Islands
September 2, 1915 - SW Ireland - U-39 shells the sailing ship "William T. Lewis", but it doesn't sink
September 7, 1915 - Strait of Gibraltar - U-39 passes through the Strait of Gibraltar during the night of 7-9-1915
September 9, 1915 - Between Cartagena and Orán - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ships "Cornubia", "L'Aude" and "Ville de Mostaganem"
September 15, 1915 - Cattaro (Kotor-Montenegro) - Arrival to Cattaro after 19 days of travel - Designated for the Pola Flotilla
September 28, 1915 - S Cape Matapan, Greece - U-39 shells and sinks the tanker "H.C.Henry"
September 29, 1915 - S-E Gavdos, Greece (crete) - U-39 scuttles the cargo ship "Haydn"
September 30, 1915 - S Koufonisi - S Naxos - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ship "Cirene"
October 2, 1915 - SE-S Cape Sidero, SE Crete - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ship "Sailor Prince"
October 7, 1915 - SE-E Cape Martello, Crete - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ship "Halizones"
October 8, 1915 - S Cape Martello, Crete - U-39 shells and sinks the collier "Thorpwood"
October 9, 1915 - S Gavdos, Greece - U-39 shells and sinks the collier "HMS Apollo"
October 12, 1915 - Otranto Channel - U-39 shells and sinks the trawler "HMT Restore"
November 30, 1915 - SW-W Gavdos, Greece - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ship "Middleton"
December 3, 1915 - Off Sallum (Egypt-Libya border) - U-39 sinks the coaster "Dante"
December 5, 1915 - Off Sallum (Egypt-Libya border) - U-39 shells and sinks the sailing vessel "Pietro Lofaro", scuttles the cargo ship "Helmsmuir"
December 6, 1915 - NW Alexandria - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "L.G.Goulandris"
December 7, 1915 - NW-N Alexandria - U-39 scuttles the cargo ship "Veria"
December 9, 1915 - Off Sallum (Egypt-Libya border) - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Orteric", shells and sinks the "Busiris"
December 10, 1915 - NE Derna (Darnah), Libya - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Porto Said"
December 18, 1915 - Off Sazan Island, Albania - U-39 sinks the naval trawler "HMT Lottie Leask"
January 22, 1916 - Off Salonika, Greece - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo liner "Norseman"
March 31, 1916 - Off Crotone - U-39 sinks the cargo ships "Riposto" and "Egeo"
April 2, 1916 - NW Gozo, Malta - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the passenger ship "Simla"
April 3, 1916 - SE Cape Bon, Tunisia - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Clan Campbell"
April 4, 1916 - Strait of Sicily - U-39 sinks the sailing vessel "Maria Carmelia Findari"
April 6, 1916 - S Sardinia - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ship "Stjerneborg" and damages the "Colbert"
April 9, 1916 - SSE Ile du Levant, Var, France - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Caledonia"
April 13, 1916 - Off Cape Spartivento (Teulada), Sardinia - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ship "Lipari"
May 1(?), 1916 - Portoferraio (Elba Island) - Forstmann shells the port of Portoferraio
May 20, 1916 - Strait of Messina - U-39 sinks the berquentines "Redentore" and "Valsesia"
May 21, 1916 - Strait of Messina - U-39 scuttles the passenger ship "Birmania", sinks the sailing ship "Rosalia Madre"
May 23, 1916 - SW Genoa - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ships "Hercules" and "Washington"
May 24, 1916 - Off Corsica - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Aurrera"
May 25, 1916 - Between Marseille and Hyères, Var - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Fratelli Bandiera" and the sailing vessel "Rita"
May 27, 1916 - SE Port Mahón - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Mar Terso", shells and sinks the collier "Trunkby"
May 28, 1916 - 106 miles NE Alger - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Lady Ninian"
May 29, 1916 - 56 miles NE Alger - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ships "Baron Vernon", "Elmgrove" and "Southgarth"
May 30, 1916 - E-N Cape Carbon, Algeria - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ships "Baron Tweedmouth", "Dalegarth", "Hermesberg" and "Rauma"
June 1, 1916 - E-N Cape Carbon, Algeria - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Salmonpool", shells and sinks the cargo ship "Dewsland"
July 13, 1916 - NE Canai Rocks, Tunisia - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the collier "Silverton"
July 14, 1916 - E-N Djidjelli, Algeria - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ship "Ecclesia", scuttles the cargo ship "Antigua"
July 15, 1916 - Off Cape Sigli, Algeria - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ship "Sylvie"
July 16, 1916 - NE Alger - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Euphorbia", sinks the cargo ships "Sirra" and "Wiltonhall"
July 17, 1916 - NE Alger - U-39 sinks the cargo ships "Angelo" and "Rosemoor"
July 18, 1916 - NE Alger - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Llongwen"
January 1(?), 1905 - Kiel - Departs on the sea trials of the new pre-dreadnought "SMS Preussen"
January(?) 1(?), 1906 - Douala, Cameroon - Officer aboard the unprotected cruiser "SMS Sperber" stationed in Cameroon
January(?) 1(?), 1908 - Kiel(?) - Receives the command of the "D-8" torpedo boat
October 1, 1909 - Kiel(?) - Forstmann is designated for submarine service
April 10, 1910 - Kiel - Walther Forstmann receives his first command, the U-11 submarine =(START)
April 10, 1911 - Kiel - Forstmann is promoted to Kapitänleutnant
October 1, 1913 - Kiel - Kapitänleutnant Forstmann is appointed commander in the Kiel Naval Academy
August 1, 1914 - Heligoland - Forstmann receives the command of the "U-12" submarine
November 11, 1914 - Off Deal, Kent - U-12 sinks the minesweeper "HMS Niger"
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| Friedrichshafen FF.29 Seaplane on the deck of "U-12" |
February 9, 1915 - Heligoland - Forstmann returns the command of the "U-12"
February 11, 1915 - Heligoland - Forstmann receives the command of another submarine, the "U-39"
May 1, 1915 - Center North Sea - 190 miles E Isle of May - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Balduin" and the sailing vessel "Elsa"
May 2, 1915 - NE Isle of May - U-39 shells and sinks the trawlers "St.Louis No.1" and "Sunray"
May 3, 1915 - E-SW Aberdeen - U-39 shells and sinks the trawler "Scottish Queen"
May 4, 1915 - SE Peterhead, Aberdeenshire - U-39 sinks the schooner "Elsa"
May 5, 1915 - E-S Peterhead, Aberdeenshire - U-39 shells and sinks the fishing vessel "Sceptre"
May 6, 1915 - E-NE St Abbs's Head, Berwickshire - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the passenger ship "Truro"
May 7, 1915 - SE Peterhead, Aberdeenshire - U-39 shells and sinks the trawler "Benington"
May 10, 1915 - North Sea - U-39 captures the ship "Olga"
June 26, 1915 - N Hoy Head, Orkney Islands - U-39 shells and sinks the trawler "Campania"
June 29, 1915 - SW-S County Cork, Ireland - U-39 sinks the full-rigged ships "Cambuskenneth" and damages the sailing ship "Kotka", which is beached but later refloated
June 30, 1915 - 65 miles W Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Lomas"
July 1, 1915 - SW-S Isles of Scilly - U-39 sinks 5 ships!!! "Caucasian" - Tanker (shelled), "Craigard" - cargo ship (torpedoed), "Gadsby" - cargo ship (torpedoed), "Inglemoor" - Collier (torpedoed), "Richmond" - cargo ship (shelled)
July 2, 1915 - N Ouessant, Finistère - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Boudougnat" and the sailing vessel "Hirondelle"
July 3, 1915 - W-SW Isles of Scilly - U-39 scuttles the barque "Fiery Cross", shells and sinks the cargo ships "Larchmore" and "Renfrew"
July 4, 1915 - 90 miles off Cobh, S of Ireland - U-39 damages the Horse transport vessel "Anglo-Californian", carrying 927 horses. Forstmann opens fire with the deck gun, but when the british master delays him and ignores orders to stop, Forstmann hits the ship repeatedly, wrecking the bridge, lifeboats and superstructure. However, before sinking the ship, the U-39 submerges to avoid approaching destroyers. The "Anglo-Californian" is towed to Cobh, and its master, Frederick Parslow, who was killed in the attack, is posthumously awarded the "Victoria Cross"
August 27, 1915 - Heligoland - Forstmann and the U-39 depart Heligoland to the Mediterranean
August 30, 1915 - Shetland Islands - U-39 passes by the Shetland Islands
September 2, 1915 - SW Ireland - U-39 shells the sailing ship "William T. Lewis", but it doesn't sink
September 7, 1915 - Strait of Gibraltar - U-39 passes through the Strait of Gibraltar during the night of 7-9-1915
September 9, 1915 - Between Cartagena and Orán - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ships "Cornubia", "L'Aude" and "Ville de Mostaganem"
September 15, 1915 - Cattaro (Kotor-Montenegro) - Arrival to Cattaro after 19 days of travel - Designated for the Pola Flotilla
September 28, 1915 - S Cape Matapan, Greece - U-39 shells and sinks the tanker "H.C.Henry"
September 29, 1915 - S-E Gavdos, Greece (crete) - U-39 scuttles the cargo ship "Haydn"
September 30, 1915 - S Koufonisi - S Naxos - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ship "Cirene"
October 2, 1915 - SE-S Cape Sidero, SE Crete - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ship "Sailor Prince"
October 7, 1915 - SE-E Cape Martello, Crete - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ship "Halizones"
October 8, 1915 - S Cape Martello, Crete - U-39 shells and sinks the collier "Thorpwood"
October 9, 1915 - S Gavdos, Greece - U-39 shells and sinks the collier "HMS Apollo"
October 12, 1915 - Otranto Channel - U-39 shells and sinks the trawler "HMT Restore"
November 30, 1915 - SW-W Gavdos, Greece - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ship "Middleton"
December 3, 1915 - Off Sallum (Egypt-Libya border) - U-39 sinks the coaster "Dante"
December 5, 1915 - Off Sallum (Egypt-Libya border) - U-39 shells and sinks the sailing vessel "Pietro Lofaro", scuttles the cargo ship "Helmsmuir"
December 6, 1915 - NW Alexandria - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "L.G.Goulandris"
December 7, 1915 - NW-N Alexandria - U-39 scuttles the cargo ship "Veria"
December 9, 1915 - Off Sallum (Egypt-Libya border) - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Orteric", shells and sinks the "Busiris"
December 10, 1915 - NE Derna (Darnah), Libya - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Porto Said"
December 18, 1915 - Off Sazan Island, Albania - U-39 sinks the naval trawler "HMT Lottie Leask"
January 22, 1916 - Off Salonika, Greece - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo liner "Norseman"
March 31, 1916 - Off Crotone - U-39 sinks the cargo ships "Riposto" and "Egeo"
April 2, 1916 - NW Gozo, Malta - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the passenger ship "Simla"
April 3, 1916 - SE Cape Bon, Tunisia - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Clan Campbell"
April 4, 1916 - Strait of Sicily - U-39 sinks the sailing vessel "Maria Carmelia Findari"
April 6, 1916 - S Sardinia - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ship "Stjerneborg" and damages the "Colbert"
April 9, 1916 - SSE Ile du Levant, Var, France - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Caledonia"
April 13, 1916 - Off Cape Spartivento (Teulada), Sardinia - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ship "Lipari"
May 1(?), 1916 - Portoferraio (Elba Island) - Forstmann shells the port of Portoferraio
May 20, 1916 - Strait of Messina - U-39 sinks the berquentines "Redentore" and "Valsesia"
May 21, 1916 - Strait of Messina - U-39 scuttles the passenger ship "Birmania", sinks the sailing ship "Rosalia Madre"
May 23, 1916 - SW Genoa - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ships "Hercules" and "Washington"
May 24, 1916 - Off Corsica - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Aurrera"
May 25, 1916 - Between Marseille and Hyères, Var - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Fratelli Bandiera" and the sailing vessel "Rita"
May 27, 1916 - SE Port Mahón - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Mar Terso", shells and sinks the collier "Trunkby"
May 28, 1916 - 106 miles NE Alger - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Lady Ninian"
May 29, 1916 - 56 miles NE Alger - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ships "Baron Vernon", "Elmgrove" and "Southgarth"
May 30, 1916 - E-N Cape Carbon, Algeria - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ships "Baron Tweedmouth", "Dalegarth", "Hermesberg" and "Rauma"
June 1, 1916 - E-N Cape Carbon, Algeria - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Salmonpool", shells and sinks the cargo ship "Dewsland"
July 13, 1916 - NE Canai Rocks, Tunisia - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the collier "Silverton"
July 14, 1916 - E-N Djidjelli, Algeria - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ship "Ecclesia", scuttles the cargo ship "Antigua"
July 15, 1916 - Off Cape Sigli, Algeria - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ship "Sylvie"
July 16, 1916 - NE Alger - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Euphorbia", sinks the cargo ships "Sirra" and "Wiltonhall"
July 17, 1916 - NE Alger - U-39 sinks the cargo ships "Angelo" and "Rosemoor"
July 18, 1916 - NE Alger - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Llongwen"
July 20, 1916 - NW Alger - U-39 sinks four ships: Cargo ships "Yzer" (torpedoed), "Grangemoor" (shelled), "Karma" (shelled) and the coaster "Cettois"
July 21, 1916 - NW Alger - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ship "Wolf"
July 22, 1916 - NW-N Cape Corbelin, Algeria - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ships "Knutsford" and "Olive"
July 23, 1916 - NE-N Cape Carbon, Algeria - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ship "Badminton"
July 24, 1916 - Off East Coast of Algeria - U-39 sinkes the brigantine "Maria"
July 29, 1916 - Between Benghazi and Tunisia - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Letimbro" and the sailing vessel "Rosarina G.V."
August 12, 1916 - Berlin(?) - Walther Forstmann is awarded the "Pour le Mérite" by Kaizer Wilhelm
October 19, 1916 - W-N Cape Bougaroni, Algeria - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the collier "Penylan"
October 20, 1916 - NW-W Cape Corbelin, Algeria - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Mombassa"
October 22, 1916 - W Cape Ténès, Algeria - U-39 sinks the coaster "Ravn" and the cargo ships "Nina", "Cluden" and "W.Harkness"
November 27, 1916 - NW Alexandria - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ship "Margarita", torpedoes and sinks the collier "Reapwell"
November 28, 1916 - NW-N Alexandria - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ships "King Malcolm" and "Moresby"
December 2, 1916 - NNW Alexandria - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "istrar". One crew member is taken as POW
December 3, 1916 - Between Crete and Alexandria - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Plata"
January 9, 1917 - N-W Alexandria - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Baynesk"
January 15, 1917 - NE-N Alexandria - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the tanker "Garfield"
January 28, 1917 - 160 miles W Antikythera - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the troopship "Amiral Magon" - with the loss of 203 lives
February 12, 1917 - Pola - U-39 departs Pola with Karl Dönitz on board
February 13, 1917 - "Otranto Barrage" - U-39 passes through the Otranto Barrage during the night of 13/2 - Wikipedia: "The Otranto Barrage was an Allied naval blockade of the Otranto Straits between Brindisi in Italy and Corfu on the Greek side of the Adriatic Sea in the First World War. The blockade was intended to prevent the Austro-Hungarian Navy from escaping into the Mediterranean and threatening Allied operations there. The blockade, or rather the fleet capital ships in support of it, was effective in preventing surface ships from escaping the Adriatic, but it had little or no effect on the submarines based at Cattaro."
February 14, 1917 - Ionian Sea (between Sicily and Crete) - U-39 sinks the passenger ship "Torino"
February 15, 1917 - Off Cape Matapan - U-39 sinks the troopship "Minas" - with the loss of 870 lives
February 17, 1917 - Strait of Sicily - U-39 sinks the sailing vessel "Ala"
February 20, 1917 - E Djidjelli, Algeria - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Rosalie"
February 21, 1917 - N Cape Carbon, Algeria - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Wathfield"
February 22, 1917 - Off the Coast of Algeria - U-39 sinks the coaster "Ville de Bougie"
February 23, 1917 - N Cape Churchell, Algeria - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Trojan Prince"
February 26, 1917 - N Cape Falcon, Algeria - U-39 sinks the collier "Burnby"
March 3, 1917 - Strait of Sicily - U-39 sinks the sailing vessel Anna E
June 6, 1917 - Off Orán - U-39 sinks the coaster "Diane"
June 8, 1917 - WSW Cape Spartel (W Tangier) - U-39 sinks five ships!! "Huntstick" - Troopship (torpedoed), "Isle of Jura" - cargo ship (scuttled), "Valdieri" - cargo ship (torpedoed) and two motor launches
June 10, 1917 - W Cape Spartel (W Tangier) - U-39 sinks the tanker "Petrolite"
June 11, 1917 - Off Cadiz - U-39 scuttles the sailing vessel "Wera"
June 12, 1917 - Off Cape Spartel - U-39 scuttles the sailing vessel "Gaita"
June 15, 1917 - Off Zambujeira do Mar, Alentejo-Portugal - U-39 torpedoes, shells and sinks the coaster "Espinho"
June 19, 1917 - NE Rabat, Morocco - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Kyma"
June 20, 1917 - Coast of Morocco - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Eli Lindoe"
June 22, 1917 - Coast of Morocco - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Toro"
June 23, 1917 - W Cape Spartel (W Tangier) - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Isère"
July 29, 1917 - Strait of Gibraltar - U-39 torpedoes, shells and sinks the cargo ship "Manchester Commerce"
July 30, 1917 - Off Tangier - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ships "Carlo" and "Ganges"
July 31, 1917 - Strait of Gibraltar - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Carolvore", shells and sinks the coaster "Ypres"
August 3, 1917 - W Gibraltar - U-39 scuttles the cargo ship "Halldor"
August 5, 1917 - WNW Tangier - The cargo ship "Ryton" rams the U-39 and sinks due to the damage received
September 29, 1917 - W Oran, Algeria - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Swan River"
October 1, 1917 - W Cape Spartel (W Tangier) - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ships "Mersario" and "Normanton"
October 2, 1917 - W Cape Spartel (W Tangier) - U-39 sinks the cargo ships "Almora" and "Hikosan Maru". Torpedoes and sinks the collier "Nuceria"
October 14, 1917 - Cattaro(?) - Forstmann arrives from his last patrol and returns the command of the U-39
October(?) 25(?), 1917 - Kiel - Forstmann is sent to Submarines Inspection at Kiel
January 1(?), 1918 - Wilhelmshaven - Appointed Commander of the III Submarine Flotilla. Forstmann's memoirs "Auf Jagd im Mittelmeer" are released
March 16, 1919 - Wilhelmshaven - Out of Naval Service
January(?) 1(?), 1921 - Duisburg - Forstmann qualifies as an Attorney
January(?) 1(?), 1924 - Duisburg - Becomes social departmental head and director with the August Thyssen coal company
January(?) 1(?), 1929 - Duisburg - City Delegate and parliamentary group Leader of the German People's Party in Duisburg
January(?) 1(?), 1933 - Duisburg - Member of the Supervisory Board of four large housing cooperatives of the Ruhr steel plants
August 1(?), 1939 - Osnabrück - At the start of WW2, Forstmann is posted at the Command of Armaments
April 10, 1940 - Korsør, Denmark - Forstmann enters in Denmark after the invasion
April 16, 1940 - Copenhagen - Chief of Naval Operations in Copenhagen - as Korvettenkapitän
April 7, 1941 - Copenhagen(?) - Promoted to Fregattenkapitän
July 1, 1942 - Copenhagen(?) - Forstmann is promoted to Kapitän zur See
May 1, 1945 - Copenhagen - Chief of military economic staff in Copenhagen
May 9, 1945 - Malente-Gremsmühlen - Forstmann is taken prisoner by the British and interned in Malente-Gremsmühlen
August 3, 1945 - Malente-Gremsmühlen - Forstmann is released from captivity
January(?) 1(?), 1951 - Duisburg - Becomes consultor of the Housing Company Rheini dwellings A.G.
January(?) 1(?), 1952 - Duisburg - Receives the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany: 1st Class
January(?) 1(?), 1954 - Duisburg - Becomes member of the Supervision Board of Rheini dwellings A.G.
January(?) 1(?), 1956 - Essen - Forstmann is involved in the design structure of the 30 Pestalozzi villages and becomes vice-president of the German settler federation, chairmen of the executive committee of youth centre place work e. V.
August 3, 1960 - Essen - Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany: Grand Cross (for his part in the 25-year-old existence of the German settler federation)
January(?) 1(?), 1968 - Receives an honorary Doctorate from the Roman Accademia Tiberina
March 9, 1968 - Essen - Receives the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany: Grand Cross with Star, from President Heinrich Lübke
January(?) 1(?), 1972 - Honorary Doctorate from the university of the Mediterranean in Rome
November 2, 1973 - Essen - Walther Forstmann dies, aged 90 =(END)
July 21, 1916 - NW Alger - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ship "Wolf"
July 22, 1916 - NW-N Cape Corbelin, Algeria - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ships "Knutsford" and "Olive"
July 23, 1916 - NE-N Cape Carbon, Algeria - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ship "Badminton"
July 24, 1916 - Off East Coast of Algeria - U-39 sinkes the brigantine "Maria"
July 29, 1916 - Between Benghazi and Tunisia - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Letimbro" and the sailing vessel "Rosarina G.V."
August 12, 1916 - Berlin(?) - Walther Forstmann is awarded the "Pour le Mérite" by Kaizer Wilhelm
October 19, 1916 - W-N Cape Bougaroni, Algeria - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the collier "Penylan"
October 20, 1916 - NW-W Cape Corbelin, Algeria - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Mombassa"
October 22, 1916 - W Cape Ténès, Algeria - U-39 sinks the coaster "Ravn" and the cargo ships "Nina", "Cluden" and "W.Harkness"
November 27, 1916 - NW Alexandria - U-39 shells and sinks the cargo ship "Margarita", torpedoes and sinks the collier "Reapwell"
November 28, 1916 - NW-N Alexandria - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ships "King Malcolm" and "Moresby"
December 2, 1916 - NNW Alexandria - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "istrar". One crew member is taken as POW
December 3, 1916 - Between Crete and Alexandria - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Plata"
January 9, 1917 - N-W Alexandria - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Baynesk"
January 15, 1917 - NE-N Alexandria - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the tanker "Garfield"
January 28, 1917 - 160 miles W Antikythera - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the troopship "Amiral Magon" - with the loss of 203 lives
February 12, 1917 - Pola - U-39 departs Pola with Karl Dönitz on board
February 13, 1917 - "Otranto Barrage" - U-39 passes through the Otranto Barrage during the night of 13/2 - Wikipedia: "The Otranto Barrage was an Allied naval blockade of the Otranto Straits between Brindisi in Italy and Corfu on the Greek side of the Adriatic Sea in the First World War. The blockade was intended to prevent the Austro-Hungarian Navy from escaping into the Mediterranean and threatening Allied operations there. The blockade, or rather the fleet capital ships in support of it, was effective in preventing surface ships from escaping the Adriatic, but it had little or no effect on the submarines based at Cattaro."
February 14, 1917 - Ionian Sea (between Sicily and Crete) - U-39 sinks the passenger ship "Torino"
February 15, 1917 - Off Cape Matapan - U-39 sinks the troopship "Minas" - with the loss of 870 lives
February 17, 1917 - Strait of Sicily - U-39 sinks the sailing vessel "Ala"
February 20, 1917 - E Djidjelli, Algeria - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Rosalie"
February 21, 1917 - N Cape Carbon, Algeria - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Wathfield"
February 22, 1917 - Off the Coast of Algeria - U-39 sinks the coaster "Ville de Bougie"
February 23, 1917 - N Cape Churchell, Algeria - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Trojan Prince"
February 26, 1917 - N Cape Falcon, Algeria - U-39 sinks the collier "Burnby"
March 3, 1917 - Strait of Sicily - U-39 sinks the sailing vessel Anna E
June 6, 1917 - Off Orán - U-39 sinks the coaster "Diane"
June 8, 1917 - WSW Cape Spartel (W Tangier) - U-39 sinks five ships!! "Huntstick" - Troopship (torpedoed), "Isle of Jura" - cargo ship (scuttled), "Valdieri" - cargo ship (torpedoed) and two motor launches
June 10, 1917 - W Cape Spartel (W Tangier) - U-39 sinks the tanker "Petrolite"
June 11, 1917 - Off Cadiz - U-39 scuttles the sailing vessel "Wera"
June 12, 1917 - Off Cape Spartel - U-39 scuttles the sailing vessel "Gaita"
June 15, 1917 - Off Zambujeira do Mar, Alentejo-Portugal - U-39 torpedoes, shells and sinks the coaster "Espinho"
June 19, 1917 - NE Rabat, Morocco - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Kyma"
June 20, 1917 - Coast of Morocco - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Eli Lindoe"
June 22, 1917 - Coast of Morocco - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Toro"
June 23, 1917 - W Cape Spartel (W Tangier) - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Isère"
July 29, 1917 - Strait of Gibraltar - U-39 torpedoes, shells and sinks the cargo ship "Manchester Commerce"
July 30, 1917 - Off Tangier - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ships "Carlo" and "Ganges"
July 31, 1917 - Strait of Gibraltar - U-39 sinks the cargo ship "Carolvore", shells and sinks the coaster "Ypres"
August 3, 1917 - W Gibraltar - U-39 scuttles the cargo ship "Halldor"
August 5, 1917 - WNW Tangier - The cargo ship "Ryton" rams the U-39 and sinks due to the damage received
September 29, 1917 - W Oran, Algeria - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Swan River"
October 1, 1917 - W Cape Spartel (W Tangier) - U-39 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ships "Mersario" and "Normanton"
October 2, 1917 - W Cape Spartel (W Tangier) - U-39 sinks the cargo ships "Almora" and "Hikosan Maru". Torpedoes and sinks the collier "Nuceria"
October 14, 1917 - Cattaro(?) - Forstmann arrives from his last patrol and returns the command of the U-39
October(?) 25(?), 1917 - Kiel - Forstmann is sent to Submarines Inspection at Kiel
January 1(?), 1918 - Wilhelmshaven - Appointed Commander of the III Submarine Flotilla. Forstmann's memoirs "Auf Jagd im Mittelmeer" are released
March 16, 1919 - Wilhelmshaven - Out of Naval Service
January(?) 1(?), 1921 - Duisburg - Forstmann qualifies as an Attorney
January(?) 1(?), 1924 - Duisburg - Becomes social departmental head and director with the August Thyssen coal company
January(?) 1(?), 1929 - Duisburg - City Delegate and parliamentary group Leader of the German People's Party in Duisburg
January(?) 1(?), 1933 - Duisburg - Member of the Supervisory Board of four large housing cooperatives of the Ruhr steel plants
August 1(?), 1939 - Osnabrück - At the start of WW2, Forstmann is posted at the Command of Armaments
April 10, 1940 - Korsør, Denmark - Forstmann enters in Denmark after the invasion
April 16, 1940 - Copenhagen - Chief of Naval Operations in Copenhagen - as Korvettenkapitän
April 7, 1941 - Copenhagen(?) - Promoted to Fregattenkapitän
July 1, 1942 - Copenhagen(?) - Forstmann is promoted to Kapitän zur See
May 1, 1945 - Copenhagen - Chief of military economic staff in Copenhagen
May 9, 1945 - Malente-Gremsmühlen - Forstmann is taken prisoner by the British and interned in Malente-Gremsmühlen
August 3, 1945 - Malente-Gremsmühlen - Forstmann is released from captivity
January(?) 1(?), 1951 - Duisburg - Becomes consultor of the Housing Company Rheini dwellings A.G.
January(?) 1(?), 1952 - Duisburg - Receives the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany: 1st Class
January(?) 1(?), 1954 - Duisburg - Becomes member of the Supervision Board of Rheini dwellings A.G.
January(?) 1(?), 1956 - Essen - Forstmann is involved in the design structure of the 30 Pestalozzi villages and becomes vice-president of the German settler federation, chairmen of the executive committee of youth centre place work e. V.
August 3, 1960 - Essen - Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany: Grand Cross (for his part in the 25-year-old existence of the German settler federation)
January(?) 1(?), 1968 - Receives an honorary Doctorate from the Roman Accademia Tiberina
March 9, 1968 - Essen - Receives the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany: Grand Cross with Star, from President Heinrich Lübke
January(?) 1(?), 1972 - Honorary Doctorate from the university of the Mediterranean in Rome
November 2, 1973 - Essen - Walther Forstmann dies, aged 90 =(END)
First class.
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