Ivan Messer

Ivan Vladimirovich Messer (; 7 September 1884 – 16 December 1952) was an officer of the Imperial Russian Navy.

Ivan Messer was born in Saint Petersburg on 7 September 1884. When World War I broke out, Messer was the commanding officer of the submarine Kaiman. In late 1915 he was reassigned to be the captain of the submarine Volk, with which he carried out nine war patrols and sank four merchant ships.

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.

Summary of career Messer was credited with sinking or capturing five merchant ships for a total of .