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Ships over 10.000 tons hit by U-boat during WWI

Loss date	Type	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		U-boat	Commander
21 Nov, 1916	Hospital ship	Britannic	48.758			U 73	Gustav Sieß
20 Jul, 1918	Passenger steamer	Justicia	32.234			UB 124	Hans Oskar Wutsdorff
7 May, 1915	Passenger Liner	Lusitania	30.396			U 20	Walther Schwieger
21 Dec, 1914	Battleship	Jean bart (mn) (d.)	22.189			k.u.k. U12	Egon Lerch
15 Feb, 1917	Passenger steamer	Celtic (d.)	20.904			U 80	Alfred von Glasenapp
29 May, 1915	Passenger steamer	Merion	19.380			UB 8	Ernst von Voigt
7 Apr, 1917		Lapland (d.)	18.565			UC 65	Otto Steinbrinck
4 Oct, 1916	Troopship	Franconia	18.510			UB 47	Wolfgang Steinbauer
18 Oct, 1918	Battleship	Voltaire (d.)	18.400			UB 48	Wolfgang Steinbauer
5 Sep, 1918	Troopship	Mount vernon (uss) (d.)	18.372			U 82	Heinrich Middendorf
19 Mar, 1917	Battleship	Danton	18.300			U 64	Robert Moraht
31 May, 1918	Steamer	President lincoln	18.168			U 90	Walter Remy
25 Feb, 1917		Laconia	18.099			U 50	Gerhard Berger
29 Sep, 1918	Battleship	Minnesota (uss) (d.)	18.000			U 117	Otto Dröscher
9 Nov, 1918	Battleship	Britannia (hms)	16.350			UB 50	Heinrich Kukat
1 Jul, 1918		Covington (uss)	16.339			U 86	Helmut Patzig
19 Aug, 1915	Passenger steamer	Arabic	15.801			U 24	Rudolf Schneider
19 Nov, 1916	Armored Cruiser	Rurik (d.)	15.544			UC 27	Karl Vesper
1 Jan, 1915	Battleship	Formidable (hms)	15.000			U 24	Rudolf Schneider
4 Oct, 1916	Steamer	Gallia	14.966			U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière
27 May, 1915	Battleship	Majestic (hms)	14.900			U 21	Otto Hersing
25 Jan, 1917	Armed merchant cruiser	Laurentic	14.892			U 80	Alfred von Glasenapp
4 May, 1917		Transylvania	14.348			U 63	Otto Schultze
5 Feb, 1918	Troopship	Tuscania	14.348			UB 77	Wilhelm Meyer
29 Nov, 1916	Passenger steamer	Minnewaska	14.317			UC 23	Johannes Kirchner
2 Oct, 1917	Armored cruiser	Drake (hms)	14.300			U 79	Otto Rohrbeck
1 Jan, 1917	Passenger steamer	Ivernia	14.278			UB 47	Wolfgang Steinbauer
27 Apr, 1916	Battleship	Russell (hms)	14.000			U 73	Gustav Sieß
9 Jan, 1917	Battleship	Cornwallis (hms)	14.000			U 32	Kurt Hartwig
4 Feb, 1918	Steamer	Aurania	13.936			UB 67	Gerhard Schulz
16 Mar, 1916		Tubantia	13.911			UB 13	Arthur Metz
26 Feb, 1916	Armed merchant cruiser	La provence	13.753			U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière
7 Sep, 1917	Steamer	Minnehaha	13.714			U 48	Karl Edeling
19 Jul, 1918	Armored cruiser	San diego (uss)	13.680			U 156	Richard Feldt
17 Jul, 1918	Passenger steamer	Carpathia	13.603			U 55	Wilhelm Werner
23 Mar, 1916	Passenger steamer	Minneapolis	13.543			U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière
30 Jan, 1918	Passenger steamer	Minnetonka	13.528			U 64	Robert Moraht
2 Jan, 1917	Battleship	Peresvyet	13.500			U 73	Gustav Sieß
14 Jun, 1917	Armed merchant cruiser	Avenger	13.441			U 69	Ernst Wilhelms
12 Dec, 1916	Battleship	Regina margherita (rin)	13.427			UC 14	Franz Becker
19 Oct, 1916		Alaunia	13.405			UC 16	Egon von Werner
27 Jan, 1918		Andania	13.405			U 46	Leo Hillebrand
8 May, 1916	Passenger steamer	Cymric	13.370			U 20	Walther Schwieger
29 Sep, 1918		George g. henry (uss) (d.)	13.179			U 152	Adolf Franz
19 Oct, 1917	Armed merchant cruiser	Orama	12.927			U 62	Ernst Hashagen
25 Nov, 1916	Battleship	Suffren	12.750			U 52	Hans Walther
17 Feb, 1917	Pass. liner	Athos	12.644			U 65	Hermann von Fischel
18 Jan, 1916		Rijndam (d.)	12.527			UC 1	Egon von Werner
1 Mar, 1918	Armed merchant cruiser	Calgarian	12.515			U 19	Johannes Spieß
9 Sep, 1918		Missanabie	12.469			UB 87	Karl Petri
27 Feb, 1916		Maloja	12.431			UC 6	Matthias Graf von Schmettow
27 Apr, 1915	Armored cruiser	Leon gambetta	12.416			k.u.k. U5	Georg Ritter von Trapp
28 Apr, 1917		Medina	12.350			UB 31	Thomas Bieber
28 Oct, 1917		Finland (d.)	12.222			U 93	Helmut Gerlach
5 Feb, 1917		Argyllshire (d.)	12.097			UC 46	Friedrich Moecke
23 Jul, 1917	Armed merchant cruiser	Otway	12.077			UC 49	Karl Petri
7 Sep, 1918		Persic (d.)	12.045			UB 87	Karl Petri
14 Mar, 1917	Passenger steamer	Orsova (d.)	12.036			UC 68	Hans Degetau
14 Nov, 1916	Armed merchant cruiser	Burdigala	12.009			U 73	Gustav Sieß
20 Mar, 1917		Asturias (d.)	12.002			UC 66	Herbert Pustkuchen
22 Sep, 1914	Armored cruiser	Aboukir (hms)	12.000			U 9	Otto Weddigen
22 Sep, 1914	Armored Cruiser	Cressy (hms)	12.000			U 9	Otto Weddigen
22 Sep, 1914	Armored cruiser	Hogue (hms)	12.000			U 9	Otto Weddigen
12 Feb, 1917	Passenger steamer	Afric	11.999			UC 66	Herbert Pustkuchen
25 May, 1915	Battleship	Triumph (hms)	11.985			U 21	Otto Hersing
4 Jun, 1917	Passenger steamer	Southland	11.899			U 70	Otto Wünsche
26 Jun, 1917	Passenger steamer	Haverford (d.)	11.635			U 94	Alfred Saalwächter
26 Mar, 1918	Steamer	Volturno	11.495			UB 50	Franz Becker
1 Jul, 1917		Demerara (d.)	11.484			U 84	Walter Roehr
1 Mar, 1917		Drina	11.483			UC 65	Otto Steinbrinck
29 Aug, 1917	Steamer	Milazzo	11.477			k.u.k. U14	Georg Ritter von Trapp
27 Jun, 1918		Llandovery castle	11.423			U 86	Helmut Patzig
22 Mar, 1917	Steamer	Rotorua	11.140			UC 17	Ralph Wenninger
18 Feb, 1917		Berrima (d.)	11.137			U 84	Walter Roehr
25 Apr, 1917	Troopship	Ballarat	11.120			UB 32	Max Viebeg
13 Aug, 1915		Royal edward	11.117			UB 14	Heino von Heimburg
7 Apr, 1918		Cadillac (d.)	11.106			U 53	Hans Rose
27 Dec, 1916	Battleship	Gaulois	11.100			UB 47	Wolfgang Steinbauer
26 Jul, 1917	Minelayer	Ariadne (hms)	11.000			UC 65	Otto Steinbrinck
15 Apr, 1917	Troopship	Cameronia	10.963			U 33	Hellmuth von Doemming
21 Dec, 1915		Yasaka maru	10.932			U 38	Max Valentiner
4 Sep, 1915		Hesperian	10.920			U 20	Walther Schwieger
20 Jun, 1915	Armored cruiser	Roxburgh (hms) (d.)	10.850			U 38	Max Valentiner
5 Jun, 1916	Armored cruiser	Hampshire (hms)	10.850			U 75	Curt Beitzen
9 Apr, 1917		New york (d.)	10.798			UC 65	Otto Steinbrinck
21 Aug, 1917		Virginian (amc) (d.)	10.757			U 102	Ernst Killmann
18 May, 1918		Hurunui	10.644			U 94	Martin Schwab
23 Jul, 1918	Armed merchant cruiser	Marmora	10.509			UB 64	Otto von Schrader
26 Jan, 1918		Vestris (d.)	10.494			UB 54	Egon von Werner
20 Jan, 1916	Hospital ship	König albert (p.)	10.484			U k.u.k. U11
21 Aug, 1917	Passenger steamer	Devonian	10.435			U 53	Hans Rose
17 Apr, 1917		Winifredian (d.)	10.422			UC 76	Wilhelm Barten
27 Jun, 1917	Steamer	Ultonia	10.402			U 53	Hans Rose
26 Oct, 1916	Steamer	Rowanmore	10.320			U 57	Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg
4 Aug, 1918	Tanker	O. b. jennings	10.289			U 140	Waldemar Kophamel
21 Aug, 1915		San melito (d.)	10.160			U 38	Max Valentiner
20 Apr, 1917		San hilario	10.157			U 43	Hellmuth Jürst
7 Jul, 1915	Armored cruiser	Amalfi (rin)	10.118			UB 14	Heino von Heimburg
15 Oct, 1917		San nazario (d.)	10.064			U 53	Hans Rose
26 Jun, 1918		Raranga (d.)	10.040			UC 71	Walter Warzecha
15 Mar, 1918		Amazon	10.037			U 110	Karl Kroll

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(d.) means the ship was damaged in the action.

101 ships over 10.000 tons hit by U-boats during WWI.

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