# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-dommes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:45:33.782Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-dommes"
name: "Wilhelm Dommes"
slug: "wilhelm-dommes"
description: "Wilhelm Dommes was a German U-boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. He was the commander of U-boats in the Indian Ocean, whereby German and Japanese forces fought together in the only time in the war. Dommes was the first commander of the U-boat base, in the former British seaplane base in Penang, where he served as head of the Southeast Asia U-boat region."
tagline: "German navy officer and world war II U-boat commander"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1a/Wilhelm_Dommes.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1907-04-16"
deathDate: "1990-01-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.35
  momentum:             6.666666666666666
  historical:           9.346365333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%81"
    title: "Вільгельм Доммес"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Dommes_(Offizier)"
    title: "Wilhelm Dommes (Offizier)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Dommes"
    title: "Wilhelm Dommes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Dommes"
    title: "Wilhelm Dommes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Dommes"
    title: "Wilhelm Dommes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Dommes"
    title: "Wilhelm Dommes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Dommes"
    title: "Wilhelm Dommes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Dommes"
    title: "Wilhelm Dommes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Dommes"
    title: "Wilhelm Dommes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%81%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC"
    title: "Доммес, Вильгельм"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4165886"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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