Ship losses by month

December 1939

This is the full listing of all ships hit during December 1939. You can click on any of the links for further information on either ship, U-boat, commander or convoy.

Date	U-boat	Commander	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
1 Dec 1939	U-21	Fritz Frauenheim	Mercator	4,260	fi
1 Dec 1939	U-31	Johannes Habekost	Arcturus	1,277	nw
2 Dec 1939	U-56	Wilhelm Zahn	Eskdene (d.)	3,829	br	HN-3
3 Dec 1939	U-31	Johannes Habekost	Ove Toft	2,135	da
3 Dec 1939	U-56	Wilhelm Zahn	Rudolf	2,119	sw
4 Dec 1939	U-31	Johannes Habekost	Gimle	1,271	nw
4 Dec 1939	U-31	Johannes Habekost	HMS Nelson (28) (d.) [Mine]	33,950	br
4 Dec 1939	U-31	Johannes Habekost	Primula	1,024	nw
5 Dec 1939	U-47	Günther Prien	Navasota	8,795	br	OB-46
6 Dec 1939	U-31	Johannes Habekost	Agu	1,575	es
6 Dec 1939	U-31	Johannes Habekost	Vinga	1,974	sw
6 Dec 1939	U-47	Günther Prien	Britta	6,214	nw
6 Dec 1939	U-59	Harald Jürst	HMS Washington [Mine]	209	br
7 Dec 1939	U-38	Heinrich Liebe	Thomas Walton	4,460	br
7 Dec 1939	U-47	Günther Prien	Tajandoen	8,159	nl
8 Dec 1939	U-23	Otto Kretschmer	Scotia	2,400	da
8 Dec 1939	U-48	Herbert Schultze	Brandon	6,668	br	OB-48
9 Dec 1939	U-20	Karl-Heinz Moehle	Magnus	1,339	da
9 Dec 1939	U-48	Herbert Schultze	San Alberto	7,397	br	OB-48
10 Dec 1939	U-20	Karl-Heinz Moehle	Føina	1,674	nw
10 Dec 1939	U-20	Karl-Heinz Moehle	Willowpool [Mine]	4,815	br	HG-9
11 Dec 1939	U-38	Heinrich Liebe	Garoufalia	4,708	gr
12 Dec 1939	U-59	Harald Jürst	Marwick Head [Mine]	496	br
13 Dec 1939	U-38	Heinrich Liebe	Deptford	4,101	br
13 Dec 1939	U-57	Claus Korth	Mina	1,173	es
15 Dec 1939	U-48	Herbert Schultze	Germaine	5,217	gr
16 Dec 1939	U-59	Harald Jürst	Glitrefjell	1,568	nw
16 Dec 1939	U-59	Harald Jürst	Lister	1,366	sw
17 Dec 1939	U-59	Harald Jürst	Bogø	1,214	da
17 Dec 1939	U-59	Harald Jürst	Jaegersborg	1,245	da
19 Dec 1939	U-60	Georg Schewe	City of Kobe [Mine]	4,373	br	FS-56
20 Dec 1939	U-22	Karl-Heinrich Jenisch	Mars [Mine]	1,877	sw
21 Dec 1939	U-21	Fritz Frauenheim	Carl Henckel	1,352	sw
21 Dec 1939	U-21	Fritz Frauenheim	Mars	1,475	sw
21 Dec 1939	U-46	Herbert Sohler	Rudolf	924	nw
22 Dec 1939	U-61	Jürgen Oesten	Gryfevale (d.) [Mine]	4,434	br
23 Dec 1939	U-22	Karl-Heinrich Jenisch	HMS Dolphin [Mine]	3,099	br
23 Dec 1939	U-31	Johannes Habekost	HMS Glen Albyn [Mine]	82	br
23 Dec 1939	U-31	Johannes Habekost	HMS Promotive [Mine]	78	br
25 Dec 1939	U-22	Karl-Heinrich Jenisch	HMS Loch Doon (FY 127) [Mine]	534	br
25 Dec 1939	U-33	Hans-Wilhelm von Dresky	Stanholme [Mine]	2,473	br
28 Dec 1939	U-15	Heinz Buchholz	Resercho [Mine]	258	br
28 Dec 1939	U-22	Karl-Heinrich Jenisch	Hanne [Mine]	1,080	da
28 Dec 1939	U-30	Fritz-Julius Lemp	HMS Barbara Robertson	325	br
28 Dec 1939	U-30	Fritz-Julius Lemp	HMS Barham (04) (d.)	31,100	br
31 Dec 1939	U-32	Paul Büchel	Luna	959	nw
				181,055
42 ships sunk (107,742 tons) and 4 ships damaged (73,313 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged. [Mine] indicates the vessel was hit by a mine laid by said U-boat.

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