WWII U-boat Successes

Ships hit by U-486

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Please note that in the table below you can find a 'Map' column. This helps to find that particular attack on the map below.

Date Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. ConvoyMap
18 Dec 1944Gerhard Meyer Silverlaurel6,142brBTC-10A
24 Dec 1944Gerhard Meyer Leopoldville11,509beWEP-3B
26 Dec 1944Gerhard Meyer HMS Affleck (K 462) (t.)1,085brC
26 Dec 1944Gerhard Meyer HMS Capel (K 470)1,085brD
 19,821

4 ships sunk (19,821 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.
(t.) means the ship was a total loss (included in ships & tonnage lost).

In some cases the exact positions of losses are not known, those are not shown.
In other cases the posititions are too close and the markers overlap, not much we can do about that.

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