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Revision as of 01:22, 14 May 2014

Karl-Wilhelm Weniger ( – 5 November, 1918) was an officer in the Imperial German Navy.

Life & Career

He was appointed command of the battleship König on 24 May 1917.[1]

On 5 November 1918, there was a revolution on the ship, and Weniger and several other officers were shot.[2]

See Also

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Hugo Meurer
Captain of S.M.S. König
5 Nov, 1918[3] – ?
Succeeded by
Otto Breuer

Footnotes

  1. Dave Allton on GWPDA
  2. Stuart Haller, email to Tony Lovell, Aug 20 2012.
  3. Dave Allton on GWPDA