Ship losses by month

October 1939

This is the full listing of all ships hit during October 1939. You can click on any of the links for further information on either ship, U-boat, commander or convoy.

Date	U-boat	Commander	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
1 Oct 1939	U-35	Werner Lott	Suzon	2,239	be
3 Oct 1939	U-35	Werner Lott	Diamantis	4,990	gr
4 Oct 1939	U-23	Otto Kretschmer	Glen Farg	876	br
5 Oct 1939	U-32	Paul Büchel	Marwarri (d.) [Mine]	8,063	br
6 Oct 1939	U-32	Paul Büchel	Lochgoil (d.) [Mine]	9,462	br
7 Oct 1939	U-26	Klaus Ewerth	Binnendijk [Mine]	6,873	nl
8 Oct 1939	U-37	Werner Hartmann	Vistula	1,018	sw
12 Oct 1939	U-37	Werner Hartmann	Aris	4,810	gr
12 Oct 1939	U-48	Herbert Schultze	Emile Miguet	14,115	fr	KJ-2
13 Oct 1939	U-42	Rolf Dau	Stonepool (d.)	4,803	br	OB-17
13 Oct 1939	U-48	Herbert Schultze	Heronspool	5,202	br	OB-17
13 Oct 1939	U-48	Herbert Schultze	Louisiane	6,903	fr	OA-17
14 Oct 1939	U-45	Alexander Gelhaar	Bretagne	10,108	fr	KJF-3
14 Oct 1939	U-45	Alexander Gelhaar	Lochavon	9,205	br	KJF-3
14 Oct 1939	U-47	Günther Prien	HMS Royal Oak (08)	29,150	br
14 Oct 1939	U-48	Herbert Schultze	Sneaton	3,677	br
15 Oct 1939	U-37	Werner Hartmann	Vermont	5,186	fr
17 Oct 1939	U-37	Werner Hartmann	Yorkshire	10,183	br	HG-3
17 Oct 1939	U-46	Herbert Sohler	City of Mandalay	7,028	br	HG-3
17 Oct 1939	U-48	Herbert Schultze	Clan Chisholm	7,256	br	HG-3
20 Oct 1939	U-34	Wilhelm Rollmann	Gustaf Adolf	926	sw
20 Oct 1939	U-34	Wilhelm Rollmann	Sea Venture	2,327	br
21 Oct 1939	U-15	Heinz Buchholz	Orsa [Mine]	1,478	br
21 Oct 1939	U-19	Hans Meckel	Capitaine Edmond Laborie [Mine]	3,087	fr
21 Oct 1939	U-19	Hans Meckel	Deodata [Mine]	3,295	nw
24 Oct 1939	U-19	Hans Meckel	Konstantinos Hadjipateras [Mine]	5,962	gr
24 Oct 1939	U-37	Werner Hartmann	Ledbury	3,528	br
24 Oct 1939	U-37	Werner Hartmann	Menin Ridge	2,474	br
24 Oct 1939	U-37	Werner Hartmann	Tafna	4,413	br
27 Oct 1939	U-34	Wilhelm Rollmann	Bronte	5,317	br	OB-25
28 Oct 1939	U-59	Harald Jürst	Lynx II	250	br
28 Oct 1939	U-59	Harald Jürst	St. Nidan	565	br
29 Oct 1939	U-34	Wilhelm Rollmann	Malabar	7,976	br	HX-5A
30 Oct 1939	U-13	Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain	Cairnmona	4,666	br	HX-5
30 Oct 1939	U-37	Werner Hartmann	Thrasyvoulos	3,693	gr
30 Oct 1939	U-59	Harald Jürst	HMS Northern Rover (4.58)	655	br
31 Oct 1939	U-25	Viktor Schütze	Baoulé	5,874	fr	20-K
				207,633
34 ships sunk (185,305 tons) and 3 ships damaged (22,328 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged. [Mine] indicates the vessel was hit by a mine laid by said U-boat.

This map shows where Allied ships were hit during October 1939.

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

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