Ivan Messer

Ivan Messer
Born(1884-09-07)7 September 1884
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died16 December 1952(1952-12-16) (aged 68)
Cleveland, Ohio, US
Allegiance Russian Empire
Branch
 Imperial Russian Navy
Rank
Captain 1st rank
UnitBaltic Fleet Submarine Brigade
Commands
Conflicts

Ivan Vladimirovich Messer (Russian: Иван Владимирович Мессер; 7 September 1884 – 16 December 1952) was an officer of the Imperial Russian Navy.[1][2]

Messer was the most successful Russian submarine commander of World War I, capturing one German merchant ship while commanding the submarine Kaiman and sinking four others while commanding the Volk, for a total of 10,756 gross register tons (GRT).[3] He was the highest achieving commander in tonnage, though Mikhail Kititsyn sank a larger number of ships.[4]

Ivan Messer was born in Saint Petersburg on 7 September 1884.[1] He graduated from the Naval Cadet Corps in 1903, and from the submarine training unit in 1910, before commanding the submarine Beluga.[2] When World War I broke out, Messer was the commanding officer of the submarine Kaiman.[3] In late 1915 he was reassigned to be the captain of the submarine Volk,[5] with which he carried out nine war patrols[2] and sank four merchant ships.[5]

After the Russian Revolution, Messer supported the White movement and went to Arkhangelsk, where he was in charge of lighthouses on the White Sea coast. Following the Russian Civil War he emigrated to Finland, Serbia, and finally to the United States, where he died on 16 December 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio.[1][2]

Summary of career

Messer was credited with sinking or capturing five merchant ships for a total of 10,756 gross register tons (GRT).[3]

Date Submarine Name of Ship Nationality Tonnage Fate
29 October 1915 Kaiman Stahleck[5]  Germany 1,127 GRT Captured in the Sea of Åland
17 May 1916 Volk Hera[5]  Germany 2,800 GRT Sunk in the Bay of Norrköping
17 May 1916 Volk Kolga[5]  Germany 2,086 GRT Sunk in the Bay of Norrköping
17 May 1916 Volk Bianca[5]  Germany 1,054 GRT Sunk in the Bay of Norrköping
8 July 1916 Volk Dorita[5]  Germany 3,689 GRT Sunk off Örnsköldsvik

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c "Подводный ас Российской империи Иван Мессер" [Underwater ace of the Russian Empire Ivan Messer]. Zen News. Yandex. 25 December 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d Kurgansky, Yu. N.; Siryi, S. P. "Подводные силы России в дореволюционный период" [Submarine forces of Russia in the pre-revolutionary period]. Flot.com (in Russian). Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Stevenson 1990, pp. 78–79.
  4. ^ Khaiminov, Sergei (11 October 2021). "Как русский "Тюлень" потопил 5 пароходов и 30 парусников" [How Russian "Tyulen" sank five steamers and 30 schooners] (in Russian). Combat Brotherhood (All-Russian Organization of Veterans). Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Stevenson 1990, pp. 89–90.

Works

  • Stevenson, Gene C. (1990). "Russian 'Lake' Type Submarines and the Baltic War 1914–1916". In Gardiner, Robert (ed.). Warship 1990. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 76–90. ISBN 1-55750-903-4.

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