# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-wanklyn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:10:25.865Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-wanklyn"
name: "David Wanklyn"
slug: "david-wanklyn"
description: "Lieutenant Commander Malcolm David Wanklyn, was a Royal Navy commander and one of the most successful submariners in the Western Allied navies during the Second World War. Wanklyn and his crew sank 16 enemy vessels."
tagline: "Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1911-1942)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Wanklyn_VC_IWM_A_7293.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1911-06-28"
deathDate: "1942-04-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.21
  momentum:             7.096774193548386
  historical:           5.484234666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wanklyn"
    title: "David Wanklyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ديڤيد وانكلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_David_Wanklyn"
    title: "Malcolm David Wanklyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_David_Wanklyn"
    title: "Malcolm David Wanklyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wanklyn"
    title: "David Wanklyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3"
    title: "デイヴィッド・ワンクリン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5240823"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump