Ship losses by month

December 1943

This is the full listing of all ships hit during December 1943. 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	Nat.		Convoy
3 Dec 1943	U-193	Hans Pauckstadt		Touchet	10,172		am
4 Dec 1943	U-129	Richard von Harpe		Libertad	5,441		cu	KN-280
8 Dec 1943	U-516	Hans-Rutger Tillessen		Colombia	1,064		pa
9 Dec 1943	U-596	Victor-Wilhelm Nonn		Cap Padaran	8,009		br	HA-11
11 Dec 1943	U-223	Karl-Jürg Wächter		HMS Cuckmere (K 299) (t.)	1,300		br	KMS-34
12 Dec 1943	U-593	Gerd Kelbling		HMS Holcombe (L 56)	1,087		br	KMS-34
12 Dec 1943	U-593	Gerd Kelbling		HMS Tynedale (L 96)	1,000		br	KMS-34
16 Dec 1943	U-516	Hans-Rutger Tillessen		McDowell	10,195		am
16 Dec 1943	U-73	Horst Deckert		John S. Copley (d.)	7,176		am	GUS-24
17 Dec 1943	U-515	Werner Henke		Kingswood	5,080		br
20 Dec 1943	U-515	Werner Henke		Phemius	7,406		br
24 Dec 1943	U-275	Helmut Bork		USS Leary (DD 158)	1,090		am
24 Dec 1943	U-415	Kurt Neide		HMS Hurricane (H 06)	1,340		br	OS-62
24 Dec 1943	U-515	Werner Henke		Dumana	8,427		br	STL-8
26 Dec 1943	U-530	Kurt Lange		Chapultepec (d.)	10,195		am
27 Dec 1943	U-178	Wilhelm Spahr		José Navarro	7,244		am
30 Dec 1943	U-545	Gert Mannesmann		Empire Housman (d.)	7,359		br	ON-217
					93,585
14 ships sunk (68,855 tons) and 3 ships damaged (24,730 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).

This map shows where Allied ships were hit during December 1943

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