Wilhelm Dommes
Fregattenkapitän (Crew 31)
Successes 8 ships sunk, total tonnage 40,103 GRT 1 auxiliary warship sunk, total tonnage 313 GRT 2 warships sunk, total tonnage 3,548 tons 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 3,560 GRT 1 warship damaged, total tonnage 450 tons |
Born | 16 Apr 1907 | Buchberg, West Prussia | |
Died | 23 Jan 1990 | (82) | Hannover, Germany |
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U-boat Commands
U-boat | From | To | |
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U-431 | 5 Apr 1941 | 6 Jan 1943 | 10 patrols (257 days) |
U-178 | 22 Feb 1943 | 25 Nov 1943 | 1 patrol (153 days) |
Wilhelm Dommes began his naval career in January 1933 after serving in the merchant navy. The first years he spent mainly on the light cruiser Nürnberg and on the battle-cruiser Scharnhorst. In April 1940 he transferred to the U-boat force where he successfully fought with his U-431 in the Mediterranean.
He departed from base at Bordeaux, France with U-178 for the Far East on 28 March, 1943 and finally arrived in Penang five months later. After that long patrol he became the base commander of Penang and in January 1945 the base commander of Singapore and Chief of all Monsun boats.
Sources
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1998). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1997). Der U-Bootkrieg 1939-1945 (Band 2).
Patrol info for Wilhelm Dommes
U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
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1. | U-431 | 19 Jun 1941 | Kiel | 20 Jun 1941 | Horten | 2 days | ||
2. | U-431 | 25 Jun 1941 | Horten | 28 Jun 1941 | Trondheim | 4 days | ||
3. | U-431 | 10 Jul 1941 | Trondheim | 11 Aug 1941 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 1, | 33 days | |
4. | U-431 | 13 Sep 1941 | St. Nazaire | 12 Oct 1941 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 2, | 30 days | |
5. | U-431 | 16 Nov 1941 | St. Nazaire | 20 Dec 1941 | La Spezia | Patrol 3, | 35 days | |
6. | U-431 | 18 Jan 1942 | La Spezia | 22 Jan 1942 | Messina | 5 days | ||
7. | U-431 | 25 Jan 1942 | Messina | 10 Feb 1942 | La Spezia | Patrol 4, | 17 days | |
8. | U-431 | 18 Mar 1942 | La Spezia | 15 Apr 1942 | La Spezia | Patrol 5, | 29 days | |
9. | U-431 | 14 May 1942 | La Spezia | 30 May 1942 | Salamis | Patrol 6, | 17 days | |
10. | U-431 | 4 Jun 1942 | Salamis | 20 Jun 1942 | La Spezia | Patrol 7, | 17 days | |
11. | U-431 | 2 Sep 1942 | La Spezia | 27 Sep 1942 | La Spezia | Patrol 8, | 26 days | |
12. | U-431 | 29 Sep 1942 | La Spezia | 4 Nov 1942 | La Spezia | Patrol 9, | 37 days | |
13. | U-431 | 7 Nov 1942 | La Spezia | 22 Nov 1942 | Pola | Patrol 10, | 16 days | |
14. | U-178 | 7 Mar 1943 | Bordeaux | 9 Mar 1943 | Bordeaux | 3 days | ||
15. | U-178 | 28 Mar 1943 | Bordeaux | 27 Aug 1943 | Penang | Patrol 11, | 153 days | |
16. | U-178 | 9 Oct 1943 | Penang | 11 Oct 1943 | Singapur | 3 days | ||
17. | U-178 | 23 Oct 1943 | Singapur | 25 Oct 1943 | Penang | 3 days | ||
18. | U-178 | 6 Nov 1943 | Penang | 8 Nov 1943 | Singapur | 3 days | ||
19. | U-178 | 23 Nov 1943 | Singapur | 24 Nov 1943 | Penang | 2 days | ||
11 patrols, 410 days at sea |
Ships hit by Wilhelm Dommes
Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
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2 Oct 1941 | U-431 | Wilhelm Dommes | Hatasu | 3,198 | br | ON-19 | ||
13 Dec 1941 | U-431 | Wilhelm Dommes | Myriel (d.) | 3,560 | br | |||
29 Jan 1942 | U-431 | Wilhelm Dommes | HMS Sotra | 313 | br | TA-21 | ||
20 May 1942 | U-431 | Wilhelm Dommes | Eocene | 4,216 | br | AT-46 | ||
15 Jun 1942 | U-431 | Wilhelm Dommes | HMS LCT-119 (d.) | 450 | br | |||
10 Nov 1942 | U-431 | Wilhelm Dommes | HMS Martin (G 44) | 1,920 | br | Torch | ||
13 Nov 1942 | U-431 | Wilhelm Dommes | HNMS Isaac Sweers (G 83) | 1,628 | nl | |||
1 Jun 1943 | U-178 | Wilhelm Dommes | Salabangka | 6,586 | nl | CD-20 | ||
4 Jul 1943 | U-178 | Wilhelm Dommes | Breiviken | 2,669 | nw | DN-50 | ||
4 Jul 1943 | U-178 | Wilhelm Dommes | Michael Livanos | 4,774 | gr | |||
11 Jul 1943 | U-178 | Wilhelm Dommes | Mary Livanos | 4,771 | gr | |||
14 Jul 1943 | U-178 | Wilhelm Dommes | Robert Bacon | 7,197 | am | |||
17 Jul 1943 | U-178 | Wilhelm Dommes | City of Canton | 6,692 | br | |||
47,974 | ||||||||
11 ships sunk (43,964 tons) and 2 ships damaged (4,010 tons). Legend |
About ranks and decorations
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