Ships hit by U-255
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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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Jul 1942 | Reinhart Reche | John Witherspoon | 7,191 |  | am | PQ-17 | A | |
| 7 Jul 1942 | Reinhart Reche |  | Alcoa Ranger | 5,116 | | am | PQ-17 | B |
| 8 Jul 1942 | Reinhart Reche | Olopana | 6,069 | | am | PQ-17 | C | |
| 13 Jul 1942 | Reinhart Reche | | Paulus Potter | 7,168 |  | nl | PQ-17 | D |
| 20 Sep 1942 | Reinhart Reche | | Silver Sword | 4,937 | | am | QP-14 | E |
| 26 Jan 1943 | Reinhart Reche | | Krasnyj Partizan | 2,418 |  | sj | F | |
| 29 Jan 1943 | Reinhart Reche | | Ufa | 1,892 | | sj | G | |
| 3 Feb 1943 | Reinhart Reche | | Greylock | 7,460 | | am | RA-52 | H |
| 5 Mar 1943 | Reinhart Reche | | Executive | 4,978 | | am | RA-53 | I |
| 10 Mar 1943 | Reinhart Reche | | Richard Bland (t.) | 7,191 | | am | RA-53 | J |
| 27 Jul 1943 | Erich Harms | | Akademik Shokalskij | 411 | | sj | K | |
| 9 Mar 1944 | Erich Harms | | USS Leopold (DE 319) | 1,200 | | am | CU-16 | L |
| 56,031 | ||||||||
12 ships sunk (56,031 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.