Rudolf Singule

Rudolf Singule
Born
Rudolf Singule in 1916

(1883-04-08)8 April 1883
Pula, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary (present-day Croatia)
Died2 May 1945(1945-05-02) (aged 62)
Brno, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Resting placeCentral Cemetery of Brno, Brno
NationalityAustrian; Moravian
Spouse
Dora Singlule
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(m. 1911; died 1940)​
Children3 daughters
Military career
AllegianceAustria-Hungary
Service/branchAustro-Hungarian Navy
Kriegsmarine
Years of service1901–1918
1941–1943
RankKorvettenkapitän (lieutenant-commander)
Commands
  • SM U-4 (21 September 1912 – 7 July 1913;
    9 April 1915 – 30 November 1917)
  • UD-4(1941–1943)
Battles/warsBoxer Rebellion
World War I
AwardsKnight'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.