Ships hit by U-159
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| Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
| 21 May, 1942 | U-159 | Helmut Witte | Montenol | 2.646 |  | br | OS-28 | |
| 21 May, 1942 | U-159 | Helmut Witte | New Brunswick | 6.529 | | br | OS-28 | |
| 2 Jun, 1942 | U-159 | Helmut Witte | Illinois | 5.447 |  | am | ||
| 5 Jun, 1942 | U-159 | Helmut Witte | Paracury (d.) | 265 |  | bz | ||
| 5 Jun, 1942 | U-159 | Helmut Witte | Sally | 150 |  | ho | ||
| 7 Jun, 1942 | U-159 | Helmut Witte | Edith | 3.382 | | am | ||
| 11 Jun, 1942 | U-159 | Helmut Witte | Fort Good Hope | 7.130 | | br | ||
| 13 Jun, 1942 | U-159 | Helmut Witte |  | Sixaola | 4.693 | | am | |
| 13 Jun, 1942 | U-159 | Helmut Witte | Solon Turman | 6.762 | | am | ||
| 18 Jun, 1942 | U-159 | Helmut Witte | | Flora | 1.417 |  | nl | |
| 19 Jun, 1942 | U-159 | Helmut Witte | Ante Matkovic | 2.710 |  | yu | ||
| 22 Jun, 1942 | U-159 | Helmut Witte | | E.J. Sadler | 9.639 | | am | |
| 7 Oct, 1942 | U-159 | Helmut Witte | | Boringia | 5.821 | | br | |
| 8 Oct, 1942 | U-159 | Helmut Witte | | Clan Mactavish | 7.631 | | br | |
| 9 Oct, 1942 | U-159 | Helmut Witte | Coloradan | 6.557 | | am | ||
| 13 Oct, 1942 | U-159 | Helmut Witte | Empire Nomad | 7.167 | | br | ||
| 29 Oct, 1942 | U-159 | Helmut Witte | Laplace | 7.327 | | br | ||
| 29 Oct, 1942 | U-159 | Helmut Witte | | Ross | 4.978 | | br | |
| 7 Nov, 1942 | U-159 | Helmut Witte | La Salle | 5.462 | | am | ||
| 13 Nov, 1942 | U-159 | Helmut Witte | Star of Scotland | 2.290 | | am | ||
| 13 Dec, 1942 | U-159 | Helmut Witte | City of Bombay | 7.140 | | br | ||
| 15 Dec, 1942 | U-159 | Helmut Witte | Star of Suez | 4.999 |  | ag | ||
| 16 Dec, 1942 | U-159 | Helmut Witte | East Wales | 4.358 | | br | ||
| 28 Mar, 1943 | U-159 | Helmut Witte | Silverbeech | 5.319 | | br | RS-3 | |
| 119.819 | ||||||||
| 23 ships sunk (119.554 tons) and 1 ship damaged (265 tons).
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