Talk:German submarine U-196

Heinz Haake
Why was Heinz Haake buried on land? Did his body wash ashore? Drutt (talk) 20:55, 1 December 2008 (UTC)


 * His death date is the same day U-196 sailed on her last voyage, indicating he died ashore. I don't know the cause of death; could be some tropical illness. Salmanazar (talk) 22:40, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Claimed discovery of wreck
This section seems problematic to me. When WP:V is taken into account, there is only one source of information, from a small internet news site. I think it may also be WP:FRNG. Squid661 (talk) 20:20, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

I propose deleting this section. The only source that can be found is from a small newspaper. The article no longer exists, but even so I believe its presence would not be enough to make the claim worth mentioning. Developments here could rewrite the history of this submarine completely. Still, Exceptional claims require exceptional sources, and I see none of those here. U-boat.net does not mention these claims as accepted or even considered as a potential explanation for U-196's loss. This is, out of all our sources of information on U-Boats of World War II, one of the most widely cited here. It has revised the fates of a number sunken U-Boats but not that of this one. I've given this article nearly 2 months of time for possible developments. In that time, evidence could have appeared in more media sources than one to support these claims. There have been no further developments. I've looked this up: the other information was probably gained through rumors on message boards. With this kept in mind, I believe this claimed discovery is as a fringe theory and hence I believe it is better off not mentioned in the article. If the claim is really notable, we can mention it in the intro with a citation to the news article through some internet cache. As it is, I believe it gives too much coverage to something with too little credibility. For now, I'll delete the section. If any of you disagree with my decision, please explain why here and I'll accept a reversion if I'm wrong. Squid661 (talk) 21:10, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I have moved the deleted section to my talk page in order to investigate if it has any merit or validity, given 5 years have passed since the article. NealeFamily (talk) 02:36, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Plenty of comment about Hillman's theory - enough to say it was discredited for lack of any tangilble evidence. NealeFamily (talk) 03:01, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

userGogo212121 Hello Nazi submarine where this has disappeared german submarine U-196 --Gogo212121 (talk) 14:44, 12 May 2015 (UTC)