WWII U-boat Successes

Ships hit by U-47

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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
5 Sep 1939	Günther Prien	Bosnia	2,407	br		A
6 Sep 1939	Günther Prien	Rio Claro	4,086	br		B
7 Sep 1939	Günther Prien	Gartavon	1,777	br		C
14 Oct 1939	Günther Prien	HMS Royal Oak (08)	29,150	br		D
5 Dec 1939	Günther Prien	Navasota	8,795	br	OB-46	E
6 Dec 1939	Günther Prien	Britta	6,214	nw		F
7 Dec 1939	Günther Prien	Tajandoen	8,159	nl		G

25 Mar 1940	Günther Prien	Britta	1,146	da		H
14 Jun 1940	Günther Prien	Balmoralwood	5,834	br	HX-47	I
21 Jun 1940	Günther Prien	San Fernando	13,056	br	HX-49	J
24 Jun 1940	Günther Prien	Cathrine	1,885	pa		K
27 Jun 1940	Günther Prien	Lenda	4,005	nw		L
27 Jun 1940	Günther Prien	Leticia	2,580	nl		M
29 Jun 1940	Günther Prien	Empire Toucan	4,127	br		N
30 Jun 1940	Günther Prien	Georgios Kyriakides	4,201	gr		O
2 Jul 1940	Günther Prien	Arandora Star	15,501	br		P
2 Sep 1940	Günther Prien	Ville de Mons	7,463	be		Q
4 Sep 1940	Günther Prien	Titan	9,035	br	OA-207	R
7 Sep 1940	Günther Prien	Neptunian	5,155	br	SC-2	S
7 Sep 1940	Günther Prien	José de Larrinaga	5,303	br	SC-2	T
7 Sep 1940	Günther Prien	Gro	4,211	nw	SC-2	U
9 Sep 1940	Günther Prien	Possidon	3,840	gr	SC-2	V
21 Sep 1940	Günther Prien	Elmbank (d.)	5,156	br	HX-72	W
19 Oct 1940	Günther Prien	Uganda	4,966	br	HX-79	X
19 Oct 1940	Günther Prien	Shirak (d.)	6,023	br	HX-79	Y
19 Oct 1940	Günther Prien	Wandby	4,947	br	HX-79	Z
20 Oct 1940	Günther Prien	La Estancia	5,185	br	HX-79
20 Oct 1940	Günther Prien	Whitford Point	5,026	br	HX-79
20 Oct 1940	Günther Prien	Athelmonarch (d.)	8,995	br	HX-79
8 Nov 1940	Günther Prien	Gonçalo Velho (d.)	1,595	pt
2 Dec 1940	Günther Prien	Ville d’Arlon	7,555	be	HX-90
2 Dec 1940	Günther Prien	Conch (d.)	8,376	br	HX-90
2 Dec 1940	Günther Prien	Dunsley (d.)	3,862	br	HX-90

26 Feb 1941	Günther Prien	Kasongo	5,254	be	OB-290
26 Feb 1941	Günther Prien	Diala (d.)	8,106	br	OB-290
26 Feb 1941	Günther Prien	Borgland	3,636	nw	OB-290
26 Feb 1941	Günther Prien	Rydboholm	3,197	sw	OB-290
28 Feb 1941	Günther Prien	Holmelea	4,223	br	HX-109
7 Mar 1941	Günther Prien	Terje Viken (d.)	20,638	br	OB-293
			254,670
31 ships sunk (191,919 tons) and 8 ships damaged (62,751 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged.

Note on map. U-47 sank or damaged 39 Allied ships. Our map markers only have 26 labels (A-Z) at this time. This is why some of the markers have no label but otherwise work just fine. The markers are sorted by date, the first 26 successes have labels. This only affects about 20 of the most successful U-boats.

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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