Ship losses by month

April 1940

This is the full listing of all ships hit during April 1940. 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	Nat.		Convoy
2 Apr 1940	U-38	Heinrich Liebe		Signe	1,540		fi	HN-23A
6 Apr 1940	U-59	Harald Jürst		Navarra	2,118		nw
10 Apr 1940	U-37	Werner Hartmann		Sveaborg	9,076		sw
10 Apr 1940	U-37	Werner Hartmann		Tosca	5,128		nw
10 Apr 1940	U-4	Hans-Peter Hinsch		HMS Thistle (N 24)	1,090		br
12 Apr 1940	U-37	Werner Hartmann		Stancliffe	4,511		br
13 Apr 1940	U-34	Wilhelm Rollmann		HNoMS Frøya (t.)	595		nw
17 Apr 1940	U-13	Max-Martin Schulte		Swainby	4,935		br
21 Apr 1940	U-26	Heinz Scheringer		Cedarbank	5,159		br	AP-1
26 Apr 1940	U-13	Max-Martin Schulte		Lily	1,281		da
28 Apr 1940	U-13	Max-Martin Schulte		Scottish American (d.)	6,999		br
					42,432
10 ships sunk (35,433 tons) and 1 ship damaged (6,999 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged. (t.) means the ship was a total loss (included in ships & tonnage lost).

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