He was also branded a war criminal by the Allies, for killing hundreds of civilians by sinking the passenger liner Persia without warning on December 30, 1915, contrary to international law. (Intro from Wikipedia)
December 15, 1883 - Tondern, Prussia - Christian August Max Ahlmann Valentiner is born
April 1, 1902 - Swinemünde - Max joins the Kaiserliche Marine as a "Seekadett" on the school ship "Moltke"
August 15, 1902 - Swinemünde - Max receives the Rettungsmedaille (life-saving medal) for saving a ship's boy from drowing in Swinemünde's harbor
January(?) 1(?), 1903 - Kiel - Max joins the Emperial Naval School at Kiel, attending courses on diving, mostly. Ends his training aboard the "SMS Hansa"
May 14, 1903 - Heligoland - Max saves the life of another colleague in Heligoland Harbour and is awarded the "Order of the Crown Medal"
September 29, 1905 - Kiel - Valentiner is promoted to "Leutnant zur See"
January(?) 1(?), 1907 - Kiel - Valentiner becomes an officer on "SMS Braunschweig"
March 30, 1908 - Kiel - Promoted to "Oberleutnant zur See". Valentiner becomes commander of "1.Matrosen-Artillerie-Ableitung"
January(?) 1(?), 1911 - Kiel - Valentiner becomes officer of the u-boat salvage ship "SMS Vulkan"
January 17, 1911 - Kiel - Valentiner saves all 30 men of U-3 by getting them out via a torpedo tube after it sank in Kiel Harbour due to an unclosed valve in the ventilation shaft. Among the saved crew was Otto Weddigen, later commander of U-9. Valentiner receives the Order of the Crown 4th Class =(START)
July 1, 1911 - Kiel - Valentiner takes command of the new U-boat "U-10". On board he shows incredible skill and boldness and on training manoeuvres he sinks several ships with drill torpedoes without ever being sighted. His performance literally changes the German vision of U-boat warfare
March 22, 1914 - Kiel - Valentiner is promoted to Kapitänleutnant
March 31, 1914 - Kiel - Becomes a teacher at the U-boat school in Kiel
August 4, 1914 - Kiel - Valentiner receives the command of the "U-3", the u-boat on which he saved 30 lives in 1911
August 17, 1914 - Kiel - Orders to sinks russian ships in the Baltic Sea
October 27, 1914 - Kiel - Valentiner is relieved from his command due to insucess. He blames it on the U-3's poor capabilities (Actually the area of operations, in "lithuanian" waters, was heavily mined and it was extremely difficult to maneuver)
October(?) 30(?), 1914 - Berlin - Valentiner sent to Prince Heinrich for explanations. The furious Prince sends him away
December 5, 1914 - Kiel - Valentiner is assigned to the 2.U-Flottille Pola, base at the austrian base of Cattaro. He is surprised to know that he would take command of the new U-boat "U38"
December 15, 1914 - Kiel - U-38 is commissioned under Max Valentiner's command. HE personally chooses his officers from the U-boat School, however, problems with the U-38's diesel engines are detected from the start
March 15(?), 1915 - Kiel - The U-38 departs to english waters after a long period of repairs and trials
April 18, 1915 - North Sea, W of Denmark - U-38 captures the steamer "Brilliant"
April 22, 1915 - SW Lindesnes, Vest-Agder, Norway - U-38 sinks the sailing vessels "Eva" and "Oscar"
April 24, 1915 - North Sea - U-38 captures the steamer "Nidaros"
April 27, 1915 - North Sea - U-38 captures the steamer "Torwald"
April 30, 1915 - E Farne Islands, United Kingdom - U-38 sinks the cargo ship "Elida"
June 20, 1915 - Off Rosyth, Scotland - U-38 torpedoes and damages the armoured cruiser "HMS Roxburgh"
June 21, 1915 - S-W Start Point, Sanday, Orkney Islands - U-38 shells and sinks the cargo ship "Carisbrook"
June 22, 1915 - North Sea - U-38 sinks the sailing ship "Leo Usikanpunski"
June 23, 1915 - E-NE Out Skerries, Shetland Islands - U-38 sinks the cargo ship "Truma", shells and sinks 7 drifters ("Elizabeth", "Four", "Josephine", "Piscatorial", "Research", "Uffa" and "Ugiebrae"
June 24, 1915 - E-NE Out Skerries, Shetland Islands - U-38 shells and sinks the trawlers "Commander", "Lebanon", "Viceroy", "Vine" and the drifters "J.M.& S.", "Monarda", "Primrose", "Quiet waters" and "Star of Bethlehem"
August 5, 1915 - S Stavanger - U-38 sinks the schooner "Hans Emil" and the sailing vessel "Vanadis"
August 6, 1915 - NW Muckle Flugga, Shetland Islands - U-38 sinks the trawlers "Ocean Queen" and "Westminster"
August 9, 1915 - Eagle Island, County Mayo, NW Ireland - U-38 shells and sinks the trawler "Thrush"
August 10, 1915 - S-SE Old Head of Kingsale, County Cork - S.Ireland - U-38 shells and sinks the cargo ship "Oakwood"
August 17, 1915 - SE Tuskar Rock, SE Ireland - U-38 sinks 10 ships!!! "Bonny" - cargo ship - shelled, "George Baker" - drifter, "Glenby" - collier - shelled, "Isidoro" - cargo ship, "Kirkby" - Collier - torpedoed, "Maggie" - coaster, "Mineral" - coaster - shelled, "Paros" - cargo ship - torpedoed, "Repeat" - trawler - shelled, "The Queen" - passenger ship - shelled, "Thornfield" - coaster - shelled
August 19, 1915 - NNW Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ships "Baron Erskine" and "Restormel", shells and sinks the cargo ship "Samara"
August 20, 1915 - Off Ouessant, Finistère - U-38 shells and sinks the cargo ships "Bittern" and "Carterswell", the tanker "Daghestan" and the schooner "Martha Edwards"
August 21, 1915 - SSW Isles of Scilly - U-38 shells and sinks the cargo ships "Ruel" and "Windsor", torpedoes the cargo ship "Cober". Damages the Tanker "San Melito"
August 22, 1915 - WNW Isles of Scilly - U-38 shells and sinks the cargo ships "Diomed" and "Palmgrove"
August 23, 1915 - SSW Ireland - U-38 shells and sinks the tanker "Silvia", scuttles the cargo ship "Trafalgar"
October 15(?), 1915 - Kiel(?) - Valentiner and the U-38 depart to the Mediterranean
November 1, 1915 - Strait of Gibraltar - Valentiner must have passed the Strait of Gibraltar on the night of 1 or 2/11
November 3, 1915 - Between Ceuta and Alborán (Morocco) - U-38 shells and sinks the cargo ships "Woodfield" and "Yakusuni Maru"
November 4, 1915 - Off Arzew, Algeria - U-38 sinks the cargo ships "Dahra" and "Ionio", the troopship "Calvados" is torpedoed, shelled and sinked, with the loss of 740 lives
November 5, 1915 - Off Alger - U-38 shells and sinks the cargo ships "Buresk" and "Sidi Ferruch"
November 6, 1915 - N Cap de Fer, Algeria - U-38 sinks the brigantine "Elisa Francesca", torpedoes and sinks the cargo ships "Glenmoor", "Ticino" and "Yser"
November 7, 1915 - SW Cape Teulada, Sardinia - U-38 sinks the passenger ship "France IV"
November 8, 1915 - Between Sardinia, Tunisia and Sicily - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the ocean liner "SS Ancona" - with the loss of 206 lives
November 9, 1915 - Off Syracuse, Sicily - U-38 shells and sinks the passenger ship "Firenze"
December 21, 1915 - Off Port Said, Egypt - U-38 sinks the passenger ship "Yasaka Maru"
December 30, 1915 - SE Cape Martello, SE Crete - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the
passenger ship "Persia", with the loss of 343 lives - The sinking of the Persia makes headlines!!!!
February 9, 1916 - SW-W Gavdos, Greece - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Springwell"
February 23, 1916 - S Porquerolles, Var - U-38 shells and sinks the cargo ship "Diadem", sinks the brigantine "Roubine"
February 24, 1916 - S Marseille - U-38 shells and sinks the cargo ships "Denaby", "Fastnet" and "Torborg"
February 29, 1916 - Off Cap de Fer, Algeria - U-38 sinks the cargo ship "Alexander Wentzel" and the sailing vessel "Eliza S."
March 1, 1916 - E Galeta Island, Tunisia - U-38 sinks the collier "Kilbride"
May 14, 1916 - Valentiner is awarded the Knight's Cross with Swords of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
May 16, 1916 - Between Rhodes and Egypt - U-38 sinks the fleet messenger "HMS Clifford"
June 8, 1916 - SE Tuapse, Black Sea, Russia - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the transport ships "Cementcrug" and "Vera". Sinks the sailing vessel "Ekaterina" and the "Malorossija"
June 10, 1916 - Off Gagra, Black Sea - U-38 sinks the cargo ship "Orion"
July 2, 1916 - Off Vardane, Black Sea - U-38 shells and sinks the transport ship "Rockliffe"
July 9, 1916 - Off Hopa, Turkey (Black Sea) - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the hospital ship "Vparied"
July 10, 1916 - Off Sukhumi, Black Sea - U-38 sinks the transport ship "Florida"
August 11, 1916 - Istanbul - Valentiner and the U-38 depart Istanbul for Pola
August 14, 1916 - Aegean Sea, N Paros - U-38 sinks the Q-ship "HMS Rememberance"
August 19, 1916 - Strait of Sicily - U-38 sinks the brigantine "Dea"
August 23, 1916 - South Coast of France - U-38 sinks the brigantines "Elios, "Maria Brizzolari" and "Tanina"
August 24, 1916 - S Marseille - U-38 shells and sinks the cargo ships "Isdalen" and "Liègeoise"
August 25, 1916 - Off Cape Creux - U-38 sinks the cargo ship "Leandros" and the full-rigged ship "Nostra Senora del Carmine"
August 26, 1916 - SE Formentera - U-38 scuttles the cargo ship "Atlantico"
August 30, 1916 - Off Cabo San Antonio, Spain - U-38 sinks the full-rigged ship "Nostra Signora della Guardia"
August 31, 1916 - E Cape Cherchell, Algeria - U-38 shells and sinks the cargo ships "Bacchus", "Duart" and "Piero Maroncelli"
September 1, 1916 - E Argiers - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the collier "Swift Wings", sinks the sailing vessel "San Francesco di Paola"
September 2, 1916 - Off Philippeville, Algeria - U-38 shells and sinks the cargo ship "Strathallan" and the sailing vessel "uranie"
September 3, 1916 - Off Zembra, Tunisia - U-38 sinks the sailing vessel "Villa de Oro"
September 4, 1916 - SE Gozo, Malta - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Laristan"
September 5, 1916 - SE Malta - U-38 sinks the cargo ship "Saint Marc"
November 25, 1916 - N Cape Térès, Algeria - U-38 scuttles the cargo ship "Michael"
November 26, 1916 - E Cabo de Gata, Andalucia - U-38 sinks the cargo ship "Chemung"
December 3, 1916 - Funchal, Madeira - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the cable layer "Dacia", the submatine carrier "Kanguroo" and the gunboat "Surprise"
December 8, 1916 - W Cape of Sagres, Portugal - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ships "Brask" and "Britannia"
December 9, 1916 - W Gibraltar - U-38 sinks the brigantine "Brizella"
December 10, 1916 - W Gibraltar - U-38 sinks the cargo ship "Esemplare"
December 13, 1916 - Off Cartagena - U-38 sinks the cargo ships "Angelo Parodi" and "Kaupanger"
December 15, 1916 - Off Cape Bengut, Algeria - U-38 sinks the cargo ship "Emmanuele Accame"
December 17, 1916 - SW Cape Carbonara, Sardinia - U-38 sinks the sailing vessel "Tripoli"
December 20, 1916 - NW-W Malta - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Itonus"
December 26, 1916 - Berlin? - Max Valentiner is awarded the "Pour le Mérite"
January 25, 1917 - 190 Miles W Cape Mapatan - U-38 sinks the cargo ship "Sylvie"
February 7, 1917 - NW Alexandria - U-38 sinks the sailing vessel "Aphrodite"
February 14, 1917 - Off Sicily - U-38 sinks the sailing vessel "Michele" and damages the steamer "Trowbridge"
May 12, 1917 - SSE Malta - U-38 scuttles the cargo ship "Egyptian Prince"
May 13, 1917 - 150 miles SW Crete - U-38 sinks the cargo ship "Rio Amazonas"
May 25, 1917 - 150 Miles NW Alexandria - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Kohinur"
May 26, 1917 - N-W Alexandria - U-38 shells and sinks the collier "Holmesbank"
July 1, 1917 - Between Sicily and Sardinia - U-38 sinks the sailing vessels Corrado and Volto Santo G.
July 7, 1917 - Mediterranean Sea - U-38 sinks the sailing vessel "La Resolu"
July 12, 1917 - NE Bône, Algeria - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Claire"
July 15, 1917 - SE Balearic Islands - U-38 sinks the barque "Atalante"
July 19, 1917 - SEE Malta - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the troopship "Eloby", with the loss of 156 lives
August 20, 1917 - SE-S Pantelleria - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Incemore"
September 15, 1917 - Cattaro (Kotor-Montenegro) - Valentiner leaves the command of the U-38 and departs to Kiel to take command of the new U-157 (succeeded by Wilhelm Canaris)
September 19(?), 1917 - Kiel - Valentiner arrives in Kiel
November 27, 1917 - Kiel - Valentiner departs Kiel in the U-157, for his longest patrol
December 1(?), 1917 - S Coast of Norway - Route calculated to avoid the danger from allied mines in the North Sea, via Kattegat and Skagerrak
December 4(?), 1917 - W coast of Norway - U-157 turns west to enter the Atlantic between Scotland and Iceland
December 8(?), 1917 - Between Scotland and Iceland - Safe from danger, U-157 turns south-Southwest
December 26, 1917 - S Faial, SSW Pico, Azores - U-157 sinks the sailing vessel "Lidia"
January 7, 1918 - Off Cap Bojeador - U-157 sinks the troopship "Oued Sebou"
January 10, 1918 - NW Cap Bojeador - U-157 scuttles the cargo ship "Hulda Maersk"
January 11, 1918 - Off Cap Bojeador - U-157 captures the cargo ship "Norefos" and uses it as a supply boat
February 17, 1918 - Off Freetown, Sierra Leone - U-157 sinks the sailing vessel "Estrella de Bissau"
February 20, 1918 - Off the Coast of Morocco - U-157 sinks the cargo ship "Kithira"
March 1, 1918 - 60 miles W of Dakar - U-157 sinks the "Norefos", which was being used as a supply boat
March 14, 1918 - Off Las Palmas - U-157 sinks the cargo ship "Arpillao"
April 15, 1918 - Kiel - Valentiner returns from his patrol
July 20, 1918 - Kiel - Valentiner leaves the command of the U-157, replaced by Ortwin Rave
January 1(?), 1940 - Kiel-Danzig - Valentiner is appointed Group Commander for U-boots-Abnahmekommision
MArch 31, 1945 - Kiel-Danzig - Valentiner is discharged from the Kriegsmarine
May(?) 1(?), 1945 - Sønderborg - Entry into civilian life (Speculative date and place)
July 19, 1949 - Sønderborg - Max Valentiner dies, aged 65 =(END)
June 24, 1915 - E-NE Out Skerries, Shetland Islands - U-38 shells and sinks the trawlers "Commander", "Lebanon", "Viceroy", "Vine" and the drifters "J.M.& S.", "Monarda", "Primrose", "Quiet waters" and "Star of Bethlehem"
August 5, 1915 - S Stavanger - U-38 sinks the schooner "Hans Emil" and the sailing vessel "Vanadis"
August 6, 1915 - NW Muckle Flugga, Shetland Islands - U-38 sinks the trawlers "Ocean Queen" and "Westminster"
August 9, 1915 - Eagle Island, County Mayo, NW Ireland - U-38 shells and sinks the trawler "Thrush"
August 10, 1915 - S-SE Old Head of Kingsale, County Cork - S.Ireland - U-38 shells and sinks the cargo ship "Oakwood"
August 17, 1915 - SE Tuskar Rock, SE Ireland - U-38 sinks 10 ships!!! "Bonny" - cargo ship - shelled, "George Baker" - drifter, "Glenby" - collier - shelled, "Isidoro" - cargo ship, "Kirkby" - Collier - torpedoed, "Maggie" - coaster, "Mineral" - coaster - shelled, "Paros" - cargo ship - torpedoed, "Repeat" - trawler - shelled, "The Queen" - passenger ship - shelled, "Thornfield" - coaster - shelled
August 19, 1915 - NNW Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ships "Baron Erskine" and "Restormel", shells and sinks the cargo ship "Samara"
August 20, 1915 - Off Ouessant, Finistère - U-38 shells and sinks the cargo ships "Bittern" and "Carterswell", the tanker "Daghestan" and the schooner "Martha Edwards"
August 21, 1915 - SSW Isles of Scilly - U-38 shells and sinks the cargo ships "Ruel" and "Windsor", torpedoes the cargo ship "Cober". Damages the Tanker "San Melito"
August 22, 1915 - WNW Isles of Scilly - U-38 shells and sinks the cargo ships "Diomed" and "Palmgrove"
August 23, 1915 - SSW Ireland - U-38 shells and sinks the tanker "Silvia", scuttles the cargo ship "Trafalgar"
October 15(?), 1915 - Kiel(?) - Valentiner and the U-38 depart to the Mediterranean
November 1, 1915 - Strait of Gibraltar - Valentiner must have passed the Strait of Gibraltar on the night of 1 or 2/11
November 3, 1915 - Between Ceuta and Alborán (Morocco) - U-38 shells and sinks the cargo ships "Woodfield" and "Yakusuni Maru"
November 4, 1915 - Off Arzew, Algeria - U-38 sinks the cargo ships "Dahra" and "Ionio", the troopship "Calvados" is torpedoed, shelled and sinked, with the loss of 740 lives
November 5, 1915 - Off Alger - U-38 shells and sinks the cargo ships "Buresk" and "Sidi Ferruch"
November 6, 1915 - N Cap de Fer, Algeria - U-38 sinks the brigantine "Elisa Francesca", torpedoes and sinks the cargo ships "Glenmoor", "Ticino" and "Yser"
November 7, 1915 - SW Cape Teulada, Sardinia - U-38 sinks the passenger ship "France IV"
November 8, 1915 - Between Sardinia, Tunisia and Sicily - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the ocean liner "SS Ancona" - with the loss of 206 lives
November 9, 1915 - Off Syracuse, Sicily - U-38 shells and sinks the passenger ship "Firenze"
December 21, 1915 - Off Port Said, Egypt - U-38 sinks the passenger ship "Yasaka Maru"
December 30, 1915 - SE Cape Martello, SE Crete - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the
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February 9, 1916 - SW-W Gavdos, Greece - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Springwell"
February 23, 1916 - S Porquerolles, Var - U-38 shells and sinks the cargo ship "Diadem", sinks the brigantine "Roubine"
February 24, 1916 - S Marseille - U-38 shells and sinks the cargo ships "Denaby", "Fastnet" and "Torborg"
February 29, 1916 - Off Cap de Fer, Algeria - U-38 sinks the cargo ship "Alexander Wentzel" and the sailing vessel "Eliza S."
March 1, 1916 - E Galeta Island, Tunisia - U-38 sinks the collier "Kilbride"
May 14, 1916 - Valentiner is awarded the Knight's Cross with Swords of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
May 16, 1916 - Between Rhodes and Egypt - U-38 sinks the fleet messenger "HMS Clifford"
June 8, 1916 - SE Tuapse, Black Sea, Russia - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the transport ships "Cementcrug" and "Vera". Sinks the sailing vessel "Ekaterina" and the "Malorossija"
June 10, 1916 - Off Gagra, Black Sea - U-38 sinks the cargo ship "Orion"
July 2, 1916 - Off Vardane, Black Sea - U-38 shells and sinks the transport ship "Rockliffe"
July 9, 1916 - Off Hopa, Turkey (Black Sea) - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the hospital ship "Vparied"
July 10, 1916 - Off Sukhumi, Black Sea - U-38 sinks the transport ship "Florida"
August 11, 1916 - Istanbul - Valentiner and the U-38 depart Istanbul for Pola
August 14, 1916 - Aegean Sea, N Paros - U-38 sinks the Q-ship "HMS Rememberance"
August 19, 1916 - Strait of Sicily - U-38 sinks the brigantine "Dea"
August 23, 1916 - South Coast of France - U-38 sinks the brigantines "Elios, "Maria Brizzolari" and "Tanina"
August 24, 1916 - S Marseille - U-38 shells and sinks the cargo ships "Isdalen" and "Liègeoise"
August 25, 1916 - Off Cape Creux - U-38 sinks the cargo ship "Leandros" and the full-rigged ship "Nostra Senora del Carmine"
August 26, 1916 - SE Formentera - U-38 scuttles the cargo ship "Atlantico"
August 30, 1916 - Off Cabo San Antonio, Spain - U-38 sinks the full-rigged ship "Nostra Signora della Guardia"
August 31, 1916 - E Cape Cherchell, Algeria - U-38 shells and sinks the cargo ships "Bacchus", "Duart" and "Piero Maroncelli"
September 1, 1916 - E Argiers - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the collier "Swift Wings", sinks the sailing vessel "San Francesco di Paola"
September 2, 1916 - Off Philippeville, Algeria - U-38 shells and sinks the cargo ship "Strathallan" and the sailing vessel "uranie"
September 3, 1916 - Off Zembra, Tunisia - U-38 sinks the sailing vessel "Villa de Oro"
September 4, 1916 - SE Gozo, Malta - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Laristan"
September 5, 1916 - SE Malta - U-38 sinks the cargo ship "Saint Marc"
November 25, 1916 - N Cape Térès, Algeria - U-38 scuttles the cargo ship "Michael"
November 26, 1916 - E Cabo de Gata, Andalucia - U-38 sinks the cargo ship "Chemung"
December 3, 1916 - Funchal, Madeira - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the cable layer "Dacia", the submatine carrier "Kanguroo" and the gunboat "Surprise"
December 8, 1916 - W Cape of Sagres, Portugal - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ships "Brask" and "Britannia"
December 9, 1916 - W Gibraltar - U-38 sinks the brigantine "Brizella"
December 10, 1916 - W Gibraltar - U-38 sinks the cargo ship "Esemplare"
December 13, 1916 - Off Cartagena - U-38 sinks the cargo ships "Angelo Parodi" and "Kaupanger"
December 15, 1916 - Off Cape Bengut, Algeria - U-38 sinks the cargo ship "Emmanuele Accame"
December 17, 1916 - SW Cape Carbonara, Sardinia - U-38 sinks the sailing vessel "Tripoli"
December 20, 1916 - NW-W Malta - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Itonus"
December 26, 1916 - Berlin? - Max Valentiner is awarded the "Pour le Mérite"
January 25, 1917 - 190 Miles W Cape Mapatan - U-38 sinks the cargo ship "Sylvie"
February 7, 1917 - NW Alexandria - U-38 sinks the sailing vessel "Aphrodite"
February 14, 1917 - Off Sicily - U-38 sinks the sailing vessel "Michele" and damages the steamer "Trowbridge"
May 12, 1917 - SSE Malta - U-38 scuttles the cargo ship "Egyptian Prince"
May 13, 1917 - 150 miles SW Crete - U-38 sinks the cargo ship "Rio Amazonas"
May 25, 1917 - 150 Miles NW Alexandria - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Kohinur"
May 26, 1917 - N-W Alexandria - U-38 shells and sinks the collier "Holmesbank"
July 1, 1917 - Between Sicily and Sardinia - U-38 sinks the sailing vessels Corrado and Volto Santo G.
July 7, 1917 - Mediterranean Sea - U-38 sinks the sailing vessel "La Resolu"
July 12, 1917 - NE Bône, Algeria - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Claire"
July 15, 1917 - SE Balearic Islands - U-38 sinks the barque "Atalante"
July 19, 1917 - SEE Malta - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the troopship "Eloby", with the loss of 156 lives
August 20, 1917 - SE-S Pantelleria - U-38 torpedoes and sinks the cargo ship "Incemore"
September 15, 1917 - Cattaro (Kotor-Montenegro) - Valentiner leaves the command of the U-38 and departs to Kiel to take command of the new U-157 (succeeded by Wilhelm Canaris)
September 19(?), 1917 - Kiel - Valentiner arrives in Kiel
November 27, 1917 - Kiel - Valentiner departs Kiel in the U-157, for his longest patrol
December 1(?), 1917 - S Coast of Norway - Route calculated to avoid the danger from allied mines in the North Sea, via Kattegat and Skagerrak
December 4(?), 1917 - W coast of Norway - U-157 turns west to enter the Atlantic between Scotland and Iceland
December 8(?), 1917 - Between Scotland and Iceland - Safe from danger, U-157 turns south-Southwest
December 26, 1917 - S Faial, SSW Pico, Azores - U-157 sinks the sailing vessel "Lidia"
January 7, 1918 - Off Cap Bojeador - U-157 sinks the troopship "Oued Sebou"
January 10, 1918 - NW Cap Bojeador - U-157 scuttles the cargo ship "Hulda Maersk"
January 11, 1918 - Off Cap Bojeador - U-157 captures the cargo ship "Norefos" and uses it as a supply boat
February 17, 1918 - Off Freetown, Sierra Leone - U-157 sinks the sailing vessel "Estrella de Bissau"
February 20, 1918 - Off the Coast of Morocco - U-157 sinks the cargo ship "Kithira"
March 1, 1918 - 60 miles W of Dakar - U-157 sinks the "Norefos", which was being used as a supply boat
March 14, 1918 - Off Las Palmas - U-157 sinks the cargo ship "Arpillao"
April 15, 1918 - Kiel - Valentiner returns from his patrol
July 20, 1918 - Kiel - Valentiner leaves the command of the U-157, replaced by Ortwin Rave
January 1(?), 1940 - Kiel-Danzig - Valentiner is appointed Group Commander for U-boots-Abnahmekommision
MArch 31, 1945 - Kiel-Danzig - Valentiner is discharged from the Kriegsmarine
May(?) 1(?), 1945 - Sønderborg - Entry into civilian life (Speculative date and place)
July 19, 1949 - Sønderborg - Max Valentiner dies, aged 65 =(END)
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