(1883-12-15)15 December 1883 Tondern, Kingdom of Prussia
Died
19 July 1949(1949-07-19) (aged 65) Sønderborg, Denmark
Allegiance
German Empire
Nazi Germany
Service/branch
Imperial German Navy
Kriegsmarine
Years of service
1902–19
1940–45
Rank
Kapitän zur See
Commands held
U-10, 1 July 1911 – 1 April 1914
U-3, 23 August 1914 – 27 October 1914
U-38, 5 December 1914 – 15 September 1917
U-157, 22 September 1917 – 20 July 1918
Battles/wars
U-boat Campaign (World War I)
Awards
Rettungsmedaille
Order of the Crown 4th class
Knight's Cross with Swords of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
Pour le Mérite
Captain Christian August Max Ahlmann Valentiner (15 December 1883 – 19 July 1949) was a German U-boat commander during World War I. He was the third highest-scoring U-boat commander of the war, and was awarded the Pour le Mérite for his achievements.
He was also listed as a war criminal by the Allies, for killing hundreds of civilians by sinking the passenger liner Persia without warning on 30 December 1915, contrary to international law.
The eldest of the four children of Otto Friedrich Valentiner and Mathilde Julie Valentiner, Valentiner was born in Tondern (Tønder), Province of Schleswig-Holstein...
1595 tons and had a top speed of 12 knots. The famous U-boat commander MaxValentiner served as salvage officer on Vulkan in early 1911. On 17 January 1911...
mathematics Karl Wilhelm Valentiner, astronomer MaxValentiner, U-boat captain Wilhelm Valentiner, art historian Valentine (disambiguation) This disambiguation page...
de la Perière as commander, U-39 with Walter Forstmann and U-38 with MaxValentiner. Together these U-boats sunk more than 1,198,139 gross register tons (GRT)...
unrest instigated by the Germans. December 3: SM U-38, captained by MaxValentiner, entered Funchal harbour in Madeira and torpedoed and sank three ships:...
was torpedoed without warning by the German U-boat U-38, commanded by MaxValentiner. Montagu survived the sinking. The Probate Registry for June 1916 shows...
Madeira on 3 December 1916 when the German U-boat, U-38, captained by MaxValentiner went into Funchal harbour on Madeira and torpedoed and sank 3 ships...
Great War on 3 December 1916, a German U-boat, SM U-38, captained by MaxValentiner, entered Funchal harbour on Madeira. U-38 torpedoed and sank three ships...
commissioned into the Kaiserliche Marine on February 17, 1917, as U-155. MaxValentiner commanded a Type U 151 U-boat, U-157, and undertook the longest cruise...
Madeira on December 3, 1916, when the German U-boat, U-38, captained by MaxValentiner went into the Port of Funchal in Madeira and torpedoed and sank 3 ships...
Valentine (minor planet designation: 447 Valentine) is a large Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on 27 October 1899...
Karl Wilhelm Valentiner (22 February 1845 in Eckernförde – 1 April 1931) was a German astronomer. In 1874, Wilhelm Valentiner led a successful German expedition...
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