Wolfgang Lüth was a German U-boat captain of World War II who was credited with the sinking of 46 merchant ships plus the French submarine Doris sunk during 15 war patrols, for a total tonnage of 225,204 gross register tons (GRT).
Lüth (front row, center) at the commissioning of German submarine U-1305, as guest of honor
Lüth's funeral; Grand Admiral and Reichspräsident Karl Dönitz on the far right delivering the eulogy
Lüth's grave, cemetery Adelby
German submarine U-9 (1935)
German submarine U-9 was a Type IIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid down on 8 February 1935, by Germaniawerft in Kiel as yard number 543. She was launched on 30 July 1935 and commissioned on 21 August, with Korvettenkapitän Hans-Günther Looff in command.
U-9 in 1936, note the submarine's number on the hull which was painted out in wartime