# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/werner-henke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:48:23.562Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/werner-henke"
name: "Werner Henke"
slug: "werner-henke"
description: "Werner Henke was the commander of German submarine U-515 in the Battle of the Atlantic of World War II. U-515 was sunk by the US task group 22.3, commanded by Daniel V. Gallery on 9 April 1944 and Henke was captured along with about 40 of his crew. He was shot and killed while attempting to escape from the POW interrogation center in Fort Hunt, Virginia in the United States."
tagline: "German navy officer and World War II U-boat commander"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1980-115-23A%2C_Werner_Henke.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1909-05-13"
deathDate: "1944-06-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.172645333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Вернер Генке"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B1_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%87"
    title: "فيرنر هينكه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B1_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%87"
    title: "فيرنر هينكه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Henke"
    title: "Werner Henke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Henke"
    title: "Werner Henke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Henke"
    title: "Werner Henke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Henke"
    title: "Werner Henke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Henke"
    title: "Werner Henke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Henke"
    title: "Werner Henke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B5%2C_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Хенке, Вернер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71744"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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