Ships hit by U-159
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Please note that in the table below you can find a 'Map' column. This helps to find that particular attack on the map below.
| Date |
Commander |
| Name of ship |
Tons |
Nat. |
Convoy | Map |
|---|
| 21 May 1942 | Helmut Friedrich Witte | | New Brunswick | 6,529 |  | br | OS-28 | A |
| 21 May 1942 | Helmut Friedrich Witte | | Montenol | 2,646 | | br | OS-28 | B |
| 2 Jun 1942 | Helmut Friedrich Witte |  | Illinois | 5,447 |  | am | | C |
| 5 Jun 1942 | Helmut Friedrich Witte | | Paracury (d.) | 265 |  | bz | | D |
| 5 Jun 1942 | Helmut Friedrich Witte | | Sally | 150 |  | ho | | E |
| 7 Jun 1942 | Helmut Friedrich Witte | | Edith | 3,382 | | am | | F |
| 11 Jun 1942 | Helmut Friedrich Witte | | Fort Good Hope | 7,130 | | br | | G |
| 13 Jun 1942 | Helmut Friedrich Witte | | Sixaola | 4,693 | | am | | H |
| 13 Jun 1942 | Helmut Friedrich Witte | | Solon Turman | 6,762 | | am | | I |
| 18 Jun 1942 | Helmut Friedrich Witte | | Flora | 1,417 |  | nl | | J |
| 19 Jun 1942 | Helmut Friedrich Witte | | Ante Matkovic | 2,710 |  | yu | | K |
| 22 Jun 1942 | Helmut Friedrich Witte | | E.J. Sadler | 9,639 | | am | | L |
| 7 Oct 1942 | Helmut Friedrich Witte | | Boringia | 5,821 | | br | | M |
| 8 Oct 1942 | Helmut Friedrich Witte | | Clan Mactavish | 7,631 | | br | | N |
| 9 Oct 1942 | Helmut Friedrich Witte | | Coloradan | 6,557 | | am | | O |
| 13 Oct 1942 | Helmut Friedrich Witte | | Empire Nomad | 7,167 | | br | | P |
| 29 Oct 1942 | Helmut Friedrich Witte | | Ross | 4,978 | | br | | Q |
| 29 Oct 1942 | Helmut Friedrich Witte | | Laplace | 7,327 | | br | | R |
| 7 Nov 1942 | Helmut Friedrich Witte | | La Salle | 5,462 | | am | | S |
| 13 Nov 1942 | Helmut Friedrich Witte | | Star of Scotland | 2,290 | | am | | T |
| 13 Dec 1942 | Helmut Friedrich Witte | | City of Bombay | 7,140 | | br | | U |
| 15 Dec 1942 | Helmut Friedrich Witte | | Star of Suez | 4,999 |  | ag | | V |
| 16 Dec 1942 | Helmut Friedrich Witte | | East Wales | 4,358 | | br | TRIN-27 | W |
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| 28 Mar 1943 | Helmut Friedrich Witte | | Silverbeech | 5,319 | | br | RS-3 | X |
| | 119,819 | |
23 ships sunk (119,554 tons) and 1 ship damaged (265 tons). Legend
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(d.) means the ship was damaged. |
In some cases the exact positions of losses are not known, those are not shown.
In other cases the posititions are too close and the markers overlap, not much we can do about that.
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