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managed to return to Heligoland unscathed. It was then given a triumphant reception in Wilhelmshaven. Weddigen was celebrated as a war hero in the German Empire. The sinking of three enemy ships within a very short period of time, established submarines as a means of warfare. For the German submarine
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was named after him. An outdoor swimming pool built there in 1935 was used as a military facility for a long time (after the war also by the British Army) bore his name. In the last years before its demolition, the people of Herford called the outdoor pool "Otto" for short. In 1997, a leisure pool
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made him an honorary citizen at the age of 32. Adoration and the creation of legends quickly spread, propagandistically led by the tabloid press loyal to the Kaiser. Beer mugs, medals, wall plates and portrait busts of him were circulated in large numbers. It was soon said that almost every German
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in 1901 as an officer cadet. In contrast to the army which was still dominated by the Prussian nobility, the Imperial navy offered young men from the middle class opportunities for advancement. In 1902 he was promoted to ensign and in 1904 to lieutenant. In May 1906 Weddigen was transferred to the
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In a later report, Weddigen openly admitted that, in addition to military skill, a large portion of luck was also involved in the operation, which was successful for the Germans, and he clearly highlighted what he considered to be the brave conduct of the opposing soldiers. The British lost 62
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for its first mission under Weddigen. It reached its area of operations in the Irish Sea and was able to sink four ships with a total of 12,934 GRT over the next few days. On the return march around Scotland,
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during the First World War. There was initially some disagreement between German and foreign newspapers as to whether a merchant ship or a naval ship sank the U-29.
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in the leading role. Under the National Socialist regime, the memory of the former "war hero" was once again promoted, and several biographies were published .
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Due to an injury, in January 1915, Weddigen was forced to hand over command to his first officer, Johannes SpieĂź. After his recovery, he took over command of
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household had a memento of Weddigen. The cult surrounding the submarine commander during the First World War was later surpassed only by the fighter pilot
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Humfeld). After a year at the Wilhelmsplatz public school, Weddigen attended the Friedrichs-Gymnasium in his hometown of Herford from 1890 to 1901.
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officers and 1,397 other men were killed, leaving 837 survivors which were rescued by a British fishing boat and the Dutch passenger steamers
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He then received his first own command with U-4. During the next year, he also commanded U-3 and U-5 for a time before becoming commander of
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force, it was a success that had not been thought possible until then. Weddigen was awarded the Iron Cross, Second and First Class, by
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on the Lower Rhine, three streets in a mining settlement built in 1919 bear his name (Weddigenplatz, Weddigenallee, WeddigenstraĂźe).
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Weddigen was celebrated as a war hero in Germany as a result of his military successes, which were perceived as sensational; his
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by the Kaiser on 24 October 1914. He also received the highest military honours of the other kingdoms of the German Empire: The
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and nine other submarines for her first mission. This first war action by the German submarines failed. Two boats were lost and
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then sank, with Otto Weddigen and his entire crew killed. It was the only significant combat action of the HMS
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all wearing their Iron Cross, Second Class, with Otto Weddigen also wearing his Iron Cross, First Class.
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rammed the U-29, which briefly shot to the surface with its bow. The boat's number was identified. The
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set out from the naval base on Heligoland on a reconnaissance mission westwards. In the early hours of
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force, which was then being set up. From April 1909 to September 1910 he served as watch officer on
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off Aberdeen, and three merchant ships, as one of the first German naval officers, he was awarded
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and was promoted to first lieutenant. In 1907 he served as officer of the watch on the gunboat
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Crew of U-9 prior to receiving their Iron Crosses where they were welcomed home as heros.
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rushed to help, its crew consisted almost exclusively of less well-trained reservists.
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Barely three weeks later on 15 October 1914, after Weddigen sank the British cruiser
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in Herford was also named after Weddigen. In 1937, the newly built youth hostel in
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since 1935 – the twentieth anniversary of the U-boat commander’s death .
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Mit Weddigen auf groĂźe Kriegsfahrt (With Weddigen on a Great War Voyage
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built both an underwater camera and a pair of prism binoculars called
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A few days after the start of World War I, Weddigen set sail from
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of the German Navy also bore the Iron Cross as its coat of arms.
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Action of 22 September 1914 and Memoir extract of Otto Weddigen
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after the coordination of the student associations in 1938.
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encountered the Grand Fleet on 18 March 1915, east of the
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Bertram W. L. Nicholson, an observation post on the HMS
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was allowed to display the Iron Cross on its turret.
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Returning to Germany in October 1908, Weddigen joined
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the U-boat's periscope was sighted by the battleship
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