Ship losses by month

December 1941

This is the full listing of all ships hit during December 1941. 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
2 Dec 1941	U-43	Wolfgang Lüth	Astral	7,542	am
2 Dec 1941	U-557	Ottokar Arnold Paulssen	Fjord	4,032	nw
2 Dec 1941	U-562	Horst Hamm	Grelhead	4,274	br
3 Dec 1941	U-124	Johann Mohr	Sagadahoc	6,275	am
6 Dec 1941	U-131	Arend Baumann	Scottish Trader	4,016	br	SC-56
9 Dec 1941	U-134	Rudolf Schendel	Steinbek	2,185	dt
9 Dec 1941	U-652	Georg-Werner Fraatz	Saint Denis	1,595	fr
10 Dec 1941	U-130	Ernst Kals	Kirnwood	3,829	br	SC-57
10 Dec 1941	U-130	Ernst Kals	Kurdistan	5,844	br	SC-57
10 Dec 1941	U-130	Ernst Kals	Star of Luxor	5,298	ag	SC-57
11 Dec 1941	U-374	Unno von Fischel	HMS Lady Shirley	477	br
11 Dec 1941	U-374	Unno von Fischel	HMS Rosabelle	515	br
13 Dec 1941	U-431	Wilhelm Dommes	Myriel (d.)	3,560	br
13 Dec 1941	U-453	Egon Reiner von Schlippenbach	Badalona	4,202	sp
14 Dec 1941	U-108	Klaus Scholtz	Cassequel	4,751	pt
15 Dec 1941	U-557	Ottokar Arnold Paulssen	HMS Galatea (71)	5,220	br
15 Dec 1941	U-77	Heinrich Schonder	Empire Barracuda	4,972	br
19 Dec 1941	U-108	Klaus Scholtz	Ruckinge	2,869	br	HG-76
19 Dec 1941	U-574	Dietrich Gengelbach	HMS Stanley (I 73)	1,190	br	HG-76
19 Dec 1941	U-652	Georg-Werner Fraatz	Varlaam Avanesov	6,557	sj
21 Dec 1941	U-567	Engelbert Endrass	Annavore	3,324	nw	HG-76
21 Dec 1941	U-573	Heinrich Heinsohn	Hellen	5,289	nw
21 Dec 1941	U-751	Gerhard Bigalk	HMS Audacity (D 10)	11,000	br	HG-76
23 Dec 1941	U-559	Hans Heidtmann	Shuntien	3,059	br	TA-5
24 Dec 1941	U-568	Joachim Preuss	HMS Salvia (K 97)	925	br	TA-5
26 Dec 1941	U-559	Hans Heidtmann	Warszawa	2,487	po
28 Dec 1941	U-75	Helmuth Ringelmann	Volo	1,587	br	ME-8
31 Dec 1941	U-87	Joachim Berger	Cardita	8,237	br	HX-166
				115,111
27 ships sunk (111,551 tons) and 1 ship damaged (3,560 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged.

This map shows where Allied ships were hit during December 1941.

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

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