Ships hit by U-boats during WWI
Largest Ships sunk or damaged
Ships over 10,000 tons hit by U-boats during WWI
Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Type of ship | Tons | Nat. | ||
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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).
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