WWI U-boat Successes

Ships hit by U 78

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Date	U-boat	Commander	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.

16 Jul 1916	U 78	Otto Dröscher	Vidar (p.)	2,178		sw
5 Aug 1916	U 78	Otto Dröscher	Aranda	1,838		nw
2 Sep 1916	U 78	Otto Dröscher	Kelvinia	5,039		br
26 Sep 1916	U 78	Otto Dröscher	Loch Shiel	216		br
21 Oct 1916	U 78	Otto Dröscher	Atle Jarl (p.)	1,249		nw
16 Nov 1916	U 78	Otto Dröscher	Vega	1,204		nw
13 Dec 1916	U 78	Otto Dröscher	Kursk (d.)	7,869		ru

7 Feb 1917	U 78	Otto Dröscher	Väring	2,107		sw
13 Feb 1917	U 78	Otto Dröscher	Barnsley	144		br
15 Feb 1917	U 78	Otto Dröscher	Stralsund	510		nw
3 Mar 1917	U 78	Otto Dröscher	Meldon	2,514		br
2 Apr 1917	U 78	Otto Dröscher	Sagitta	1,981		nw
2 Apr 1917	U 78	Otto Dröscher	Tithonus (d.)	3,463		br
4 Apr 1917	U 78	Otto Dröscher	Vladimir Reitz	2,128		da
5 Apr 1917	U 78	Otto Dröscher	Bris	101		da
7 Apr 1917	U 78	Otto Dröscher	Jason	810		br
13 Apr 1917	U 78	Otto Dröscher	Strathcona	1,881		ca
14 Apr 1917	U 78	Otto Dröscher	Andromache	313		br
19 Apr 1917	U 78	Otto Dröscher	Lobelia	184		br
17 Jun 1917	U 78	Otto Dröscher	Fornebo	4,259		br
13 Dec 1917	U 78	Otto Dröscher	Arnewood	2,259		br
				42,247
19 ships sunk (30,915 tons) and 2 ships damaged (11,332 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.

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