Talk:German submarine U-106 (1940)

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the German submarine U-106 (1940) article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

This article is written in British English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, travelled, centre, defence, artefact, analyse) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

A fact from German submarine U-106 (1940) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on February 5 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that U-106 was one of Germany's most successful submarines, sinking twenty-two Allied ships in World War II?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/February.

Wikipedia

Germany Low‑importance

	Germany portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Germany, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Germany on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.GermanyWikipedia:WikiProject GermanyTemplate:WikiProject GermanyGermany articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Ships

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Ships, a project to improve all Ship-related articles. If you would like to help improve this and other articles, please join the project, or contribute to the project discussion. All interested editors are welcome. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.ShipsWikipedia:WikiProject ShipsTemplate:WikiProject ShipsShips articles

Military history: Maritime / European / German / World War II

This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.Military historyWikipedia:WikiProject Military historyTemplate:WikiProject Military historymilitary history articles

This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-class status:
Referencing and citation: criterion met Coverage and accuracy: criterion not met Structure: criterion met Grammar and style: criterion met Supporting materials: criterion met

Associated task forces:
/
	Maritime warfare task force
	European military history task force
	German military history task force
	World War II task force

Shipwrecks Low‑importance

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Shipwrecks, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of shipwreck-related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ShipwrecksWikipedia:WikiProject ShipwrecksTemplate:WikiProject ShipwrecksShipwreck articles

Low

This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Shipwreck-related priority open tasks:

To Do

Lady Elizabeth (1879)
- Clean up typos Currently working on it-----Completed!
- Improve grammar
- Add any additions if needed Still adding more information
- Discuss desired additions -None

Which ship?

This sentence, (in para 2 of the lede in the article), concerns me: "U-106 catalyzed Mexico's entry into World War II on the side of the Allies by sinking the oil tanker SS Faja de Oro." It concerns me because in Michael Gannon's book Operation Drumbeat (1990), pages 347 and 348, it states: "One loss, that of the neutral Mexican-flag tanker Porttreo del Llano, (my emphasis), near Miami on 14 May, precipitated Mexico's declaration of war on Germany."

So, which is correct? Or do the two statements hang on the meaning of the words 'catalyzed' and 'precipitated'?

What do other editors think?

RASAM (talk) 19:56, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

'Uboat.net' states that the sinking of the Porttreo del Llano and the Faja de Oro caused Mexico to declare war on Germany. I quote: "On 1 Jun, 1942, Mexico declared war on Germany after two Mexican tankers had been sunk by U-boats: Potrero del Llano by U-564 (Suhren) on 14 May and Faja de Oro by U-106 (Rasch) on 21 May."

I will edit accordingly.

RASAM (talk) 22:05, 25 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]