(1910-09-16)16 September 1910 Süderende on Föhr, German Empire
Died
15 May 1984(1984-05-15) (aged 73) Kiel, West Germany
Allegiance
Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany
Service/branch
Kriegsmarine German Navy
Years of service
1930–45 1956–69
Rank
Kapitänleutnant (Kriegsmarine) Kapitän zur See
Commands held
U-155
Battles/wars
World War II
Battle of the Atlantic
Awards
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Adolf Cornelius Piening (16 September 1910 – 15 May 1984) was a German naval officer. During World War II, he served in the Kriegsmarine and commanded the Type IXC U-boat U-155, sinking twenty-six ships on nine patrols, for a total of 140,449 gross register tons (GRT) of Allied shipping. Piening was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Piening spent two years as a prisoner of war and was released in 1947. He joined the new German Navy, which was established in 1956, serving until becoming team leader at the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College. He retired in 1969 with the rank of Captain at sea.
register tons (GRT) of Allied shipping. Piening was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Piening spent two years as a prisoner of war and...
Horst von Schroeter; the successful Type IXC U-boat, U-155 commanded by AdolfPiening and the U-778, which was the most promising salvage.[citation needed]...
Neukirchen Eduard Neumann (fighter pilot) Walter Oesau* Jürgen Oesten AdolfPiening Rolf Pingel Hermann Plocher Günther Radusch Hermann Rasch Hansjürgen...
forces 1 January 1962 – 30 September 1963 Succeeded by Kapitän zur See AdolfPiening Preceded by Konteradmiral Karl Hetz Deputy Inspector of the Navy 1 October...
West. An effort by the Sea Frontier to track the U-boat, captained by AdolfPiening, was unsuccessful. At the time of its sinking, the Gulfstate was carrying...
52°30′W / 10.750°N 52.500°W / 10.750; -52.500) by U-155, captained by AdolfPiening. Nine crew members were killed and the captain, Frederick Tate, was...
by a torpedo launched from German submarine U-155. Kapitanleutnant AdolfPiening's marksmanship proved deadly. About the same time, torpedoes from his...
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Adeline Dehn. Although she was the niece of the medieval art historian Adolf Goldschmidt, who taught at the University of Berlin, she decided to attend...
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the Natural History Museum, known for his work on the Darwinius fossil Adolf Hoel, one of the leading Arctic researchers in the first half of the 20th...
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of Fine Arts Stuttgart and world-famous professors like Bernhard Pankok, Adolf Hölzel, Willi Baumeister, Gunter Böhmer [de], Alfred Hrdlicka. One of his...
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Nazi Germany (to 1945)
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Kriegsmarine
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