WWII U-boat Successes

Ships hit by U-172

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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		Convoy	Map
27 May 1942	Carl Emmermann	Athelknight	8,940	br	OS-28	A
3 Jun 1942	Carl Emmermann	City of Alma	5,446	am		B
5 Jun 1942	Carl Emmermann	Delfina	3,480	am		C
8 Jun 1942	Carl Emmermann	Sicilien	1,654	am		D
14 Jun 1942	Carl Emmermann	Lebore	8,289	am		E
15 Jun 1942	Carl Emmermann	Bennestvet	2,438	nw		F
18 Jun 1942	Carl Emmermann	Motorex	1,958	br		G
23 Jun 1942	Carl Emmermann	Resolute	35	co		H
9 Jul 1942	Carl Emmermann	Santa Rita	8,379	am		I
7 Oct 1942	Carl Emmermann	Chickasaw City	6,196	am		J
7 Oct 1942	Carl Emmermann	Firethorn	4,700	pa		K
8 Oct 1942	Carl Emmermann	Pantelis	3,845	gr		L
10 Oct 1942	Carl Emmermann	Orcades	23,456	br		M
31 Oct 1942	Carl Emmermann	Aldington Court	4,891	br	TRIN-16	N
2 Nov 1942	Carl Emmermann	Llandilo	4,966	br		O
23 Nov 1942	Carl Emmermann	Benlomond	6,630	br		P
28 Nov 1942	Carl Emmermann	Alaskan	5,364	am		Q

4 Mar 1943	Carl Emmermann	City of Pretoria	8,049	br		R
6 Mar 1943	Carl Emmermann	Thorstrand	3,041	nw		S
13 Mar 1943	Carl Emmermann	Keystone	5,565	am	UGS-6	T
16 Mar 1943	Carl Emmermann	Benjamin Harrison	7,191	am	UGS-6	U
29 Mar 1943	Carl Emmermann	Moanda	4,621	be	RS-3	V
28 Jun 1943	Carl Emmermann	Vernon City	4,748	br	OS-49	W
12 Jul 1943	Carl Emmermann	African Star	6,507	am		X
15 Jul 1943	Carl Emmermann	Harmonic	4,558	br		Y
24 Jul 1943	Carl Emmermann	Fort Chilcotin	7,133	br	JT-2	Z
			152,080
26 ships sunk (152,080 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel.

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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