Ship losses by month

May 1940

This is the full listing of all ships hit during May 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	Nat.		Convoy
4 May 1940	U-9	Wolfgang Lüth		San Tiburcio [Mine]	5,995		br
9 May 1940	U-9	Wolfgang Lüth		Doris (Q 135)	552		fr
11 May 1940	U-9	Wolfgang Lüth		Tringa	1,930		br
11 May 1940	U-9	Wolfgang Lüth		Viiu	1,908		es
19 May 1940	U-37	Victor Oehrn		Erik Frisell	5,066		sw
22 May 1940	U-37	Victor Oehrn		Dunster Grange (d.)	9,494		br
23 May 1940	U-9	Wolfgang Lüth		Sigurd Faulbaum	3,256		be
24 May 1940	U-37	Victor Oehrn		Kyma	3,994		gr
27 May 1940	U-37	Victor Oehrn		Sheaf Mead	5,008		br
27 May 1940	U-37	Victor Oehrn		Uruguay	3,425		ar
28 May 1940	U-37	Victor Oehrn		Brazza	10,387		fr	60-XF
28 May 1940	U-37	Victor Oehrn		Julien	116		fr
29 May 1940	U-37	Victor Oehrn		Marie José	2,477		fr
29 May 1940	U-37	Victor Oehrn		Telena	7,406		br
29 May 1940	U-62	Hans-Bernhard Michalowski		HMS Grafton (H 89)	1,350		br
30 May 1940	U-101	Fritz Frauenheim		Stanhall	4,831		br
31 May 1940	U-101	Fritz Frauenheim		Orangemoor	5,775		br	HG-31F
					72,970
16 ships sunk (63,476 tons) and 1 ship damaged (9,494 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged. [Mine] indicates the vessel was hit by a mine laid by said U-boat.

This map shows where Allied ships were hit during May 1940

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Ships Attacked by U-boats