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Sven Wilken

Merchant Marine. Danish

Born  28 Jul 1913Skive, Denmark
Died  9 Oct 1965(52)Madeira Beach, Florida

Roster information listed for Sven Wilken


ShipTypeRank / roleAttacked onBoat
Harry G. SeidelMotor tankerChief Mate29 Apr 1942U-66

Personal information

Sven Wilken had three brothers who were also in the Merchant Marine, one of them was Poul Ove who served on Cyrus H. McCormick. Sven already sailed as young boy and later sailed on the training ship Danmark - a very famous ship in educating young people in normal studies and seamanship. After the war he was a captain sailing tugs and ships on the Great Lakes.

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