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The Danish Steamer Hekla. She was hit by UC 53 on 25 Dec 1917.

This is the full listing of all ships hit during December 1917. You can click on any of the links for further information on either ship, U-boat, commander or convoy.

Ships hit by U-boats during December 1917

Date	U-boat	Commander		Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons	Nat.
1 Dec 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Helenus (d.)	Steamer	7,555		br
1 Dec 1917	U 65	Hermann von Fischel		Citta Di Sassari	Passenger steamer	2,167		it
1 Dec 1917	U 84	Walter Roehr		Antonios Stathatos	Steamer	2,743		gr
1 Dec 1917	UB 35	Karl Stöter		Rion	Fishing vessel	50		br
1 Dec 1917	UB 81	Reinhold Saltzwedel		Molesey	Steamer	3,218		br
1 Dec 1917	UC 67	Karl Neumann		Phoebus	Navy yacht	unknown		fr
1 Dec 1917	UC 75	Johannes Lohs		Euphorbia	Steamer	3,109		br
1 Dec 1917	UC 75	Johannes Lohs		Rydal Hall	Steamer	3,314		br
2 Dec 1917				Kintuck	Steamer	4,639		br
2 Dec 1917	U 34	Johannes Klasing		Berwick Law	Steamer	4,680		br
2 Dec 1917	U 34	Johannes Klasing		Minas	Steamer	2,506		gr
2 Dec 1917	U 65	Hermann von Fischel		Carlino	Sailing vessel	95		it
2 Dec 1917	U 65	Hermann von Fischel		La Margherita	Sailing vessel	41		it
2 Dec 1917	U 65	Hermann von Fischel		San Antonio Il Vittorioso	Sailing vessel	45		it
2 Dec 1917	U 84	Walter Roehr		Birchgrove	Steamer	2,821		br
2 Dec 1917	UC 17	Ulrich Pilzecker		Tasmania	Sailing vessel	2,089		ru
2 Dec 1917	UC 67	Karl Neumann		La Rance	Steamer	2,610		fr
3 Dec 1917				Henriques	Sailing vessel	237		pt
3 Dec 1917	U 57	Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg		Copeland	Steamer	1,184		br
3 Dec 1917	U 65	Hermann von Fischel		Angelo (d.)	Sailing vessel	542		it
3 Dec 1917	UB 35	Karl Stöter		Livonia	Steamer	1,879		br
3 Dec 1917	UB 35	Karl Stöter		Wreathier	Steamer	852		br
3 Dec 1917	UC 25	Johannes Feldkirchner		Melo	Steamer	1,115		it
3 Dec 1917	UC 67	Karl Neumann		Carmen	Steamer	5,479		it
4 Dec 1917	U 151	Waldemar Kophamel		Claudio (d.)	Steamer	2,588		sp
4 Dec 1917	UB 35	Karl Stöter		Eagle	Steamer	182		br
4 Dec 1917	UB 35	Karl Stöter		Helge	Steamer	343		sw
4 Dec 1917	UB 48	Wolfgang Steinbauer		Dowlais	Steamer	3,016		br
4 Dec 1917	UB 48	Wolfgang Steinbauer		Gerasimos	Steamer	3,845		gr
4 Dec 1917	UB 80	Max Viebeg		Vav	Steamer	1,255		nw
4 Dec 1917	UC 17	Ulrich Pilzecker		Forfar	Steamer	3,827		br
4 Dec 1917	UC 35	Hans Paul Korsch		Alberto Verderame	Sailing vessel	195		it
4 Dec 1917	UC 63	Karsten von Heydebreck		Brigitta	Steamer	2,084		br
4 Dec 1917	UC 64	Erich Hecht		Manchester Mariner (d.)	Steamer	4,106		br
4 Dec 1917	UC 75	Johannes Lohs		Milton (d.)	Steamer	3,267		br
5 Dec 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Earlswood (d.)	Steamer	2,353		br
5 Dec 1917	UB 59	Erwin Waßner		City Of Naples (d.)	Steamer	5,739		br
5 Dec 1917	UB 75	Franz Walther		Aigburth	Steamer	824		br
5 Dec 1917	UB 80	Max Viebeg		Armenia (d.)	Steamer	5,463		am
5 Dec 1917	UC 38	Hans Hermann Wendlandt		Tubereuse	Navy Trawler	183		fr
5 Dec 1917	UC 67	Karl Neumann		Greenwich	Steamer	2,938		br
6 Dec 1917	U 34	Johannes Klasing		Ilvington Court	Steamer	4,217		br
6 Dec 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Jacob Jones	Destroyer	1,050		am
6 Dec 1917	U 57	Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg		Saint Antoine De Padoue (d.)	Sailing vessel	355		fr
6 Dec 1917	UB 75	Franz Walther		Leda	Steamer	1,140		nl
6 Dec 1917	UC 17	Ulrich Pilzecker		Asaba	Steamer	972		br
6 Dec 1917	UC 71	Ernst Steindorff		Apley	Navy Trawler	222		br
6 Dec 1917	UC 71	Ernst Steindorff		Braeside	Steamer	569		br
6 Dec 1917	UC 71	Ernst Steindorff		Wyndhurst	Steamer	570		br
7 Dec 1917	U 156	Konrad Gansser		W.c. Mckay	Sailing vessel	147		ca
7 Dec 1917	UB 55	Ralph Wenninger		Proba	Sailing vessel	105		br
7 Dec 1917	UB 75	Franz Walther		Highgate	Steamer	1,780		br
7 Dec 1917	UC 75	Johannes Lohs		Earl Of Elgin	Steamer	4,448		br
8 Dec 1917	U 102	Curt Beitzen		Lucien	Sailing vessel	200		fr
8 Dec 1917	UB 18	Georg Niemeyer		Nonni	Steamer	4,105		ru
8 Dec 1917	UB 48	Wolfgang Steinbauer		Consols	Steamer	3,756		br
8 Dec 1917	UB 55	Ralph Wenninger		Corinto	Steamer	999		nw
8 Dec 1917	UB 75	Franz Walther		Lampada	Steamer	2,230		br
8 Dec 1917	UC 25	Walter Lippold		Chyebassa (d.)	Steamer	6,249		br
8 Dec 1917	UC 40	Hermann Menzel		Grive	Armed boarding steamer	2,037		br
8 Dec 1917	UC 49	Hans Kükenthal		Maindy Bridge	Steamer	3,653		br
8 Dec 1917	UC 53	Kurt Albrecht		Giuseppe Naccari	Sailing vessel	128		it
8 Dec 1917	UC 67	Karl Neumann		La Vittoria	Sailing vessel	53		it
9 Dec 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Nyanza (d.)	Passenger steamer	6,695		br
9 Dec 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		War Tune	Steamer	2,045		br
9 Dec 1917	U 64	Robert Moraht		Adour	Steamer	1,940		nw
9 Dec 1917	UB 40	Hans Howaldt		Sedbergh (d.)	Steamer	4,275		br
9 Dec 1917	UB 75	Franz Walther		Venetia	Steamer	3,596		br
9 Dec 1917	UC 53	Kurt Albrecht		Cerea (d.)	Steamer	4,295		it
9 Dec 1917	UC 53	Kurt Albrecht		Costas	Steamer	3,278		gr
10 Dec 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Øiekast	Steamer	605		nw
10 Dec 1917	U 64	Robert Moraht		Crathorne	Steamer	2,619		nw
10 Dec 1917	U 64	Robert Moraht		Owasco	Steamer	4,630		am
10 Dec 1917	U 75	Fritz Schmolling		Aureole (d.)	Tanker	3,998		br
10 Dec 1917	UB 17	Johannes Ries		Forward	Fishing vessel (smack)	40		br
10 Dec 1917	UC 53	Kurt Albrecht		Antonio Magliulo	Sailing vessel	520		it
11 Dec 1917	U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière		Persier	Steamer	3,874		br
11 Dec 1917	U 60	Franz Grünert		Bard	Steamer	709		nw
11 Dec 1917	U 62	Ernst Hashagen		Oldfield Grange	Steamer	4,653		br
11 Dec 1917	U 64	Robert Moraht		D. A. Gordon	Steamer	2,301		br
11 Dec 1917	U 64	Robert Moraht		Minorca	Steamer	1,145		br
11 Dec 1917	UB 55	Ralph Wenninger		A Portuguesa	Sailing vessel	107		pt
11 Dec 1917	UB 55	Ralph Wenninger		Argus	Trawler	100		pt
11 Dec 1917	UB 55	Ralph Wenninger		Ligeiro	Fishing vessel	25		pt
11 Dec 1917	UB 55	Ralph Wenninger		Vigneira Or Virgeira	Fishing vessel	25		pt
12 Dec 1917	U 34	Johannes Klasing		Emanuele C.	Sailing vessel	284		it
12 Dec 1917	U 60	Franz Grünert		St. Croix	Steamer	2,530		nw
12 Dec 1917	U 71	Otto Dröscher		Amadavat	Trawler	171		br
12 Dec 1917	U 89	August Mildenberger		Reine D'arvor (d.)	Sailing vessel	324		fr
12 Dec 1917	UB 65	Martin Schelle		Bellville	Sailing vessel	992		sw
12 Dec 1917	UB 65	Martin Schelle		Charleston	Steamer	1,866		br
12 Dec 1917	UC 40	Hermann Menzel		Leonatus	Steamer	2,099		br
12 Dec 1917	UC 50	Rudolf Seuffer		Emlyndene	Steamer	495		br
13 Dec 1917	U 102	Curt Beitzen		Noviembre	Steamer	3,500		sp
13 Dec 1917	U 78	Otto Dröscher		Arnewood	Steamer	2,259		br
13 Dec 1917	U 87	Rudolf von Speth-Schülzburg		Little Gem	Sailing vessel	114		br
13 Dec 1917	UB 22	Karl Wacker		Garthwaite	Steamer	5,690		br
13 Dec 1917	UB 31	Thomas Bieber		Britannic	Sailing vessel	92		br
13 Dec 1917	UB 34	Hellmuth von Ruckteschell		Bangarth	Steamer	1,872		br
13 Dec 1917	UB 38	Waldemar von Fischer		Ottokar	Steamer	957		br
13 Dec 1917	UB 54	Egon von Werner		Chili	Sailing vessel	1,318		fr
13 Dec 1917	UB 64	Walter Gude		Stephen Furness	Armed boarding steamer	1,712		br
13 Dec 1917	UC 53	Kurt Albrecht		Karen	Steamer	1,689		nw
14 Dec 1917	U 62	Ernst Hashagen		Hare	Steamer	774		br
14 Dec 1917	U 64	Robert Moraht		Coila	Steamer	4,135		br
14 Dec 1917	UB 65	Martin Schelle		Nor	Steamer	1,418		nw
14 Dec 1917	UC 38	Hans Hermann Wendlandt		Chateaurenault	Protected cruiser	8,018		fr
14 Dec 1917	UC 53	Kurt Albrecht		Brig 1 (d.)	Q-ship	120		br
14 Dec 1917	UC 64	Erich Hecht		Volnay	Steamer	4,610		br
15 Dec 1917	U 104	Kurt Bernis		Maidag	Steamer	1,253		nw
15 Dec 1917	U 156	Konrad Gansser		Ioannina	Steamer	4,567		gr
15 Dec 1917	U 62	Ernst Hashagen		Formby	Passenger steamer	1,282		br
15 Dec 1917	U 86	Alfred Götze		Baron Leopold Davillier (d.)	Navy tug	163		fr
15 Dec 1917	U 94	Alfred Saalwächter		Bernard	Steamer	3,682		br
15 Dec 1917	UB 31	Thomas Bieber		Sachem (d.)	Steamer	5,354		br
15 Dec 1917	UB 34	Hellmuth von Ruckteschell		Dafni	steamer	1,190		gr
16 Dec 1917	U 94	Alfred Saalwächter		Bristol City	Steamer	2,511		br
16 Dec 1917	UB 49	Hans von Mellenthin		New York	Sailing vessel	442		it
16 Dec 1917	UB 49	Hans von Mellenthin		San Francesco Di Paola	Sailing vessel	51		it
16 Dec 1917	UB 55	Ralph Wenninger		Foylemore	Steamer	3,831		br
16 Dec 1917	UB 65	Martin Schelle		Arbutus	Sloop	1,290		br
17 Dec 1917	U 156	Konrad Gansser		Acoriano	Sailing vessel	312		pt
17 Dec 1917	U 62	Ernst Hashagen		Coningbeg	Steamer	1,279		br
17 Dec 1917	U 80	Karl Scherb		Neptune	Fishing vessel (smack)	50		br
17 Dec 1917	UB 53	Robert Sprenger		Nina	Sailing vessel	126		gr
18 Dec 1917	UB 31	Thomas Bieber		Riversdale	Steamer	2,805		br
18 Dec 1917	UB 49	Hans von Mellenthin		Giuilo S (d.)	Sailing vessel	151		it
19 Dec 1917	U 105	Friedrich Strackerjan		Vinovia	Steamer	7,046		br
19 Dec 1917	U 60	Franz Grünert		Ingrid Ii	Steamer	1,145		nw
19 Dec 1917	U 80	Karl Scherb		Arno	Steamer	1,386		da
19 Dec 1917	UB 50	Franz Becker		S. Giuseppe B.	Sailing vessel	96		it
19 Dec 1917	UB 58	Werner Fürbringer		Saint Andre	Steamer	2,457		fr
19 Dec 1917	UC 64	Erich Hecht		Borgsten	Steamer	1,718		nw
19 Dec 1917	UC 64	Erich Hecht		Trevelyan (d.)	Steamer	3,066		br
20 Dec 1917	U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière		Fiscus	Steamer	4,782		br
20 Dec 1917	U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière		Waverley	Steamer	3,853		br
20 Dec 1917	U 86	Alfred Götze		Polvarth	Steamer	3,146		br
20 Dec 1917	UB 31	Thomas Bieber		Alice Marie	Steamer	2,210		br
20 Dec 1917	UB 31	Thomas Bieber		Eveline	Steamer	2,605		br
20 Dec 1917	UB 31	Thomas Bieber		Warsaw	Steamer	608		br
20 Dec 1917	UB 49	Hans von Mellenthin		Attualita	Steamer	4,791		it
20 Dec 1917	UB 49	Hans von Mellenthin		Regin	Steamer	1,845		nw
20 Dec 1917	UB 49	Hans von Mellenthin		Suruga (d.)	Steamer	4,374		am
20 Dec 1917	UB 54	Egon von Werner		Noris	Steamer	583		nw
21 Dec 1917	U 104	Kurt Bernis		Spro	steamer	1,507		nw
21 Dec 1917	U 89	August Mildenberger		Boa Vista	Steamer	3,667		pt
21 Dec 1917	UB 49	Hans von Mellenthin		Monte Bianco (d.)	Steamer	6,968		it
21 Dec 1917	UB 49	Hans von Mellenthin		Stromboli	Steamer	5,356		it
21 Dec 1917	UB 50	Franz Becker		City Of Lucknow	Steamer	8,293		br
21 Dec 1917	UB 54	Egon von Werner		Orne	Steamer	928		fr
22 Dec 1917	U 105	Friedrich Strackerjan		Colemere	Steamer	2,120		br
22 Dec 1917	U 60	Franz Grünert		Hunsbrook (d.)	Steamer	4,463		br
22 Dec 1917	UB 49	Hans von Mellenthin		Piemonte (d.)	Steamer	2,395		it
22 Dec 1917	UB 57	Otto Steinbrinck		Mabel Baird	Steamer	2,500		br
22 Dec 1917	UB 58	Werner Fürbringer		Clan Cameron	Steamer	3,595		br
22 Dec 1917	UB 58	Werner Fürbringer		Start	Steamer	728		nw
23 Dec 1917	U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière		Pietro	Steamer	3,860		it
23 Dec 1917	UB 35	Karl Stöter		Hilda Lea	Steamer	1,328		br
23 Dec 1917	UB 49	Hans von Mellenthin		Caboto	Steamer	4,418		it
23 Dec 1917	UB 54	Egon von Werner		Ragna	Steamer	1,747		nw
23 Dec 1917	UB 57	Otto Steinbrinck		Vellore	Sailing vessel	1,672		nw
23 Dec 1917	UC 37	Willy List		Dunedin (d.)	Steamer	4,796		br
23 Dec 1917	UC 4	Walter Schmitz		Grantley Hall	Steamer	4,008		br
23 Dec 1917	UC 64	Erich Hecht		Manicia (d.)	Sailing vessel	1,868		nw
24 Dec 1917	U 105	Friedrich Strackerjan		Canova	Steamer	4,637		br
24 Dec 1917	U 110	Carl Albrecht Kroll		Penshurst	Q-ship	1,191		br
24 Dec 1917	U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière		Turnbridge	Steamer	2,874		br
24 Dec 1917	U 87	Rudolf von Speth-Schülzburg		Daybreak	Steamer	3,238		br
24 Dec 1917	U 91	Alfred von Glasenapp		Elmleaf (d.)	Tanker	5,948		br
24 Dec 1917	UC 71	Ernst Steindorff		Luciston	Steamer	2,877		br
25 Dec 1917	U 104	Kurt Bernis		Ajax	Steamer	1,018		da
25 Dec 1917	U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière		Argo	Steamer	3,071		br
25 Dec 1917	U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière		Cliftondale	Steamer	3,811		br
25 Dec 1917	U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière		Nordpol	Steamer	2,053		nw
25 Dec 1917	U 87	Rudolf von Speth-Schülzburg		Agberi	Steamer	4,821		br
25 Dec 1917	UB 49	Hans von Mellenthin		Umballa	Steamer	5,310		br
25 Dec 1917	UB 50	Franz Becker		Sant’ Antonio	Sailing vessel	843		it
25 Dec 1917	UC 53	Kurt Albrecht		Hekla	Steamer	937		da
25 Dec 1917	UC 71	Ernst Steindorff		Espagne	Steamer	1,463		be
25 Dec 1917	UC 71	Ernst Steindorff		Hyacinthus (d.)	Steamer	5,756		br
26 Dec 1917	U 157	Max Valentiner		Lidia	Sailing vessel	302		pt
26 Dec 1917	UB 35	Karl Stöter		Skaala	Steamer	1,129		nw
26 Dec 1917	UB 57	Otto Steinbrinck		Benito	Steamer	4,712		br
26 Dec 1917	UB 57	Otto Steinbrinck		Tregenna	Steamer	5,772		br
27 Dec 1917	U 100	Degenhart von Loë		Adela	steamer	685		br
27 Dec 1917	U 61	Victor Dieckmann		Santee (d.)	Q-ship	2,729		am
27 Dec 1917	UC 71	Ernst Steindorff		P. L. M. 4	Steamer	2,640		fr
28 Dec 1917	U 105	Friedrich Strackerjan		Lord Derby	Steamer	3,757		br
28 Dec 1917	U 19	Johannes Spieß		Maxton	Steamer	5,094		br
28 Dec 1917	U 19	Johannes Spieß		Santa Amalia	Steamer	4,309		br
28 Dec 1917	U 43	Waldemar Bender		Magellan	Steamer	6,265		fr
28 Dec 1917	U 91	Alfred von Glasenapp		Robert Eggleton	Steamer	2,274		br
28 Dec 1917	UB 57	Otto Steinbrinck		Clara	Steamer	2,425		br
28 Dec 1917	UC 71	Ernst Steindorff		Fallodon	Steamer	3,012		br
28 Dec 1917	UC 71	Ernst Steindorff		Piscatorial Ii	Navy drifter	93		br
28 Dec 1917	UC 73	Walter Wiedemann		Dauno	steamer	455		it
28 Dec 1917	UC 75	Johannes Lohs		Alfred H. Read	Pilot vessel	457		br
28 Dec 1917	UC 75	Johannes Lohs		Chirripo	Steamer	4,050		br
29 Dec 1917	UB 21	Walter Scheffler		Inverness (d.)	Steamer	3,734		br
29 Dec 1917	UB 21	Walter Scheffler		Patria	Steamer	838		ru
29 Dec 1917	UB 57	Otto Steinbrinck		Tiro	Steamer	1,442		nw
29 Dec 1917	UC 58	Karl Vesper		Ennismore	Steamer	1,499		br
29 Dec 1917	UC 71	Ernst Steindorff		Sapper	Navy trawler	276		br
30 Dec 1917	U 110	Carl Albrecht Kroll		Zone	Steamer	3,914		br
30 Dec 1917	U 156	Konrad Gansser		Joaquin Mumbru	Steamer	2,703		sp
30 Dec 1917	UB 21	Walter Scheffler		Hercules	Steamer	1,295		br
30 Dec 1917	UC 34	Horst Obermüller		Aragon	Troopship	9,588		br
30 Dec 1917	UC 34	Horst Obermüller		Attack	Destroyer	785		br
31 Dec 1917	U 71	Otto Dröscher		De Hoop (p.)	Auxiliary motor	82		nl
31 Dec 1917	U 95	Athalwin Prinz		Vigrid	Steamer	1,617		nw
31 Dec 1917	UB 35	Karl Stöter		Westville	Steamer	3,207		br
31 Dec 1917	UB 53	Robert Sprenger		Lily	Steamer	2,993		gr
31 Dec 1917	UC 34	Horst Obermüller		Osmanieh	Fleet messenger	4,041		br
						512,966
183 ships sunk (403,277 tons) and 30 ships damaged (109,689 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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