Ships hit by U-boats during WWI

Greatest loss of life during WWI

The Italian Troopship Verona. She was hit by UC 52 on 11 May 1918.

Ships hit U-boat during WWI suffering over 250 dead

Loss date	Type	Name of ship	Tons	Dead	Nat.	U-boat
8 Jun 1916	Troopship	Principe Umberto	7,929	1,750		k.u.k. U5
4 Oct 1916	Armed merchant cruiser	Gallia	14,966	1,338		U 35
7 May 1915	Passenger steamer	Lusitania	30,396	1,198		U 20
26 Feb 1916	Armed merchant cruiser	La Provence	13,753	990		U 35
11 May 1918	Troopship	Verona	8,261	880		UC 52
15 Feb 1917	Troopship	Minas	2,854	870		U 39
13 Aug 1915	Passenger steamer	Royal Edward	11,117	866		UB 14
17 Feb 1917	Passenger steamer	Athos	12,644	754		U 65
4 Nov 1915	Steamer	Le Calvados	1,658	740		U 38
27 Apr 1915	Armored cruiser	Leon Gambetta	12,416	684		k.u.k. U5
12 Dec 1916	Battleship	Regina Margherita (rin)	13,427	675		UC 14
25 Nov 1916	Battleship	Suffren	12,750	648		U 52
5 Jun 1916	Armored cruiser	HMS Hampshire	10,850	643		U 75
30 Dec 1917	Troopship	Aragon	9,588	610		UC 34
11 May 1918	Troopship	Sant Anna	9,350	605		UC 54
11 Oct 1914	Armored cruiser	Pallada	7,775	597		U 26
22 Sep 1914	Armored Cruiser	HMS Cressy	12,000	562		U 9
1 Jan 1915	Battleship	HMS Formidable	15,000	547		U 24
10 Oct 1918	Passenger steamer	Leinster	2,646	530		UB 123
22 Sep 1914	Armored cruiser	HMS Aboukir	12,000	527		U 9
15 Oct 1914	Protected cruiser	HMS Hawke	7,350	526		U 9
15 Jan 1919	Passenger steamer	Chaouia	4,334	476		UC 53
14 Jul 1918	Passenger steamer	Djemmah	3,716	436		UB 105
8 Feb 1916	Armored cruiser	Amiral Charner	4,750	426		U 21
16 Aug 1918	Mail steamer used as troopship	Balkan	1,709	400		UB 48
22 Sep 1914	Armored cruiser	HMS Hogue	12,000	375		U 9
25 Jan 1917	Armed merchant cruiser	Laurentic	14,892	345		U 80
11 May 1917	Troopship	Medjerda	1,918	344		U 34
30 Dec 1915	Passenger steamer	Persia	7,951	334		U 38
19 Mar 1917	Battleship	Danton	18,300	296		U 64
4 Oct 1918	Passenger steamer	Hirano Maru	7,936	292		UB 91
15 Apr 1917	Troopship	Arcadian	8,939	277		UC 74
20 Jun 1916	Steamer	Merkury	762	272		UC 15
4 May 1917	Troopship	Transylvania	14,348	270		U 63
5 Sep 1914	Light cruiser	HMS Pathfinder	2,940	260		U 21
35 ships with over 250 dead.			333,225	21,343
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