Talk:Hans Heidtmann

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Ships purportedly attacked

Moving 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]
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)[reply]

References

^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U-559 - U-boat Successes". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 18 October 2013.

Notability

Does 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.

K.e.coffman (talk) 03:03, 12 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U-559 - U-boat Successes". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 18 October 2013.

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