WWII U-boat Successes

Ships hit by U-653

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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. ConvoyMap
28 Feb 1942Gerhard Feiler Leif1,582nwA
17 May 1942Gerhard Feiler Peisander6,225brB
7 Jun 1942Gerhard Feiler USS Gannet (AVP 8)840amC
 
24 Feb 1943Gerhard Feiler Madoera (d.)9,382nlON-166D
12 Mar 1943Gerhard Feiler Thomas Hooker7,176amON-168E
 25,205

4 ships sunk (15,823 tons) and 1 ship damaged (9,382 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.
(d.) means the ship was damaged.

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.

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