Ships hit by U-23
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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. | Convoy | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 1939 | Otto Kretschmer | Glen Farg | 876 |  | br | A | ||
| 8 Dec 1939 | Otto Kretschmer |  | Scotia | 2,400 |  | da | B | |
| 11 Jan 1940 | Otto Kretschmer | Fredville | 1,150 |  | nw | C | ||
| 12 Jan 1940 | Otto Kretschmer | | Danmark (t.) | 10,517 | | da | D | |
| 24 Jan 1940 | Otto Kretschmer | | Varild | 1,085 | | nw | E | |
| 18 Feb 1940 | Otto Kretschmer | | HMS Daring (H 16) | 1,375 | | br | HN-12 | F |
| 19 Feb 1940 | Otto Kretschmer | | Tiberton | 5,225 | | br | G | |
| 22 Feb 1940 | Otto Kretschmer | | Loch Maddy (t.) | 4,996 | | br | HX-19 | H |
| 24 Aug 1943 | Rolf-Birger Wahlen | Shkval | 35 |  | sj | I | ||
| 15 Oct 1943 | Rolf-Birger Wahlen | TSC-486 Sovetskaja Rossija (d.) | 1,005 | | sj | J | ||
| 23 Oct 1943 | Rolf-Birger Wahlen | Tanais | 372 | | sj | K | ||
| 5 Apr 1944 | Rolf-Birger Wahlen | SKA-099 (d.) | 56 | | sj | L | ||
| 29 May 1944 | Rolf-Birger Wahlen | Smelyj | 71 | | sj | M | ||
| 1 Sep 1944 | Rudolf Arendt | | Oituz (t.) | 2,686 |  | ro | N | |
| 31,849 | ||||||||
12 ships sunk (30,788 tons) and 2 ships damaged (1,061 tons). Legend | ||||||||
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.