Wilhelm Dommes
Wilhelm Dommes
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Born | Buchberg |
16 April 1907
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Hannover |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Service/ |
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Years of service | 1933–45 |
Rank | Fregattenkapitän |
Commands held | U-431 U-178 |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Wilhelm Dommes (16 April 1907 in Buchberg, 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 recognise 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 cooperatively fought for the only time in the war. He was the first commander of the U-boat base, located in the former British seaplane base in Penang.[2]
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Summary of career
Ships attacked
As a U-boat commander of U-431 and U-178 Wilhelm Dommes is credited with the sinking of eight ships for a total of 40,103 gross register tons (GRT), sinking one auxiliary warship of 313 gross register tons (GRT), two warships of 3,548 metric tons (3,492 long tons; 3,911 short tons), and damaging one ship of 3,560 gross register tons (GRT) and one warship of 450 t (440 long tons; 500 short tons).
Date | U-boat | Ship | Nationality | Tonnage | Fate[3] |
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2 October 1941 | U-431 | Hatasu | ![]() |
3,198 | Sunk |
13 December 1941 | U-431 | Myriel | ![]() |
3,560 | Damaged |
29 January 1942 | U-431 | HMS Sotra | ![]() |
313 | Sunk |
20 May 1942 | U-431 | Eocene | ![]() |
4,216 | Sunk |
15 June 1942 | U-431 | HMS LCT-119 | ![]() |
450 | Damaged |
10 November 1942 | U-431 | HMS Martin | ![]() |
1,920 | Sunk |
13 November 1942 | U-431 | HNMS Isaac Sweers | ![]() |
1,628 | Sunk |
1 June 1943 | U-178 | Salabangka | ![]() |
6,586 | Sunk |
4 July 1943 | U-178 | Breiviken | ![]() |
2,669 | Sunk |
4 July 1943 | U-178 | Michael Livanos | ![]() |
4,774 | Sunk |
11 July 1943 | U-178 | Mary Livanos | ![]() |
4,771 | Sunk |
14 July 1943 | U-178 | Robert Bacon | ![]() |
7,197 | Sunk |
17 July 1943 | U-178 | City of Canton | ![]() |
6,692 | Sunk |
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)
- 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
- U-boat Front Clasp (5 March 1945)[5]
- Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 21 November 1942
Wehrmachtbericht reference
Date | Original German Wehrmachtbericht wording | Direct English translation |
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Sunday, 21 November 1942 | Bei den Kämpfen gegen die feindliche Landungsflotte im Mittelmeer zeichnete sich das Unterseeboot unter Führung von Kapitänleutnant Dommes besonders aus.[8] | The submarine under the leadership of Captain Lieutenant Dommes has particularly excelled itself in the battles against the enemy's invasion fleet in the Mediterranean. |
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- ↑ [1]
- ↑ http://uboat.net/boats/successes/u178/html%7Caccess date 24 January 2013
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Busch & Röll 2003, p. 283.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Busch & Röll 2003, p. 284.
- ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 164.
- ↑ Scherzer 2007, p. 278.
- ↑ Die Wehrmachtberichte 1939–1945 Band 2, p. 367.
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