Ship losses by month

February 1945

This is the full listing of all ships hit during February 1945. 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
5 Feb 1945U-245Friedrich Schumann-Hindenberg Henry B. Plant7,240amTAM-71
6 Feb 1945U-1017Werner Riecken Everleigh5,222brTBC-60
6 Feb 1945U-862Heinrich Timm Peter Silvester7,176am
11 Feb 1945U-1017Werner Riecken Persier5,382beBTC-65
13 Feb 1945U-992Hans Falke HMS Denbigh Castle (K 696) (t.)1,060brJW-64
14 Feb 1945U-968Otto Westphalen Horace Gray (t.)7,200amBK-3
14 Feb 1945U-968Otto Westphalen Norfjell (d.)8,129nwBK-3
17 Feb 1945U-300Fritz Hein Michael J. Stone (d.)7,176amUGS-72
17 Feb 1945U-300Fritz Hein Regent Lion (t.)9,551brUGS-72
17 Feb 1945U-711Hans-Günther Lange HMS Bluebell (K 80)925brRA-64
17 Feb 1945U-968Otto Westphalen HMS Lark (U 11) (t.)1,350brRA-64
17 Feb 1945U-968Otto Westphalen Thomas Scott7,176amRA-64
20 Feb 1945U-1276Karl-Heinz Wendt HMS Vervain (K 190)925brHX-337
21 Feb 1945U-1064Karl-Hermann Schneidewind Dettifoss1,564isUR-155
22 Feb 1945U-1004Rudolf Hinz Alexander Kennedy1,313brBTC-76
22 Feb 1945U-1004Rudolf Hinz HMCS Trentonian (K 368)980caBTC-76
23 Feb 1945U-510Alfred Eick Point Pleasant Park7,136ca
24 Feb 1945U-1203Sigurd Seeger HMS Ellesmere (FY 204)580br
24 Feb 1945U-1208Georg Hagene Oriskany1,644brBTC-78
25 Feb 1945U-2322Fridtjof Heckel Egholm1,317brFS-1739
27 Feb 1945U-1018Walter Burmeister Corvus1,317nwBTC-81
28 Feb 1945U-1022Hans-Joachim Ernst Alcedo1,392paUR-155
28 Feb 1945U-1302Wolfgang Herwartz Norfolk Coast646br
28 Feb 1945U-775Erich Taschenmacher Soreldoc1,926am
 88,327

22 ships sunk (73,022 tons) and 2 ships damaged (15,305 tons).

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(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 February 1945.

Resource id #47

ms = 29.42S09.58E,34.19S99.37E,35.56N05.45W,49.04N05.31W,49.55N05.22W,50.05N05.51W,50.06N04.50W,50.24N04.20W,50.30N01.48W,51.19N01.42E,51.47N07.06W,51.58N05.25W,52.15N05.35W,55.03N05.29W,55.50N01.32W,64.07N23.17W,69.20N33.33E,69.21N33.43E,69.22N33.50E,69.30N34.33E,69.30N34.42E,69.36N35.29E


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

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