Years of service 1917–20
1934–42 Name Wolfgang Kaden | Unit SMS Freya
SMS Posen | |
Born 5 December 1899
Leipzig ( 1899-12-05 ) Died 9 July 1942(1942-07-09) (aged 42)
near Hammerfest
70°39′4″N 23°37′9″E / 70.65111°N 23.61917°E / 70.65111; 23.61917 Allegiance German Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic (to 1921)
Nazi Germany Service/branch Kaiserliche Marine
Reichsmarine
Kriegsmarine Rank Korvettenkapitan of the Reserves (posthumous) | ||
Korvettenkapitan (naval corvette captain or lieutenant-commander) of the Reserves Wolfgang Kaden (5 December 1899 – 9 July 1942) was a Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipient during World War II. He is credited with the sinking of at least three submarines including the British submarine HMS H49 on 18 October 1940 off of Texel and the Soviet submarine K-23 commanded by Magomet Gadzhiyev on 12 May 1942 off of Nordkyn. He was killed in action on 9 July 1942 near Hammerfest when his submarine chaser U-Jager 1110 ran into a naval mine.
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