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词条 Wilhelm Dommes
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  1. Summary of career

     Ships attacked  Awards 

  2. References

     Citations  Bibliography 

  3. External links

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|birth_place=Berent District, West Prussia
|death_place=Hannover
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|branch={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|serviceyears=1933–45
|rank=Fregattenkapitän
|commands={{GS|U-431||2}}
{{GS|U-178||2}}
Southeast Asia U-boat region
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Wilhelm Dommes (16 April 1907 in Berent District, West Prussia – 23 January 1990 in Hannover) was a German U-boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He is notable as being the commander of U-boats in the Indian Ocean,[1] whereby German and Japanese forces fought together in the only time in the war. He was the first commander of the U-boat base, in the former British seaplane base in Penang,[2] where he served as head of the Southeast Asia U-boat region.

Summary of career

Ships attacked

As commander of {{GS|U-431||2}} and {{GS|U-178||2}} Wilhelm Dommes is credited with the sinking of eight ships for a total of {{GRT|40,103|disp=long}}, sinking one auxiliary warship of {{GRT|313}}, two warships of {{convert|3,548|LT|abbr=off}}, and damaging one ship of {{GRT|3,560}} and one warship of {{convert|450|LT|abbr=on}}.

DateU-boatShipNationalityTonnageFate[3]
2 October 1941U-431Hatasu{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}3,198Sunk
13 December 1941U-431Myriel{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}3,560Damaged
29 January 1942U-431HMS Sotra{{navy|United Kingdom}}313Sunk
20 May 1942U-431Eocene{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}4,216Sunk
15 June 1942U-431HMS LCT-119{{navy|United Kingdom}}450Damaged
10 November 1942U-431{{HMS|Martin|G44|6}}{{navy|United Kingdom}}1,920Sunk
13 November 1942U-431{{HNLMS|Isaac Sweers}}{{navy|Netherlands}}1,628Sunk
1 June 1943U-178Salabangka{{flag|Netherlands}}6,586Sunk
4 July 1943U-178Breiviken{{flag|Norway}}2,669Sunk
4 July 1943U-178Michael Livanos{{flag|Greece|old}}4,774Sunk
11 July 1943U-178Mary Livanos{{flag|Greece|old}}4,771Sunk
14 July 1943U-178Robert Bacon{{flag|United States|1912}}7,197Sunk
17 July 1943U-178City of Canton{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}6,692Sunk

Awards

  • Wehrmacht Long Service Award 3rd Class (23 January 1937)[4]
  • The Return of Sudetenland Commemorative Medal of 1 October 1938 (6 September 1940)[4]
  • Iron Cross (1939)
    • 2nd Class (29 November 1939)[4]
    • 1st Class (10 February 1942)[4]
  • U-boat War Badge (1939) (10 February 1942)[4]
  • Medaglia di bronzo al Valore Militare (27 July 1942)[4]
  • Medaglia d'Argento al Valor Militare (29 May 1943)[5]
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 2 December 1942 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-431[6][7]
  • War Merit Cross with Swords
    • 2nd Class (30 January 1945)[5]
    • 1st Class (20 April 1945)[5]
  • U-boat Front Clasp (5 March 1945)[5]

References

Citations

1. ^{{cite web|last = Klemen |first = L |url= http://www.dutcheastindies.webs.com/u-boatindia.html |title = The U-Boat War in the Indian Ocean |date=1999–2000 |work=Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941-1942}}
2. ^Hildebrand H. & Henriot E., Deutschlands Admirale 1849-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück (1989)
3. ^http://uboat.net/boats/successes/u178/html|access date 24 January 2013
4. ^Busch & Röll 2003, p. 283.
5. ^Busch & Röll 2003, p. 284.
6. ^Fellgiebel 2000, p. 164.
7. ^Scherzer 2007, p. 278.

Bibliography

{{Refbegin}}
  • {{Cite book

|last1=Busch
|first1=Rainer
|last2=Röll
|first2=Hans-Joachim
|year=2003
|title=Der U-Boot-Krieg 1939–1945 — Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Boot-Waffe von September 1939 bis Mai 1945
|trans-title=The U-Boat War 1939–1945 — The Knight's Cross Bearers of the U-Boat Force from September 1939 to May 1945
|language=German
|location=Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn Germany
|publisher=Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn
|isbn=978-3-8132-0515-2
}}
  • {{Cite book

|last=Fellgiebel
|first=Walther-Peer
|authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel
|year=2000
|origyear=1986
|title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile
|trans-title=The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches
|language=German
|location=Friedberg, Germany
|publisher=Podzun-Pallas
|isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6
}}
  • {{Cite book

|last=Scherzer
|first=Veit
|year=2007
|title=Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives
|trans-title=The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives
|language=German
|location=Jena, Germany
|publisher=Scherzers Militaer-Verlag
|isbn=978-3-938845-17-2
}}{{Refend}}

External links

  • {{Cite web

|last=Helgason
|first=Guðmundur
|website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net
|title=Wilhelm Dommes
|url=http://uboat.net/men/dommes.htm
|accessdate=12 October 2013
}}{{Subject bar
| portal1=Biography
| portal2=Military of Germany
| portal3=Submarine
| portal4=World War II
}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Dommes, Wilhelm}}

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