WWI U-boat commanders

Kurt Ramien

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 4/08)

Successes
57 ships sunk with a total of 103,455 GRT
6 ships damaged with a total of 26,509 GRT

Born:	3 Oct 1889	Harburg
Died:	8 Sep 1939	Kiel

Ranks

1 Apr 1908		Seekadett
10 Apr 1909		Fähnrich zur See
27 Sep 1911		Leutnant zur See
19 Sep 1914		Oberleutnant zur See
28 Apr 1918		Kapitänleutnant
1 Apr 1927		Korvettenkapitän
1 Oct 1932		Fregattenkapitän
1 Oct 1934		Kapitän zur See
1 Apr 1938		Konteradmiral

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd class
		Iron Cross 1st class
		Hanseatic Cross
23 Jul 1917		Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
		U-Boat War Badge

U-boat Commands

UC 1	14 Apr 1916	-	31 Aug 1916
UC 48	6 Nov 1916	-	20 Oct 1917
UB 109	31 Dec 1917	-	29 Aug 1918

Notes

Kurt Ramien survived the loss of UB 109 and was taken PoW in England until 1919.

Ships hit by Kurt Ramien

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons

20 Apr 1916	UC 1	Lodewijk Van Nassau	Steamer	3,350	nl
2 May 1916	UC 1	Fridland (d.)	Steamer	4,960	sw
26 May 1916	UC 1	El Argentino	Steamer	6,809	br
18 Jun 1916	UC 1	Mendibil-mendi	Steamer	4,501	sp
26 Jun 1916	UC 1	Astrologer	Steamer	912	br
26 Jun 1916	UC 1	Tugela	Navy Trawler	233	br
28 Jun 1916	UC 1	Mercurius	Dredger	129	br
30 Jun 1916	UC 1	Whooper	Navy Trawler	302	br
16 Jul 1916	UC 1	Alto	Steamer	2,266	br
16 Jul 1916	UC 1	Mopsa	Steamer	885	br
30 Jul 1916	UC 1	Claudia	Steamer	1,144	br
11 Aug 1916	UC 1	F. Stobart	Steamer	801	br
23 Aug 1916	UC 1	Birch	Navy Trawler	215	br
27 Aug 1916	UC 1	Ocean Plough	Navy Drifter	99	br
31 Aug 1916	UC 1	Tuberose	Navy Drifter	67	br
1 Sep 1916	UC 1	Dronning Maud	Steamer	1,102	nw
4 Sep 1916	UC 1	Jessie Nutten	Navy Trawler	187	br

16 Mar 1917	UC 48	Pencaer	Fishing vessel (smack)	59	br
16 Mar 1917	UC 48	William Martyn	Sailing vessel	104	br
17 Mar 1917	UC 48	Antony	Passenger steamer	6,466	br
17 Mar 1917	UC 48	Guard	Fishing vessel (smack)	38	br
21 Mar 1917	UC 48	Rio Sorocaba	Steamer	4,307	br
22 Mar 1917	UC 48	Chorley	Steamer	3,828	br
22 Mar 1917	UC 48	Providence	Steamer	2,970	br
23 Mar 1917	UC 48	J. B. August Kessler (d.)	Tanker	5,104	nl
25 Mar 1917	UC 48	Evangel	Navy Trawler	197	br
27 Apr 1917	UC 48	Amelia & Jane (d.)	Sailing vessel	62	br
1 May 1917	UC 48	RAYMOND ESTER	Fishing vessel	20	fr
2 May 1917	UC 48	United	Fishing vessel (smack)	61	br
2 May 1917	UC 48	Warnow	Steamer	1,593	br
5 May 1917	UC 48	Feltria	Passenger steamer	5,254	br
5 May 1917	UC 48	Greta	Steamer	297	br
7 May 1917	UC 48	Kinross	Steamer	4,120	br
9 Jun 1917	UC 48	Amphitrite	Sailing vessel	179	pt
10 Jun 1917	UC 48	Solhaug	Steamer	1,217	nw
13 Jun 1917	UC 48	Ernestine	Sailing vessel	160	fr
15 Jun 1917	UC 48	Eugene Et Eugenie	Sailing vessel	46	fr
16 Jun 1917	UC 48	John D. Archbold	Tanker	8,374	am
17 Jun 1917	UC 48	Anjou	Auxiliary minesweeper	771	fr
17 Jun 1917	UC 48	Antonios M. Mavrogordatos	Steamer	3,771	gr
18 Jun 1917	UC 48	Tyne	Steamer	2,909	br
15 Jul 1917	UC 48	Florence Creadick (d.)	Sailing vessel	732	am
15 Jul 1917	UC 48	Westmeath (d.)	Steamer	9,179	br
16 Jul 1917	UC 48	Henry R. James	Steamer	3,146	br
18 Aug 1917	UC 48	Dunkerquois	Steamer	2,087	fr
19 Aug 1917	UC 48	Monksgarth	Steamer	1,928	br
19 Aug 1917	UC 48	Ytterøy	Steamer	1,112	nw
16 Sep 1917	UC 48	Sandsend	Steamer	3,814	br
17 Sep 1917	UC 48	Our Bairns	Fishing vessel (smack)	50	br
17 Sep 1917	UC 48	Ronald	Fishing vessel (smack)	38	br
19 Sep 1917	UC 48	Etal Manor	Steamer	1,875	br
21 Sep 1917	UC 48	Kouang-Si (d.)	Passenger steamer	6,472	fr
14 Oct 1917	UC 48	Barbro	Steamer	2,356	nw
14 Oct 1917	UC 48	Castro	Steamer	1,994	gr
15 Oct 1917	UC 48	Hovde	Steamer	1,196	nw

30 Jan 1918	UC 48	Ange Gardien	Sailing vessel	24	fr
9 Apr 1918	UB 109	President Leroy-lallier	Steamer	1,320	fr
10 Apr 1918	UB 109	Henley	Steamer	3,249	br
13 Apr 1918	UB 109	Wilson	Sailing vessel	110	br
18 Apr 1918	UB 109	Runswick	Steamer	3,060	br
19 Aug 1918	UB 109	Zinal	Steamer	4,037	br
25 Aug 1918	UB 109	Pontet Canet	Steamer	1,183	fr
26 Aug 1918	UB 109	Helge	Steamer	1,133	sw
				129,964
57 ships sunk (103,455 tons) and 6 ships damaged (26,509 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. We have a picture of this vessel.