Ship losses by month

March 1940

This is the full listing of all ships hit during March 1940. 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
1 Mar 1940	U-20	Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt	Mirella	5,340	it
2 Mar 1940	U-17	Udo Behrens	Rijnstroom	695	nl
2 Mar 1940	U-32	Hans Jenisch	Lagaholm	2,818	sw
3 Mar 1940	U-29	Otto Schuhart	Cato [Mine]	710	br
4 Mar 1940	U-29	Otto Schuhart	Pacific Reliance	6,717	br	HX-19
4 Mar 1940	U-29	Otto Schuhart	Thurston	3,072	br
5 Mar 1940	U-17	Udo Behrens	Grutto	920	nl
7 Mar 1940	U-14	Herbert Wohlfarth	Vecht	1,965	nl
8 Mar 1940	U-30	Fritz-Julius Lemp	Counsellor [Mine]	5,068	br	HX-22
9 Mar 1940	U-14	Herbert Wohlfarth	Abbotsford	1,585	br
9 Mar 1940	U-14	Herbert Wohlfarth	Akeld	643	br
9 Mar 1940	U-14	Herbert Wohlfarth	Borthwick	1,097	br
9 Mar 1940	U-28	Günter Kuhnke	P. Margaronis	4,979	gr
9 Mar 1940	U-38	Heinrich Liebe	Leukos	216	ir
11 Mar 1940	U-28	Günter Kuhnke	Eulota	6,236	nl
16 Mar 1940	U-29	Otto Schuhart	Slava [Mine]	4,512	yu
17 Mar 1940	U-38	Heinrich Liebe	Argentina	5,375	da
19 Mar 1940	U-19	Joachim Schepke	Charkow	1,026	da
19 Mar 1940	U-19	Joachim Schepke	Minsk	1,229	da
20 Mar 1940	U-19	Joachim Schepke	Bothal	2,109	da
20 Mar 1940	U-19	Joachim Schepke	Viking	1,153	da
21 Mar 1940	U-38	Heinrich Liebe	Algier	1,654	da
21 Mar 1940	U-38	Heinrich Liebe	Christiansborg	3,270	da
25 Mar 1940	U-47	Günther Prien	Britta	1,146	da
25 Mar 1940	U-57	Claus Korth	Daghestan	5,742	br
26 Mar 1940	U-38	Heinrich Liebe	Cometa	3,794	nw
				73,071
26 ships sunk (73,071 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. [Mine] indicates the vessel was hit by a mine laid by said U-boat.