Commander Karl August Nerger, captain of SMS Wolf (Wolf IV)
After 451 days at seas the longest voyage without any support of a German warship during World War I. During the voyage, Wolf destroyed 35 vessels and two warships totaling approximately 110,000 tons. For his highly sucessful Hilfskreuzer (armed merchant raider) voyage he was awarded the highest German military decoration, the Pour le Mérite.
Credit: German Navy via AWM Date: Agust 2, 1918
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