Talk:Joachim Schepke

Latest comment: 2 years ago by CohenTheBohemian in topic Death

Comment edit

Perhaps some better sourcing would help the article improve. The story of his death is quite dramatic and ought be sourced. JBEvans 18:00, 11 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

Ships purportedly attacked edit

Moving here for storage as cited to a self-published source / possibly dubious.

As commander of U-3, U-19 and U-100, Schepke is credited with the sinking of 36 ships for a total of 153,677 gross register tons (GRT), further damaging four ships of 17,229 GRT and additionally damaging one more ship so heavily that it was a total loss of 2,205 GRT.

Date U-boat Ship Nationality Tonnage
GRT
Fate[1][2][3]
30 September 1939 U-3 Vendia   Denmark 1,150 Sunk
30 September 1939 U-3 Gun   Sweden 1,198 Sunk
9 January 1940 U-19 Manx   Norway 1,343 Sunk
23 January 1940 U-19 Battanglia   United Kingdom 1,523 Sunk
23 January 1940 U-19 Pluto   Denmark 1,598 Sunk
25 January 1940 U-19 Everene   Denmark 4,434 Sunk
25 January 1940 U-19 Gudveig   Denmark 1,300 Sunk
19 March 1940 U-19 Charkow   Denmark 1,026 Sunk
19 March 1940 U-19 Minsk   Denmark 1,229 Sunk
20 March 1940 U-19 Bothal   Denmark 2,109 Sunk
20 March 1940 U-19 Viking   Denmark 1,153 Sunk
16 August 1940 U-100 Empire Merchant   United Kingdom 4,864 Sunk
25 August 1940 U-100 Jamaica Pioneer   United Kingdom 5,471 Sunk
29 August 1940 U-100 Dalblair   United Kingdom 4,608 Sunk
29 August 1940 U-100 Hartismere   United Kingdom 5,498 Damaged
29 August 1940 U-100 Astra II   United Kingdom 2,393 Sunk
29 August 1940 U-100 Alida Gorthon   Sweden 2,373 Sunk
29 August 1940 U-100 Empire Moose   United Kingdom 6,103 Sunk
21 September 1940 U-100 Canonesa   United Kingdom 8,286 Sunk
21 September 1940 U-100 Torinia   United Kingdom 10,364 Sunk
21 September 1940 U-100 Dalcairn   United Kingdom 4,608 Sunk
22 September 1940 U-100 Empire Airman   United Kingdom 6,586 Sunk
22 September 1940 U-100 Scholar   United Kingdom 3,940 Sunk
22 September 1940 U-100 Frederick S. Fales   United Kingdom 10,525 Sunk
22 September 1940 U-100 Simla   Norway 6,031 Sunk
18 October 1940 U-100 Shekatika   United Kingdom 5,458 Damaged
18 October 1940 U-100 Boekelo   Netherlands 2,118 Damaged
19 October 1940 U-100 Blairspey   United Kingdom 4,155 Damaged
20 October 1940 U-100 Caprella   United Kingdom 8,230 Sunk
20 October 1940 U-100 Sitala   United Kingdom 6,218 Sunk
20 October 1940 U-100 Loch Lomond   United Kingdom 5,452 Sunk
23 November 1940 U-100 Justitia   United Kingdom 4,562 Sunk
23 November 1940 U-100 Bradfyne   United Kingdom 4,740 Sunk
23 November 1940 U-100 Ootmarsum   Netherlands 3,628 Sunk
23 November 1940 U-100 Bruse   Norway 2,205 Total Loss
23 November 1940 U-100 Salonica   Norway 2,694 Sunk
23 November 1940 U-100 Leise Maersk   United Kingdom 3,136 Sunk
23 November 1940 U-100 Bussum   Netherlands 3,636 Sunk
14 December 1940 U-100 Kyleglen   United Kingdom 3,670 Sunk
14 December 1940 U-100 Euphorbia   United Kingdom 3,380 Sunk
18 December 1940 U-100 Napier Star   United Kingdom 10,116 Sunk

References

  1. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U-3". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U-19". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  3. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U-100". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

K.e.coffman (talk) 23:54, 5 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

Is the date of the Iron Cross 2nd Class correct edit

Is the date of the Iron Cross 2nd Class correct? All other U-boat commanders get it not bevor September 1939. --GT1976 (talk) 19:17, 19 November 2018 (UTC)Reply

Death edit

I noticed two issues with the section on his death: 1. The number of crew comes to 44, but the U-100 page states it was 56. Which is correct? 2. It seems unlikely there's a reliable witness for the unusual way he died, and the book cited as a source isn't in the bibliography. Is there a good source? CohenTheBohemian (talk) 02:56, 27 October 2021 (UTC)Reply