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page 1Captains who went down with the ship
Edward Smith
captain of the RMS Titanic (1850–1912)
Maximilian von Spee
German admiral (1861–1914)
Stepan Makarov
Russian admiral
Jean-Baptiste Charcot
French scientist (1867-1936)
Ernst Lindemann
German naval officer
Tamon Yamaguchi
admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy
Stockton Rush
American businessman (1962–2023)
Seiichi Itō
Japanese admiral (1890–1945)
Karel Doorman
Dutch admiral (1889–1942)
Christopher Cradock
Royal Navy admiral (1862-1914)
Tom Phillips
British navy admiral (1888-1941)
Captain goes down with the ship
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Leberecht Maass
German admiral (1863–1914)
Kōsaku Aruga
Japanese admiral (1897–1945)
Takeo Hirose
Japanese Naval officer (1868–1904)
Engelbert Endrass
German navy officer and world war II U-boat commander
Lancelot Holland
Royal Navy admiral (1887-1941)
Deng Shichang
Chinese admiral (1849-1894)
Carlo Bergamini
Italian admiral (1888-1943)
Janko Vuković
Commander-in-chief of the navy of State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs.
Isaac C. Kidd
American Rear Admiral in the United States Navy
John Leach
Royal Navy officer (1894–1941)
Mervyn S. Bennion
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1887-1941)
William Lewis Herndon
American explorer (1813–1857)
Johann Mohr
German World War II U-boat commander (1916-1943)
Dudley W. Morton
Recipient of the Purple Heart medal (1907-1943)
Costantino Borsini
Italian officer (1906-1940)
Ryusaku Yanagimoto
Japanese rear admiral (1894-1942)
Gianfranco Gazzana-Priaroggia
Italian naval officer
Luis González de Ubieta
Spanish admiral
George Tryon
Royal Navy admiral (1832-1893)
Nicholas Biddle
Royal Navy officer
Enrico Baroni
Italian naval officer (1892-1940)
Kaju Sugiura
Japanese admiral
Wilhelm Rollmann
German navy officer and world war II U-boat commander
Toshihira Inoguchi
Japanese military personnel
Erich Würdemann
German World War II U-boat commander (1914-1943)
Samuel David Dealey
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Jisaku Okada
Japanese Naval officer
Mahendra Nath Mulla
Recipient of Maha Vir Chakra
Edward Fegen
recipient of the Victoria Cross
Ernest E. Evans
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Giuseppe Fontana
Italian naval officer (1902–1941)
Howard W. Gilmore
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1902–1943)
Guy D'Oyly-Hughes
Royal Navy officer
Franklin Van Valkenburgh
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1888–1941)