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Ships hit by U 53

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Date	U-boat	Commander		Name of ship	Tons	Nat.
11 Jul 1916	U 53	Hans Rose		Calypso	2,876		br
8 Oct 1916	U 53	Hans Rose		Blommersdijk	4,850		nl
8 Oct 1916	U 53	Hans Rose		Christian Knutsen	4,224		nw
8 Oct 1916	U 53	Hans Rose		Stephano	3,449		br
8 Oct 1916	U 53	Hans Rose		Strathdene	4,321		br
8 Oct 1916	U 53	Hans Rose		West Point	3,847		br
22 Jan 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Anna	154		fr
22 Jan 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Zeta	3,053		nl
28 Jan 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Nueva Montana	2,039		sp
29 Jan 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Algorta	2,117		sp
31 Jan 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Hekla	524		nw
2 Feb 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Odin	1,045		nw
3 Feb 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Housatonic	3,143		am
4 Feb 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Aimee Maria	327		fr
4 Feb 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Bangpuhtis	259		ru
5 Feb 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Bravalla	1,519		sw
9 Feb 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Marian	71		nl
2 Mar 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Gazelle	119		br
2 Mar 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Utopia	184		br
3 Mar 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Theodoros Pangalos	2,838		gr
5 Mar 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Federico Confalonieri	4,434		it
9 Mar 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Cavour	1,929		it
9 Mar 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Lars Fostenes	2,118		nw
10 Mar 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		SVIATOI THEODOR (d.)	126		ru
11 Mar 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Folia	6,705		br
11 Mar 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Gracia	3,129		sp
12 Mar 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Hainaut	4,113		be
14 Mar 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Aquila	1,092		nw
18 Apr 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Scalpa	1,010		br
18 Apr 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Sculptor	3,846		br
19 Apr 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Tempus	2,981		br
21 Apr 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Pontiac	1,698		br
22 Apr 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Neepawah	1,799		ca
23 Apr 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Eptapyrgion	4,307		br
24 Apr 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Anglesea	4,534		br
24 Apr 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Ferndene	3,770		br
25 Apr 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Elisabeth (d.)	217		da
25 Apr 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Laura	335		br
26 Apr 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Hekla	169		da
27 Jun 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Ultonia	10,402		br
8 Jul 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Asheim	2,147		nw
8 Jul 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Atlantic	1,087		da
10 Jul 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Cedric	197		br
10 Jul 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Mabel	205		br
10 Jul 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Pacific	235		br
10 Jul 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Peridot	214		br
10 Jul 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Pretoria	283		br
10 Jul 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Romantic	197		br
10 Jul 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Sea King	185		br
10 Jul 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Stoic	200		br
16 Aug 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Athenia	8,668		br
21 Aug 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Devonian	10,435		br
21 Aug 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Roscommon	8,238		br
22 Aug 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Verdi	7,120		br
23 Aug 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Boniface	3,799		br
26 Aug 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Durango	3,008		br
26 Aug 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Kenmore	3,919		br
10 Oct 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Bostonian	5,736		br
10 Oct 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Gowrie	1,031		br
11 Oct 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Lewis Luckenbach	3,906		am
15 Oct 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		San Nazario (d.)	10,064		br
17 Oct 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Manchuria	2,997		br
17 Oct 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Polvena	4,750		br
19 Oct 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Parkhaven	2,635		nl
20 Nov 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Megrez	2,695		nl
20 Nov 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Nederland	1,832		nl
23 Nov 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Westlands	3,112		br
24 Nov 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Dunrobin	3,617		br
1 Dec 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Helenus (d.)	7,555		br
5 Dec 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Earlswood (d.)	2,353		br
6 Dec 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Jacob Jones (uss)	1,050		am
9 Dec 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Nyanza (d.)	6,695		br
9 Dec 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		War Tune	2,045		br
10 Dec 1917	U 53	Hans Rose		Øiekast	605		nw
4 Feb 1918	U 53	Hans Rose		Treveal	4,160		br
6 Feb 1918	U 53	Hans Rose		Holkar	61		br
6 Feb 1918	U 53	Hans Rose		Marsouin	55		fr
7 Feb 1918	U 53	Hans Rose		Beaumaris	2,372		br
8 Feb 1918	U 53	Hans Rose		Basuta	2,876		br
9 Feb 1918	U 53	Hans Rose		Lydie	2,559		br
11 Feb 1918	U 53	Hans Rose		Merton Hall	4,327		br
2 Apr 1918	U 53	Hans Rose		Meaford	1,889		br
7 Apr 1918	U 53	Hans Rose		Cadillac (d.)	11,106		br
7 Apr 1918	U 53	Hans Rose		Knight Templar (d.)	7,175		br
7 Apr 1918	U 53	Hans Rose		Port Campbell	6,230		br
20 Jun 1918	U 53	Hans Rose		Aisne (d.)	315		br
27 Jun 1918	U 53	Hans Rose		Keelung	6,672		br
28 Jun 1918	U 53	Hans Rose		Queen	4,956		br
30 Jun 1918	U 53	Hans Rose		W.m.l.	145		br
2 Jul 1918	U 53	Hans Rose		Erme	116		br
6 Jul 1918	U 53	Hans Rose		Gullfaxi	46		is
28 Aug 1918	U 53	Otto von Schrader		Pauline	134		ru
1 Sep 1918	U 53	Otto von Schrader		Ami De Dieu	45		fr
1 Sep 1918	U 53	Otto von Schrader		Etoile Polaire	51		fr
2 Sep 1918	U 53	Otto von Schrader		Hirondelle	38		fr
2 Sep 1918	U 53	Otto von Schrader		Nicolazic	42		fr
4 Sep 1918	U 53	Otto von Schrader		War Firth	3,112		br
5 Sep 1918	U 53	Otto von Schrader		Rio Mondego (d.)	733		pt
					271,703
88 ships sunk (225,364 tons) and 10 ships damaged (46,339 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. We have a picture of this vessel.

Below is a map showing the locations of the attacks in question:

In some cases the exact positions of losses are not known, those are not shown.

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