Ships hit by U-453
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Please note that in the table below you can find a 'Map' column. This helps to find that particular attack on the map below.
| Date | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Dec 1941 | Egon Reiner Freiherr von Schlippenbach | Badalona | 4,202 |  | sp | A | ||
| 7 Apr 1942 | Egon Reiner Freiherr von Schlippenbach |  | HMHS Somersetshire (d.) | 9,716 |  | br | B | |
| 20 Jan 1943 | Egon Reiner Freiherr von Schlippenbach | | Jean Jadot | 5,859 |  | be | KMS-7 | C |
| 30 Jun 1943 | Egon Reiner Freiherr von Schlippenbach | Oligarch (d.) | 6,894 | | br | GTX-3 | D | |
| 6 Jul 1943 | Egon Reiner Freiherr von Schlippenbach | Shahjehan | 5,454 | | br | MWS-36 | E | |
| 15 Nov 1943 | Egon Reiner Freiherr von Schlippenbach | | HMS Quail (G 45) (t.) [Mine] | 1,705 | | br | F | |
| 20 Nov 1943 | Egon Reiner Freiherr von Schlippenbach | | Jela [Mine] | 335 |  | yu | G | |
| 22 Nov 1943 | Egon Reiner Freiherr von Schlippenbach | | HMS Hebe (J 24) [Mine] | 835 | | br | H | |
| 1 Feb 1944 | Dierk Lührs | Agia Paraskevi | 80 |  | gr | I | ||
| 1 Feb 1944 | Dierk Lührs | Salem | 81 |  | lb | J | ||
| 1 Feb 1944 | Dierk Lührs | Himli | 67 | | lb | K | ||
| 2 Feb 1944 | Dierk Lührs | Yahiya | 64 |  | sy | L | ||
| 19 May 1944 | Dierk Lührs | | Fort Missanabie | 7,147 | | br | HA-43 | M |
| 42,439 | ||||||||
11 ships sunk (25,829 tons) and 2 ships damaged (16,610 tons). Legend | ||||||||
In some cases the exact positions of losses are not known, those are not shown.
In other cases the posititions are too close and the markers overlap, not much we can do about that.