WWI U-boat Successes

Ships hit by U 71

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Date	U-boat	Commander	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.

18 Oct 1916	U 71	Hugo Schmidt	Greta	1,370		sw
19 Oct 1916	U 71	Hugo Schmidt	Mercur	711		sw
19 Oct 1916	U 71	Hugo Schmidt	Normandie	1,342		sw
21 Oct 1916	U 71	Hugo Schmidt	Rönnaug	1,331		nw
13 Dec 1916	U 71	Hugo Schmidt	Solon	137		da
17 Dec 1916	U 71	Hugo Schmidt	Sjofna	528		nw
18 Dec 1916	U 71	Hugo Schmidt	Herø	1,106		nw
18 Dec 1916	U 71	Hugo Schmidt	Sieka	119		nl

19 Feb 1917	U 71	Hugo Schmidt	Halcyon	190		br
4 Jun 1917	U 71	Walter Gude	Orion	1,870		da
5 Jun 1917	U 71	Walter Gude	C. Thorén	269		sw
5 Jun 1917	U 71	Walter Gude	Götha	232		sw
20 Jul 1917	U 71	Walter Gude	Sirra	223		nl
26 Jul 1917	U 71	Walter Gude	Flore	3,553		fr
26 Jul 1917	U 71	Walter Gude	Ethelwynne (d.)	3,230		br
14 Aug 1917	U 71	Walter Gude	Majorka	1,684		nw
31 Aug 1917	U 71	Walter Gude	Taurus	128		br
20 Oct 1917	U 71	Walter Gude	Thomas Stratten	309		br
12 Dec 1917	U 71	Otto Dröscher	Amadavat	171		br
31 Dec 1917	U 71	Otto Dröscher	De Hoop (p.)	82		nl

1 May 1918	U 71	Richard Scheurlen	Blackmorevale	750		br
20 Aug 1918	U 71	Richard Scheurlen	Shirley (d.)	820		br
				20,155
20 ships sunk (16,105 tons) and 2 ships damaged (4,050 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. (p.) means the ship was taken as prize (included in ships & tonnage lost). 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.