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Ships purportedly attacked
editMoving here as cited to self-published web site.
As commander of U-559 Hans Heidtmann is credited with the sinking of four ships for a total of 11,811 gross register tons (GRT), further damaging two ships of 6,117 GRT that they had to be declared a total loss and sinkging one warship, HMAS Parramatta, of 1,060 long tons (1,080 tonnes).
Date | Ship | Nationality | Tonnage | Fate[1] |
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19 August 1941 | Alva | United Kingdom | 1,584 | Sunk |
27 November 1941 | HMAS Parramatta | Royal Australian Navy | 1,060 | Sunk |
23 December 1941 | SS Shuntien | United Kingdom | 3,059 | Sunk |
26 December 1941 | Warszawa | Poland | 2,487 | Sunk |
10 June 1942 | Athene | Norway | 4,681 | Sunk |
10 June 1942 | Brambleleaf | United Kingdom | 5,917 | Damaged for total loss |
12 October 1942 | Bringhi | Egypt | 200 | Damaged for total loss |
K.e.coffman (talk) 06:08, 6 November 2016 (UTC)
References
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U-559 - U-boat Successes". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
Notability
editDoes not meet WP:SOLDIER & sig RS coverage not found link, just passing mentions and / or non RS mililtaria books.
No de.wiki article exists. Did not hold a significant command and topped out as Captain. Successful completion of missions (enemy ships and tonnage sunk), etc) is not part of SOLDIER. Please also see a note at MilHist Talk Archives for background behind the redirect. In summary, per the outcome of the discussion at Notability:People on notability of Knight's Cross recipients: permalink, certain recipients were deemed non notable and WP:SOLDIER has been modified accordingly: diff. The articles of these recipients are being redirected to alphabetical lists.