Ship losses by month

April 1944

This is the full listing of all ships hit during April 1944. 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
1 Apr 1944	U-852	Heinz-Wilhelm Eck		Dahomian	5,277		br
5 Apr 1944	U-23	Rolf-Birger Wahlen		SKA-099 (d.)	56		sj
6 Apr 1944	U-302	Herbert Sickel		Ruth I	3,531		nw	SC-156
6 Apr 1944	U-302	Herbert Sickel		South America	6,246		nw	SC-156
7 Apr 1944	U-20	Karl Grafen		Rion [Mine]	187		sj
8 Apr 1944	U-843	Oskar Herwartz		Nebraska	8,261		br	OS-71
13 Apr 1944	U-711	Hans-Günther Lange		Solvoll	10		nw
16 Apr 1944	U-407	Hubertus Korndörfer		Meyer London	7,210		am	UGS-37
16 Apr 1944	U-407	Hubertus Korndörfer		Thomas G. Masaryk (t.)	7,176		am	UGS-37
16 Apr 1944	U-550	Klaus Hänert		Pan Pennsylvania	11,017		am	CU-21
26 Apr 1944	U-859	Johann Jebsen		Colin	6,255		pa	SC-157
30 Apr 1944	U-307	Friedrich-Georg Herrle		William S. Thayer	7,176		am	RA-59
					62,402
11 ships sunk (62,346 tons) and 1 ship damaged (56 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). [Mine] indicates the vessel was hit by a mine laid by said U-boat.

This map shows where Allied ships were hit during April 1944

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Ships Attacked by U-boats