Ships hit by U-boats in WWII

Ships not hit by U-boats

These ships below have been in our Ships Attacked databases at one time but removed after further research. We decided to include them as a special list to give you a fuller view of the databases and also show you that we simply did not forget to include them :)

We list the U-boat that was believed to have been responsible for the attack.

Date	U-boat	Name	Type	Tons	Nat.
27 Apr 1941	U-110	André Moyrand	Steam merchant	2,471		+
		The ship survived the war, the victim of U-110 was Henri Mory.

3 Feb 1940	U-26	British Councillor	Steam tanker	7,048		+
		The tanker sank after a mine hit on 3 February. The U-boat reported a hit with a dud torpedo on a Norwegian ship.

12 Dec 1942	U-632	C.J. Barkdull	Steam tanker	6,773		+
		The tanker collided with another ship when forming convoy UGS-3 and continued, but was reported missing thereafter. The U-boat attacked an unknown tanker far north from her route, so she was probably lost by marine accident in heavy weather.

22 Dec 1942	U-565	Cameronia	Troop transport	16,297		=
		At 06.34 hours on 22 December, the ship was damaged by a torpedo from a German Ju88 aircraft (III./KG 26) in convoy KMF-5 and not by the attack of U-565 at 01.24 hours on 21 December. The U-boat apparently missed the intended target, later heard a torpedo detonation and claimed a hit that is not confirmed by Allied sources.

21 Aug 1943	U-458	Cape Mohican	Steam merchant	5,094		=
		The ship was accidently hit by an Allied torpedo during a night time alarm. The U-boat did not report an attack.

21 Jun 1940	U-65	Champlain	Steam passenger ship	28,124		+
		The ship already sank on 17 June by an air-laid mine off La Pallice. U-65 sank Berenice in this attack.

26 Sep 1943	U-161	Cisne Branco	Sailing ship	300
		The ship was lost after a collision with the Brazilian motor merchant Aracati, the U-boat did not report an attack.

29 Sep 1943	U-20	Dunaj 2	Barge	1,150		+
		The barge was lost on a mine in the Asow Sea, so the mine was for sure not laid by U-20.

28 Dec 1944	U-772	Empire Javelin	Landing ship infantry	7,177		+
		The fate of U-772 was revised. It was lost earlier and no other U-boat is known that could have been the attacker. The ship was probably mined.

19 Jan 1942	U-109	Empire Kingfisher	Motor merchant	6,082		+
		The ship was lost by grounding, the target of U-109 is unknown.

10 Nov 1944	U-300	Empire Wold	Steam tug	269		+
		The KTB does not mention an attack, so the ship was more likely lost in stormy weather.

26 Jan 1941	U-105	Heemskerk	Steam merchant	6,516		Sunk
		During the night of 25/26 Jan, 1941, U-105 sank an abandoned ship which was earlier identified as Heemskerk, but this ship had been bombed by a German Fw200 aircraft in convoy SL-61 on 20 January and was seen to sink the next day by HMS Arbutus. The description of the wreck and the date of the sinking prove that the ship finished off by U-105 was the Lurigethan.

4 Jan 1945	U-1232	HMCS HDML-1163	Motor launch	65		=
		The vessel was damaged in a collision with another escort vessel when hunting the U-boat.

20 Sep 1939	U-26	HMS Kittiwake (L 30)	Patrol vessel	530		damaged
		HMS Kittiwake (L 30) hit a mine in the English Channel and it was thought that it was a mine laid by U-26 off Portland. In fact, the vessel was damaged by a British mine in a defensive barrage in the Strait of Dover.

10 Jul 1945	U-218	HMS Kurd (FY 639)	M/S trawler	352
		HMS Kurd (FY 639) struck a mine in the English Channel and it was thought that it was a mine laid by U-218 off Lizard Head. In fact, the vessel was sunk when a mine was accidentally detonated while sweeping a British defensive mine barrage.

3 Feb 1943	U-456	HMS Londonderry (U 76)	Sloop	990		=
		The ship was damaged by a premature detonation of a depth charge when attacking the U-boat.

15 Nov 1943	U-565	HMS Simoom (P 225)	Submarine	715
		On 2 Nov, 1943, the submarine sailed from Port Said, Egypt to operate in the Aegean Sea and was reported missing thereafter. On 15 November, U-565 fired a Gnat at a submarine southeast of Kos and heard a detonation, but it is improbable that HMS Simoom (P 225) was in this area. She was possibly lost on 4 November of Donoussa island, Cyclades, Greece in a newly laid German minefield.

30 Mar 1942	U-456	HMS Sulla (FY 1874)	M/S trawler	251		+
		The loss of HMS Sulla (FY 1874) was sometimes attributed to an attack of U-456 on 30 March, but the target of this attack was Effingham. The M/S trawler was reported missing in a gale during the night of 24/25 March and most likely iced up and sank after capsizing.

31 Dec 1944	U-1020	HMS Zephyr	Destroyer	1,710		=
		On 31 Dec, 1944, the British destroyer HMS Zephyr was slightly damaged by an explosion west of the Pentland Firth. According to British reports this was very likely caused by a floating mine and not by a torpedo.

4 Jul 1944	U-539	Hollywood	Steam tanker	5,498		=
		The ship was only identified by a radio message, a damage can not be confirmed from Allied sources.

9 Dec 1944	U-862	Ilissos	Steam merchant	4,724		=
		The U-boat attacked this ship with gunfire, but missed.

17 Oct 1941	U-83	Indra	Steam merchant	2,032		+
		The U-boat reported an attack with gunfire on a patrol craft, the target could not have been this old ship, which was either lost by marine accident or by air attack.

5 Oct 1941	U-204	Jon	Steam merchant	744		+
		The U-boat did not return from patrol, so there is no attack report. The ship was sunk by German aircraft.

8 May 1941	U-201	Kervegan	Steam merchant	2,018		+
		The ship was lost by marine accident on 9 February. U-201 hit an unknown passenger vessel with a dud torpedo.

19 Oct 1944	U-1165	KM-321	Coastal minesweeper	12		+
		The vessel was lost on a mine in Narwa Bay, the target of U-1165 is not known.

23 Nov 1940	U-123	Kolchis	Steam merchant	2,219		+
		The ship is reported missing from convoy SC-13 and most likely lost in a storm. The U-boat missed the intended target in convoy OB-244 and reported a hit on another ship, but this is not confirmed by Allied sources.

17 Jan 1942	U-203	Kolkhoznik	Steam merchant	3,879		+
		The ship was lost by grounding, the target of U-203 was Octavian.

23 Feb 1945	U-5330	La Combattante	Destroyer escort	1,050		+
		Claimed torpedoed and sunk east of Dungeness by the German (Seehund) midget submarine U-5330 (Lt. Sparbrodt). She was more likely sunk on a mine laid on 16 February 1945 by German MTBs (Schnellboote or E-boats) off the Humber estuary.

23 Jun 1943	U-18	Leningrad	Steam merchant	1,783		+
		The ship had been sunk by German aircraft off Evpatroia in October 1941, was later raised and was still under repair in Batumi on that date. U-18 missed the Soviet steam tug Petrash.

15 Feb 1945	U-245	Liseta	Turbine tanker	2,628		total loss
		The U-boat did not report an attack on that day. The ship in convoy TAM-80 was torpedoed by the German (Seehund) midget submarine U-5332 (Lt. Wolter) in 51°25N/01°26E and was not repaired during the war.

7 Sep 1943	U-431	LST-417	Landing ship	1,625		$
		The ship was hit by German aircraft, the U-boat did not report an attack.

26 Aug 1944	U-711	M-108	Submarine	206		+
		The submarine was already reported missing in February 1944. U-711 missed the Soviet submarine S-51.

4 Dec 1943	U-20	M-36	Submarine	161		+
		The submarine sank after a marine accident on 4 Jan, 1944 and not on a mine laid by U-20.

16 Mar 1942	U-504	Manaqui	Steam merchant	2,802		+
		Judging from the date and reported attack position, the victim of this attack must have been Stangarth. She was earlier attributed to an attack of the Italian submarine Morosini on 12 March, which sank Manaqui instead.

24 Feb 1942	U-432	Norlavore	Steam merchant	2,713		+
		The ship was lost in heavy weather, the U-boat did not report an attack.

1 Sep 1944	U-23	Regina Maria	Destroyer	1,850		=
		The destroyer was not hit in the attack on Constanza harbour, the torpedo probably hit the shore.

4 Oct 1942	U-254	Robert H. Colley	Steam tanker	11,651		+
		In the afternoon on 4 Oct, 1942, the tanker in convoy HX-209 broke in two in very bad weather in 58°57N/26°20W, parts of the wreck being scuttled by an escort the next day. The U-boat had reported an attack on a drifting tanker, but this happened a day earlier and sank the wreck of Esso Williamsburg.

17 Jan 1942	U-123	San José	Steam merchant	3,358		+
		The ship sank after a collision with the American steam merchant Santa Elisa off Atlantic City, so the victim of U-123, if any, is not known.

18 Oct 1941	U-132	SKR-11 (No 70)	A/S trawler	557		+
		The ship was reported missing on 20 October and probably lost on a mine. Victim of U-132 was RT-8 Seld´.

17 Oct 1943	U-636	SKR-14	M/S trawler	558		+
		It was believed that this vessel was sunk by a U-boat laid mine, but she was lost by grounding.

23 Dec 1944	U-772	Slemish	Steam merchant	1,536		+
		The fate of U-772 was revised. It was lost earlier and no other U-boat is known that could have been the attacker. The ship was probably mined.

31 Mar 1943	U-24	Sovetskaja Neft	Motor tanker	8,228		=
		A damage to this ship is not confirmed. U-24 hit the Kreml´.

24 Nov 1939	U-33	Sussex	Motor merchant	13,647		=
		The ship hit an air-laid mine and not one in the minefield of U-33.

20 Mar 1940	U-22	Svinta	Steam merchant	1,267		+
		The U-boat did not return from patrol, but an attack on the ship on this day and the reported position is not possible. The ship had been damaged the same day in an air attack and sank in tow after an explosion, which was probably caused by a mine or a delayed bomb.

5 Feb 1945	U-992	T-116	Fleet minesweeper	625		+
		The vessel was not damaged or sunk that day, it is not confirmed that she was the ship attacked.

5 Jan 1943	U-354	Vanzetti	Steam merchant	2,363		=
		The ship was not hit in the attack.

17 Jul 1943	U-18	Voroshilov	Steam merchant	3,908		+
		The ship had been sunk by German aircraft off Ozerejka in March 1942, was later raised and still under repair in Suchumi on that date. U-18 missed the Soviet motor merchant Traktorist.

1 Feb 1943	U-118	Wivern	Destroyer	1,120		=
		The ship was damaged by detonations of depth charges from the sinking HMCS Weyburn and not by a mine from U-118.

1 May 1942	U-109	Worden	Motor merchant	555		+
		The U-boat apparently misinterpreted a radio message when claiming this ship, which escaped undamaged.

15 Nov 1941	U-752	ZM-93 Jushar	Auxiliary minelayer	2,020		=
		The U-boat claimed a hit on the vessel, but she escaped undamaged.