Ship losses by month

October 1942

This is the full listing of all ships hit during October 1942. 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 1942	U-175	Heinrich Bruns	Empire Tennyson	2,880	br
1 Oct 1942	U-202	Günter Poser	Achilles	1,815	nl
2 Oct 1942	U-175	Heinrich Bruns	Aneroid	5,074	pa
2 Oct 1942	U-201	Günther Rosenberg	Alcoa Transport	2,084	am
3 Oct 1942	U-254	Odo Loewe	Esso Williamsburg	11,237	am
4 Oct 1942	U-175	Heinrich Bruns	Caribstar	2,592	am
5 Oct 1942	U-175	Heinrich Bruns	William A. McKenney	6,153	am
6 Oct 1942	U-333	Peter-Erich Cremer	HMS Crocus (K 49) (d.)	925	br
7 Oct 1942	U-107	Harald Gelhaus	Andalucia Star	14,943	br
7 Oct 1942	U-159	Helmut Friedrich Witte	Boringia	5,821	br
7 Oct 1942	U-172	Carl Emmermann	Chickasaw City	6,196	am
7 Oct 1942	U-172	Carl Emmermann	Firethorn	4,700	pa
8 Oct 1942	U-125	Ulrich Folkers	Glendene	4,412	br
8 Oct 1942	U-159	Helmut Friedrich Witte	Clan Mactavish	7,631	br
8 Oct 1942	U-172	Carl Emmermann	Pantelis	3,845	gr
8 Oct 1942	U-179	Ernst Sobe	City of Athens	6,558	br
8 Oct 1942	U-201	Günther Rosenberg	John Carter Rose	7,191	am	TRIN-15
8 Oct 1942	U-68	Karl-Friedrich Merten	Gaasterkerk	8,679	nl
8 Oct 1942	U-68	Karl-Friedrich Merten	Koumoundouros	3,598	gr
8 Oct 1942	U-68	Karl-Friedrich Merten	Sarthe	5,271	br
8 Oct 1942	U-68	Karl-Friedrich Merten	Swiftsure	8,207	am
9 Oct 1942	U-159	Helmut Friedrich Witte	Coloradan	6,557	am
9 Oct 1942	U-201	Günther Rosenberg	Flensburg	6,421	nl
9 Oct 1942	U-254	Odo Loewe	Pennington Court	6,098	br	SC-103
9 Oct 1942	U-68	Karl-Friedrich Merten	Belgian Fighter	5,403	be
9 Oct 1942	U-68	Karl-Friedrich Merten	Examelia	4,981	am
9 Oct 1942	U-69	Ulrich Gräf	Carolus	2,375	ca	NL-9
10 Oct 1942	U-172	Carl Emmermann	Orcades	23,456	br
10 Oct 1942	U-178	Hans Ibbeken	Duchess of Atholl	20,119	br
11 Oct 1942	U-106	Hermann Rasch	Waterton	2,140	br	BS-31
11 Oct 1942	U-589	Hans-Joachim Horrer	Musson (No 23) [Mine]	417	sj
11 Oct 1942	U-615	Ralph Kapitzky	El Lago	4,221	pa	ONS-136
11 Oct 1942	U-87	Joachim Berger	Agapenor	7,392	br
12 Oct 1942	U-514	Hans-Jürgen Auffermann	Steel Scientist	5,688	am
12 Oct 1942	U-559	Hans Heidtmann	Bringhi (t.)	200	ag
12 Oct 1942	U-706	Alexander von Zitzewitz	Stornest	4,265	br	ONS-136
13 Oct 1942	U-159	Helmut Friedrich Witte	Empire Nomad	7,167	br
13 Oct 1942	U-221	Hans-Hartwig Trojer	Ashworth	5,227	br	SC-104
13 Oct 1942	U-221	Hans-Hartwig Trojer	Fagersten	2,342	nw	SC-104
13 Oct 1942	U-221	Hans-Hartwig Trojer	Senta	3,785	nw	SC-104
14 Oct 1942	U-221	Hans-Hartwig Trojer	HMS LCM-508 [Trans.]	52	br	SC-104
14 Oct 1942	U-221	Hans-Hartwig Trojer	HMS LCM-509 [Trans.]	52	br	SC-104
14 Oct 1942	U-221	Hans-Hartwig Trojer	HMS LCM-519 [Trans.]	52	br	SC-104
14 Oct 1942	U-221	Hans-Hartwig Trojer	HMS LCM-522 [Trans.]	52	br	SC-104
14 Oct 1942	U-221	Hans-Hartwig Trojer	HMS LCM-523 [Trans.]	52	br	SC-104
14 Oct 1942	U-221	Hans-Hartwig Trojer	HMS LCM-532 [Trans.]	52	br	SC-104
14 Oct 1942	U-221	Hans-Hartwig Trojer	HMS LCM-537 [Trans.]	52	br	SC-104
14 Oct 1942	U-221	Hans-Hartwig Trojer	HMS LCM-547 [Trans.]	52	br	SC-104
14 Oct 1942	U-221	Hans-Hartwig Trojer	HMS LCM-620 [Trans.]	52	br	SC-104
14 Oct 1942	U-221	Hans-Hartwig Trojer	HMS LCT-2006 [Trans.]	291	br	SC-104
14 Oct 1942	U-221	Hans-Hartwig Trojer	Southern Empress	12,398	br	SC-104
14 Oct 1942	U-221	Hans-Hartwig Trojer	Susana	5,929	am	SC-104
14 Oct 1942	U-592	Carl Borm	Shchors [Mine]	3,770	sj
14 Oct 1942	U-607	Ernst Mengersen	Nellie	4,826	gr	SC-104
14 Oct 1942	U-618	Kurt Baberg	Empire Mersey	5,791	br	SC-104
14 Oct 1942	U-661	Erich von Lilienfeld	Nikolina Matkovic	3,672	yu	SC-104
14 Oct 1942	U-69	Ulrich Gräf	Caribou	2,222	br	NL-9
15 Oct 1942	U-410	Kurt Sturm	Newton Pine	4,212	br	ONS-136
16 Oct 1942	U-129	Hans-Ludwig Witt	Trafalgar	5,542	nw
16 Oct 1942	U-160	Georg Lassen	Castle Harbour	730	br	TRIN-19
16 Oct 1942	U-160	Georg Lassen	Winona (d.)	6,197	am	TRIN-19
17 Oct 1942	U-504	Hans-Georg Friedrich Poske	Empire Chaucer	5,970	br
18 Oct 1942	U-618	Kurt Baberg	Angelina	4,772	am	ON-137
19 Oct 1942	U-332	Johannes Liebe	Rothley	4,996	br
19 Oct 1942	U-610	Walter Freiherr von Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen	Steel Navigator	5,718	am	ON-137
20 Oct 1942	U-77	Otto Hartmann	Mahrous	18	sy
22 Oct 1942	U-443	Konstantin von Puttkamer	Donax	8,036	br	ON-139
22 Oct 1942	U-443	Konstantin von Puttkamer	Winnipeg II	9,807	br	ON-139
23 Oct 1942	U-129	Hans-Ludwig Witt	Reuben Tipton	6,829	am
23 Oct 1942	U-161	Albrecht Achilles	HMS Phoebe (43) (d.)	5,450	br
23 Oct 1942	U-504	Hans-Georg Friedrich Poske	City of Johannesburg	5,669	br
23 Oct 1942	U-615	Ralph Kapitzky	Empire Star	12,656	br
23 Oct 1942	U-621	Horst Schünemann	Empire Turnstone	6,113	br	ONS-136
24 Oct 1942	U-383	Horst Kremser	Jon Olafsson	423	is
24 Oct 1942	U-516	Gerhard Wiebe	Holmpark	5,780	br
25 Oct 1942	U-67	Günther Müller-Stöckheim	Primero	4,414	nw
26 Oct 1942	U-504	Hans-Georg Friedrich Poske	Anne Hutchinson (t.)	7,176	am
26 Oct 1942	U-509	Werner Witte	Anglo Mærsk (d.)	7,705	br	SL-125
27 Oct 1942	U-436	Günther Seibicke	Frontenac (d.)	7,350	nw	HX-212
27 Oct 1942	U-436	Günther Seibicke	Gurney E. Newlin (d.)	8,225	am	HX-212
27 Oct 1942	U-436	Günther Seibicke	HMS LCT-2281 [Trans.]	291	br	HX-212
27 Oct 1942	U-436	Günther Seibicke	Sourabaya	10,107	br	HX-212
27 Oct 1942	U-509	Werner Witte	Pacific Star	7,951	br	SL-125
27 Oct 1942	U-509	Werner Witte	Stentor	6,148	br	SL-125
27 Oct 1942	U-604	Horst Höltring	Anglo Mærsk	7,705	br	SL-125
28 Oct 1942	U-509	Werner Witte	Hopecastle (d.)	5,178	br	SL-125
28 Oct 1942	U-509	Werner Witte	Nagpore	5,283	br	SL-125
28 Oct 1942	U-606	Hans-Heinrich Döhler	Gurney E. Newlin	8,225	am	HX-212
28 Oct 1942	U-606	Hans-Heinrich Döhler	Kosmos II (d.)	16,966	nw	HX-212
29 Oct 1942	U-159	Helmut Friedrich Witte	Laplace	7,327	br
29 Oct 1942	U-159	Helmut Friedrich Witte	Ross	4,978	br
29 Oct 1942	U-203	Hermann Kottmann	Hopecastle	5,178	br	SL-125
29 Oct 1942	U-224	Hans-Karl Kosbadt	Bic Island	3,921	ca	HX-212
29 Oct 1942	U-436	Günther Seibicke	Barrwhin	4,998	br	HX-212
29 Oct 1942	U-509	Werner Witte	Corinaldo (d.)	7,131	br	SL-125
29 Oct 1942	U-575	Günther Heydemann	Abosso	11,330	br
29 Oct 1942	U-624	Ulrich Graf von Soden-Fraunhofen	HMS LCT-2190 [Trans.]	291	br	HX-212
29 Oct 1942	U-624	Ulrich Graf von Soden-Fraunhofen	HMS LCT-2192 [Trans.]	291	br	HX-212
29 Oct 1942	U-624	Ulrich Graf von Soden-Fraunhofen	HMS LCT-2284 [Trans.]	291	br	HX-212
29 Oct 1942	U-624	Ulrich Graf von Soden-Fraunhofen	Kosmos II	16,966	nw	HX-212
29 Oct 1942	U-624	Ulrich Graf von Soden-Fraunhofen	Pan-New York	7,701	am	HX-212
29 Oct 1942	UD-5	Bruno Mahn	Primrose Hill	7,628	br	ON-139
30 Oct 1942	unknown		HMS Northern Spray (FY 129) (d.)	655	br
30 Oct 1942	U-129	Hans-Ludwig Witt	West Kebar	5,620	am
30 Oct 1942	U-203	Hermann Kottmann	Corinaldo	7,131	br	SL-125
30 Oct 1942	U-409	Hanns-Ferdinand Massmann	Bullmouth (d.)	7,519	br	SL-125
30 Oct 1942	U-409	Hanns-Ferdinand Massmann	Silverwillow	6,373	br	SL-125
30 Oct 1942	U-509	Werner Witte	Brittany	4,772	br	SL-125
30 Oct 1942	U-604	Horst Höltring	Baron Vernon	3,642	br	SL-125
30 Oct 1942	U-604	Horst Höltring	Président Doumer	11,898	br	SL-125
30 Oct 1942	U-659	Hans Stock	Bullmouth	7,519	br	SL-125
30 Oct 1942	U-659	Hans Stock	Corinaldo (d.)	7,131	br	SL-125
30 Oct 1942	U-659	Hans Stock	Tasmania (d.)	6,405	br	SL-125
31 Oct 1942	U-103	Gustav-Adolf Janssen	Tasmania	6,405	br	SL-125
31 Oct 1942	U-172	Carl Emmermann	Aldington Court	4,891	br	TRIN-16
31 Oct 1942	U-174	Ulrich Thilo	Marylyn	4,555	br
31 Oct 1942	U-504	Hans-Georg Friedrich Poske	Empire Guidon	7,041	br
31 Oct 1942	U-504	Hans-Georg Friedrich Poske	Reynolds	5,113	br
31 Oct 1942	U-510	Karl Neitzel	Alaska (d.)	5,681	nw	SL-125
				659,457
105 ships sunk (566,939 tons) and 14 ships damaged (92,518 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged. (t.) means the ship was a total loss (included in ships & tonnage lost). [Trans.] indicates the vessel was lost while being transported on another vessel. [Mine] indicates the vessel was hit by a mine laid by said U-boat.

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