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Rudolf Singule | |
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Born | |
Died | 2 May 1945 | (aged 62)
Resting place | Central Cemetery of Brno, Brno |
Nationality | Austrian; Moravian |
Spouse | Dora Singlule
(m. 1911; died 1940) |
Children | 3 daughters |
Military career | |
Allegiance | Austria-Hungary |
Service | Austro-Hungarian Navy Kriegsmarine |
Years of service | 1901–1918 1941–1943 |
Rank | Korvettenkapitän (lieutenant-commander) |
Commands | |
Battles / wars | Boxer Rebellion World War I |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa (1929) |
Rudolf Singule (8 April 1883 – 2 May 1945) was a Moravian-Austrian officer in the Austro-Hungarian Navy, one of the most successful Austro-Hungarian submarine commanders of World War I, sinking 11 Allied merchant ships and two Allied warships displacing 22,276 GRT. After the war he joined the Czechoslovakian army as a reservist and eventually served in Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine submarine units during World War II.