Ship losses by month

September 1939

This is the full listing of all ships hit during September 1939. You can click on any of the links for further information on either ship, U-boat, commander or convoy.

Date	U-boat	Commander	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
3 Sep 1939	U-30	Fritz-Julius Lemp	Athenia	13,581	br
5 Sep 1939	U-47	Günther Prien	Bosnia	2,407	br
5 Sep 1939	U-48	Herbert Schultze	Royal Sceptre	4,853	br
6 Sep 1939	U-38	Heinrich Liebe	Manaar	7,242	br
6 Sep 1939	U-47	Günther Prien	Rio Claro	4,086	br
7 Sep 1939	U-33	Hans-Wilhelm von Dresky	Olivegrove	4,060	br
7 Sep 1939	U-34	Wilhelm Rollmann	Pukkastan	5,809	br
7 Sep 1939	U-47	Günther Prien	Gartavon	1,777	br
8 Sep 1939	U-29	Otto Schuhart	Regent Tiger	10,176	br
8 Sep 1939	U-34	Wilhelm Rollmann	Kennebec	5,548	br
8 Sep 1939	U-48	Herbert Schultze	Winkleigh	5,055	br
10 Sep 1939	U-13	Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain	Magdapur [Mine]	8,641	br
10 Sep 1939	U-15	Heinz Buchholz	Goodwood [Mine]	2,796	br
11 Sep 1939	U-30	Fritz-Julius Lemp	Blairlogie	4,425	br
11 Sep 1939	U-38	Heinrich Liebe	Inverliffey	9,456	br
11 Sep 1939	U-48	Herbert Schultze	Firby	4,869	br
13 Sep 1939	U-27	Johannes Franz	Davara	291	br
13 Sep 1939	U-29	Otto Schuhart	Neptunia	798	br
14 Sep 1939	U-17	Heinz von Reiche	Hawarden Castle [Mine]	210	br
14 Sep 1939	U-28	Günter Kuhnke	Vancouver City	4,955	br
14 Sep 1939	U-29	Otto Schuhart	British Influence	8,431	br
14 Sep 1939	U-30	Fritz-Julius Lemp	Fanad Head	5,200	br
15 Sep 1939	U-26	Klaus Ewerth	Alex van Opstal [Mine]	5,965	be
15 Sep 1939	U-36	Wilhelm Fröhlich	Truro	974	br
15 Sep 1939	U-53	Ernst-Günter Heinicke	Cheyenne	8,825	br
16 Sep 1939	U-13	Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain	City of Paris (d.) [Mine]	10,902	br
16 Sep 1939	U-27	Johannes Franz	Rudyard Kipling	333	br
16 Sep 1939	U-31	Johannes Habekost	Aviemore	4,060	br
16 Sep 1939	U-33	Hans-Wilhelm von Dresky	Arkleside	1,567	br
16 Sep 1939	U-41	Gustav-Adolf Mugler	Suomen Poika (c.)	1,099	fi
16 Sep 1939	U-41	Gustav-Adolf Mugler	Vega (c.)	974	fi
17 Sep 1939	U-29	Otto Schuhart	HMS Courageous (50)	22,500	br
17 Sep 1939	U-53	Ernst-Günter Heinicke	Kafiristan	5,193	br
18 Sep 1939	U-32	Paul Büchel	Kensington Court	4,863	br
18 Sep 1939	U-35	Werner Lott	Arlita	326	br
18 Sep 1939	U-35	Werner Lott	Lord Minto	295	br
21 Sep 1939	U-35	Werner Lott	Teakwood (d.)	6,014	br	OA-7
22 Sep 1939	U-4	Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt	Martti-Ragnar	2,262	fi
22 Sep 1939	U-7	Werner Heidel	Akenside	2,694	br
23 Sep 1939	U-4	Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt	Walma	1,361	fi
24 Sep 1939	U-13	Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain	Phryné [Mine]	2,660	fr
24 Sep 1939	U-31	Johannes Habekost	Hazelside	4,646	br
24 Sep 1939	U-33	Hans-Wilhelm von Dresky	Caldew	287	br
24 Sep 1939	U-34	Wilhelm Rollmann	Hanonia (c.)	1,781	es
24 Sep 1939	U-4	Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt	Gertrud Bratt	1,510	sw
25 Sep 1939	U-36	Wilhelm Fröhlich	Silesia	1,839	sw
27 Sep 1939	U-36	Wilhelm Fröhlich	Algeria (c.)	1,617	sw
28 Sep 1939	U-16	Hannes Weingaertner	Nyland	3,378	sw
28 Sep 1939	U-32	Paul Büchel	Jern	875	nw
29 Sep 1939	U-7	Werner Heidel	Takstaas (t.)	1,830	nw
30 Sep 1939	U-3	Joachim Schepke	Gun	1,198	sw
30 Sep 1939	U-3	Joachim Schepke	Vendia	1,150	da
				217,644
50 ships sunk (200,728 tons) and 2 ships damaged (16,916 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged. (c.) means the ship was captured (included in ships & tonnage lost). (t.) means the ship was a total loss (included in ships & tonnage lost). [Mine] indicates the vessel was hit by a mine laid by said U-boat.

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