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Originally Posted by Daniel Prates
Jeeez!
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Not to go off on a tangent, but the man was truly amazing. From 1915 to 1918 he sank a total of 193 ships for 453,369 tons. He always stuck to the prize regulations, stopping ships and allowing the crew to abandon ship, then sinking it by opening the seacocks, using the deck gun or scuttling charges. He was so strict about this that on one patrol he sank 54 ships for 91,150 tons and only used 4 torpedoes...and one of those missed!
Truly the greatest of all u-boat captains.
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