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rdfs:comment | - Commander Waldemar Kophamel (August 16, 1880 – November 4, 1934) was a successful and highly decorated German U-boat commander in the Kaiserliche Marine during World War I. In his time as commander of and he succeeded in sinking 54 ships for a total tonnage of . One of his notable actions was sinking the Diamond Shoal Lightship No. 71 (LV-71). Before doing so he allowed the crew, as well as survivors they had rescued from another of his victims, the SS Merak, to evacuate the ship.
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Commands | - , Mar 28, 1918 – Nov 11, 1918
- , Nov 3, 1914 – Nov 12, 1915
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abstract | - Commander Waldemar Kophamel (August 16, 1880 – November 4, 1934) was a successful and highly decorated German U-boat commander in the Kaiserliche Marine during World War I. In his time as commander of and he succeeded in sinking 54 ships for a total tonnage of . One of his notable actions was sinking the Diamond Shoal Lightship No. 71 (LV-71). Before doing so he allowed the crew, as well as survivors they had rescued from another of his victims, the SS Merak, to evacuate the ship.
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