Talk:Joachim Schepke

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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

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

[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.

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