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Ships hit by U-43

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Date	U-boat	Commander	Name of ship		Tons	Nat.		Convoy

16 Nov, 1939	U-43	Wilhelm Ambrosius		Arlington Court	4.915		br	SL-7A
22 Nov, 1939	U-43	Wilhelm Ambrosius		Arijon	4.374		fr	14-BS
25 Nov, 1939	U-43	Wilhelm Ambrosius		Uskmouth	2.483		br

21 Jun, 1940	U-43	Wilhelm Ambrosius		Yarraville	8.627		br	65-X
30 Jun, 1940	U-43	Wilhelm Ambrosius		Avelona Star	13.376		br	SL-36
9 Jul, 1940	U-43	Wilhelm Ambrosius		Aylesbury	3.944		br
17 Jul, 1940	U-43	Wilhelm Ambrosius		Fellside	3.509		br	OA-184
25 Sep, 1940	U-43	Wilhelm Ambrosius		Sulairia	5.802		br	OB-217
2 Dec, 1940	U-43	Wolfgang Lüth		Pacific President	7.113		br	OB-251
2 Dec, 1940	U-43	Wolfgang Lüth		Victor Ross	12.247		br	OB-251
6 Dec, 1940	U-43	Wolfgang Lüth		Skrim	1.902		nw	OB-252
13 Dec, 1940	U-43	Wolfgang Lüth		Orari (d.)	10.350		br

15 May, 1941	U-43	Wolfgang Lüth		Notre Dame du Châtelet	488		fr
6 Jun, 1941	U-43	Wolfgang Lüth		Yselhaven	4.802		nl	OB-328
17 Jun, 1941	U-43	Wolfgang Lüth		Cathrine	2.727		br	SL-76
29 Nov, 1941	U-43	Wolfgang Lüth		Thornliebank	5.569		br	OS-12
30 Nov, 1941	U-43	Wolfgang Lüth		Ashby	4.868		br	OS-12
2 Dec, 1941	U-43	Wolfgang Lüth		Astral	7.542		am

12 Jan, 1942	U-43	Wolfgang Lüth		Yngaren	5.246		sw	HX-168
14 Jan, 1942	U-43	Wolfgang Lüth		Chepo	5.707		pa	ON-55
14 Jan, 1942	U-43	Wolfgang Lüth		Empire Surf	6.641		br	ON-55
18 Nov, 1942	U-43	Hans-Joachim Schwantke		Brilliant (t.)	9.131		am	SC-109

3 Mar, 1943	U-43	Hans-Joachim Schwantke		Doggerbank	5.154		dt
					136.517
22 ships sunk (126.167 tons) and 1 ship damaged (10.350 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. (t.) means the ship was a total loss (included in ships & tonnage lost). We have a picture of this vessel.

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