Ship losses by month

July 1944

This is the full listing of all ships hit during July 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
2 Jul 1944U-547Heinrich Niemeyer Bodegraven5,593nl
4 Jul 1944U-539Hans-Jürgen Lauterbach-Emden Kittanning (d.)10,195am
5 Jul 1944U-247Gerhard Matschulat Noreen Mary207br
5 Jul 1944U-390Heinz Geissler HMS Ganilly (T 376)545br
5 Jul 1944U-390Heinz Geissler Sea Porpoise (d.)7,934am
5 Jul 1944U-763Ernst Cordes Ringen1,499nwETC-26
5 Jul 1944U-953Karl-Heinz Marbach Glendinning1,927brETC-27
6 Jul 1944U-218Richard Becker HMS Empire Halberd (d.) [Mine]7,177br
7 Jul 1944U-516Hans-Rutger Tillessen Esso Harrisburg9,887am
9 Jul 1944U-196Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat Shahzada5,454br
15 Jul 1944U-181Kurt Freiwald Tanda7,174br
15 Jul 1944U-198Burkhard Heusinger von Waldegg Director5,107br
15 Jul 1944U-679Friedrich Breckwoldt TK-57 (d.)36sj
18 Jul 1944U-479Friedrich-Wilhelm Sons MO-304 (d.)56sj
19 Jul 1944U-181Kurt Freiwald King Frederick5,265br
20 Jul 1944U-861Jürgen Oesten Vital de Oliveira1,737bz
24 Jul 1944U-309Hans-Gert Mahrholz Samneva (t.)7,219brFTM-47
24 Jul 1944U-861Jürgen Oesten William Gaston7,177am
25 Jul 1944U-862Heinrich Timm Robin Goodfellow6,885am
28 Jul 1944U-475Otto Stoeffler MO-107 (d.)56sj
29 Jul 1944U-621Hermann Stuckmann HMS Prince Leopold2,938br
30 Jul 1944U-250Werner-Karl Schmidt MO-10556sj
30 Jul 1944U-481Klaus Andersen KT-804 (No 35)26sj
30 Jul 1944U-481Klaus Andersen KT-806 (d.)26sj
30 Jul 1944U-481Klaus Andersen KT-807 (No 42)26sj
30 Jul 1944U-621Hermann Stuckmann Ascanius (d.)10,048brEBC-54
31 Jul 1944U-370Karl Nielsen MO-10156sj
 104,306

19 ships sunk (68,778 tons) and 8 ships damaged (35,528 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 July 1944.

Resource id #50

ms = 04.14N11.00W,09.29N71.45E,09.55N79.27W,13.22N74.09E,13.26N72.11W,15.30N65.30E,20.03S14.21W,22.29S41.09W,24.30S35.44E,26.42S46.12W,49.36N00.57W,49.37N00.51W,50.08N05.44W,50.12N00.46W,50.14N00.47W,50.15N00.48W,50.19N00.53W,50.32N00.22W,58.30N05.23W,60.12N28.46E,60.25N28.30E


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

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