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Eberhard Weichold

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The SS Polynesien was sunk by Weichold in 1918 while he was in command of submarine SM UC-22.

Eberhard Weichold (23 August 1891 - 19 December 1960) was a German naval officer of the First World War who, among other commands, was captain of the submarine SM UC-22.[1][2] On 10 August 1918, Weichold sank the SS Polynesien while he was in command of SM UC-22. Seventeen people died.[3] Weichold joined the Imperial German Navy on the 1. April 1911 as Seekadett, completed his recruit training on SMS Hertha and came afterwards to Naval Academy Mürwik.

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  1. ^ SS Polynesien (I) (+1918). Wreck Site. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  2. ^ Eberhard Weichold. uboat.net Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Serbian Post from Malta" by Milan Radovanović & Slobodan Sokolović, The London Philatelist, Vol. 124, September 2015, No. 1428, pp. 338-341.