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2 unusual facts about Max Valentiner


German Type U 151 submarine

The famous Max Valentiner commanded a Type U 151 U-boat, U-157, and undertook the longest cruise in the war from November 27, 1917 to April 15, 1918, a total of 139 days.

John Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu

On 30 December 1915, with his mistress Eleanor Thornton, Montagu was on board the SS Persia sailing through the Mediterranean on the way to India when the ship was torpedoed without warning by the German U-boat U-38 commanded by Max Valentiner.



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