Ships hit by U-boats during WWI

Largest Ships sunk or damaged

The British Passenger steamer Hesperian. She was hit by U 20 on 4 Sep 1915.

Ships over 10,000 tons hit by U-boats during WWI

Date	U-boat	Commander	Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons

21 Nov 1916	U 73	Gustav Sieß	Britannic	Hospital ship	48,158	br

20 Jul 1918	UB 124	Hans Oscar Wutsdorff	Justicia	Passenger steamer	32,234	br
19 Jul 1918	UB 64	Otto von Schrader	Justicia (d.)	Passenger steamer	32,234	br
7 May 1915	U 20	Walther Schwieger	Lusitania	Passenger steamer	30,396	br
21 Dec 1914	k.u.k. U12	Egon Lerch	Jean Bart (d.)	Battleship	22,189	fr
15 Feb 1917	U 80	Alfred von Glasenapp	Celtic (d.)	Passenger steamer	20,904	br
31 Mar 1918	UB 77	Wilhelm Meyer	Celtic (d.)	Passenger steamer	20,904	br
30 May 1915	UB 8	Ernst von Voigt	Merion	Passenger steamer	19,380	br
7 Apr 1917	UC 65	Otto Steinbrinck	Lapland (d.)	Passenger steamer	18,565	br
4 Oct 1916	UB 47	Wolfgang Steinbauer	Franconia	Troopship	18,510	br
18 Oct 1918	UB 48	Wolfgang Steinbauer	Voltaire (d.)	Battleship	18,400	fr
5 Sep 1918	U 82	Heinrich Middendorff	Mount Vernon (d.)	Troopship	18,372	am
19 Mar 1917	U 64	Robert Moraht	Danton	Battleship	18,300	fr
31 May 1918	U 90	Walter Remy	President Lincoln	Passenger steamer	18,168	am
25 Feb 1917	U 50	Gerhard Berger	Laconia	Passenger steamer	18,099	br
29 Sep 1918	U 117	Otto Dröscher	Minnesota (d.)	Battleship	18,000	am
9 Nov 1918	UB 50	Heinrich Kukat	Britannia	Battleship	16,350	br
1 Jul 1918	U 86	Helmut Patzig	Covington	Troopship	16,339	am
19 Aug 1915	U 24	Rudolf Schneider	Arabic	Passenger steamer	15,801	br
19 Nov 1916	UC 27	Karl Vesper	Rurik (d.)	Armored Cruiser	15,544	ru
1 Jan 1915	U 24	Rudolf Schneider	Formidable	Battleship	15,000	br
4 Oct 1916	U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière	Gallia	Armed merchant cruiser	14,966	fr
27 May 1915	U 21	Otto Hersing	Majestic	Battleship	14,900	br
25 Jan 1917	U 80	Alfred von Glasenapp	Laurentic	Armed merchant cruiser	14,892	br
4 May 1917	U 63	Otto Schultze	Transylvania	Troopship	14,348	br
5 Feb 1918	UB 77	Wilhelm Meyer	Tuscania	Troopship	14,348	br
29 Nov 1916	UC 23	Johannes Kirchner	Minnewaska	Passenger steamer	14,317	br
2 Oct 1917	U 79	Otto Rohrbeck	Drake	Armored cruiser	14,300	br
1 Jan 1917	UB 47	Wolfgang Steinbauer	Ivernia	Passenger steamer	14,278	br
11 Apr 1918	UB 86	Hans Trenk	King Alfred (d.)	Armored cruiser	14,150	br
9 Jan 1917	U 32	Kurt Hartwig	Cornwallis	Battleship	14,000	br
27 Apr 1916	U 73	Gustav Sieß	Russell	Battleship	14,000	br
4 Feb 1918	UB 67	Gerhard Schulz	Aurania	Steamer	13,936	br
16 Mar 1916	UB 13	Arthur Metz	Tubantia	Passenger steamer	13,911	nl
26 Feb 1916	U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière	La Provence	Armed merchant cruiser	13,753	fr
7 Sep 1917	U 48	Karl Edeling	Minnehaha	Passenger steamer	13,714	br
19 Jul 1918	U 156	Richard Feldt	San Diego	Armored cruiser	13,680	am
17 Jul 1918	U 55	Wilhelm Werner	Carpathia	Passenger steamer	13,603	br
23 Mar 1916	U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière	Minneapolis	Passenger steamer	13,543	br
30 Jan 1918	U 64	Robert Moraht	Minnetonka	Passenger steamer	13,528	br
2 Jan 1917	U 73	Gustav Sieß	Peresvyet	Battleship	13,500	ru
14 Jun 1917	U 69	Ernst Wilhelms	Avenger	Armed merchant cruiser	13,441	br
12 Dec 1916	UC 14	Franz Becker	Regina Margherita (rin)	Battleship	13,427	it
27 Jan 1918	U 46	Leo Hillebrand	Andania	Passenger steamer	13,405	br
19 Oct 1916	UC 16	Egon von Werner	Alaunia	Passenger steamer	13,405	br
8 May 1916	U 20	Walther Schwieger	Cymric	Passenger steamer	13,370	br
19 Oct 1917	U 62	Ernst Hashagen	Orama	Armed merchant cruiser	12,927	br
25 Nov 1916	U 52	Hans Walther	Suffren	Battleship	12,750	fr
17 Feb 1917	U 65	Hermann von Fischel	Athos	Passenger steamer	12,644	fr
18 Jan 1916	UC 1	Egon von Werner	Rijndam (d.)	Passenger steamer	12,527	nl
1 Mar 1918	U 19	Johannes Spieß	Calgarian	Armed merchant cruiser	12,515	br
9 Sep 1918	UB 87	Karl Petri	Missanabie	Passenger steamer	12,469	br
27 Feb 1916	UC 6	Matthias Graf von Schmettow	Maloja	Passenger steamer	12,431	br
27 Apr 1915	k.u.k. U5	Georg Ritter von Trapp	Leon Gambetta	Armored cruiser	12,416	fr
28 Apr 1917	UB 31	Thomas Bieber	Medina	Passenger steamer	12,350	br
28 Oct 1917	U 93	Helmut Gerlach	Finland (d.)	Passenger steamer	12,222	am
5 Feb 1917	UC 46	Friedrich Moecke	Argyllshire (d.)	Passenger steamer	12,097	br
23 Jul 1917	UC 49	Karl Petri	Otway	Armed merchant cruiser	12,077	br
7 Sep 1918	UB 87	Karl Petri	Persic (d.)	Passenger steamer	12,045	br
14 Mar 1917	UC 68	Hans Degetau	Orsova (d.)	Passenger steamer	12,036	br
14 Nov 1916	U 73	Gustav Sieß	Burdigala	Armed merchant cruiser	12,009	fr
20 Mar 1917	UC 66	Herbert Pustkuchen	Asturias (d.)	Hospital ship	12,002	br
22 Sep 1914	U 9	Otto Weddigen	Aboukir	Armored cruiser	12,000	br
22 Sep 1914	U 9	Otto Weddigen	Cressy	Armored Cruiser	12,000	br
22 Sep 1914	U 9	Otto Weddigen	Hogue	Armored cruiser	12,000	br
12 Feb 1917	UC 66	Herbert Pustkuchen	Afric	Passenger steamer	11,999	br
25 May 1915	U 21	Otto Hersing	Triumph	Battleship	11,985	br
4 Jun 1917	U 70	Otto Wünsche	Southland	Passenger steamer	11,899	br
2 Sep 1915	UB 14	Heino von Heimburg	Southland (d.)	Passenger steamer	11,899	br
26 Jun 1917	U 94	Alfred Saalwächter	Haverford (d.)	Passenger steamer	11,635	br
26 Mar 1918	UB 50	Franz Becker	Volturno	Steamer	11,495	it
1 Jul 1917	U 84	Walter Roehr	Demerara (d.)	Passenger steamer	11,484	br
1 Mar 1917	UC 65	Otto Steinbrinck	Drina	Passenger steamer	11,483	br
29 Aug 1917	k.u.k. U14	Georg Ritter von Trapp	Milazzo	Steamer	11,477	it
27 Jun 1918	U 86	Helmut Patzig	Llandovery Castle	Hospital ship	11,423	br
22 Mar 1917	UC 17	Ralph Wenninger	Rotorua	Steamer	11,140	br
18 Feb 1917	U 84	Walter Roehr	Berrima (d.)	Passenger steamer	11,137	br
25 Apr 1917	UB 32	Max Viebeg	Ballarat	Troopship	11,120	br
13 Aug 1915	UB 14	Heino von Heimburg	Royal Edward	Passenger steamer	11,117	ca
7 Apr 1918	U 53	Hans Rose	Cadillac (d.)	Tanker	11,106	br
27 Dec 1916	UB 47	Wolfgang Steinbauer	Gaulois	Battleship	11,100	fr
26 Jul 1917	UC 65	Otto Steinbrinck	Ariadne	Minelayer	11,000	br
15 Apr 1917	U 33	Gustav Sieß	Cameronia	Troopship	10,963	br
21 Dec 1915	U 38	Max Valentiner	Yasaka Maru	Passenger steamer	10,932	jp
4 Sep 1915	U 20	Walther Schwieger	Hesperian	Passenger steamer	10,920	br
20 Jun 1915	U 38	Max Valentiner	Roxburgh (d.)	Armored cruiser	10,850	br
5 Jun 1916	U 75	Curt Beitzen	Hampshire	Armored cruiser	10,850	br
9 Apr 1917	UC 65	Otto Steinbrinck	New York (d.)	Passenger steamer	10,798	am
21 Aug 1917	U 102	Ernst Killmann	Virginian (d.)	Armed merchant cruiser	10,757	br
18 May 1918	U 94	Martin Schwab	Hurunui	Steamer	10,644	br
23 Jul 1918	UB 64	Otto von Schrader	Marmora	Armed merchant cruiser	10,509	br
20 Jan 1916	k.u.k. U11		König Albert (p.)	Hospital ship	10,484	it
21 Aug 1917	U 53	Hans Rose	Devonian	Passenger steamer	10,435	br
17 Apr 1917	UC 76	Wilhelm Barten	Winifredian (d.)	Passenger steamer	10,422	br
27 Jun 1917	U 53	Hans Rose	Ultonia	Steamer	10,402	br
26 Oct 1916	U 57	Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg	Rowanmore	Steamer	10,320	br
4 Aug 1918	U 140	Waldemar Kophamel	O. B. Jennings	Tanker	10,289	am
21 Aug 1915	U 38	Max Valentiner	San Melito (d.)	Tanker	10,160	br
20 Apr 1917	U 43	Hellmuth Jürst	San Hilario	Tanker	10,157	br
7 Jul 1915	UB 14	Heino von Heimburg	Amalfi	Armored cruiser	10,118	it
15 Oct 1917	U 53	Hans Rose	San Nazario (d.)	Tanker	10,064	br
26 Jun 1918	UC 71	Walter Warzecha	Raranga (d.)	Steamer	10,040	br
15 Mar 1918	U 110	Carl Albrecht Kroll	Amazon	Passenger steamer	10,037	br
					1,448,729
75 ships sunk (1,046,186 tons) and 28 ships damaged (402,543 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. (p.) means the ship was taken as prize (included in ships & tonnage lost). We have a picture of this vessel.

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