Ships hit during WWI

Losses by Month

January 1916

This is the full listing of all ships hit during January 1916. You can click on any of the links for further information on either ship, U-boat, commander or convoy.

DateU-boat Commander Name of shipTonsNat.
 
1 Jan 1916 U 34 Claus Rücker Glengyle9,395br
2 Jan 1916   Glocliffe (d.)2,211br
3 Jan 1916 k.u.k. U4 Rudolf Singule Halil (p.)unknownal
4 Jan 1916 U 34 Claus Rücker Coquet4,396br
4 Jan 1916 UC 10 Alfred Nitzsche Leto3,225nl
5 Jan 1916 UC 10 Alfred Nitzsche Fridtjof Nansen3,275nw
6 Jan 1916   Courtier181br
8 Jan 1916 UC 14 Cäsar Bauer Citta Di Palermo3,415it
8 Jan 1916 UC 14 Cäsar Bauer Frenchy84br
8 Jan 1916 UC 14 Cäsar Bauer Morning Star97br
12 Jan 1916 UC 5 Herbert Pustkuchen Algerian3,837br
12 Jan 1916 UC 6 Matthias Graf von Schmettow Traquair1,067br
13 Jan 1916   Maashaven (d.)2,609nl
13 Jan 1916 UC 5 Herbert Pustkuchen Albion Ii240br
14 Jan 1916 UC 3 Erwin Waßner Breslau (d.)1,339br
17 Jan 1916 U 35 Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière Sutherland3,542br
18 Jan 1916 U 35 Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière Marere6,443br
18 Jan 1916 UB 16 Hans Valentiner Evelyn55br
18 Jan 1916 UB 16 Hans Valentiner Foam Crest46br
18 Jan 1916 UC 1 Egon von Werner Rijndam (d.)12,527nl
18 Jan 1916 UC 3 Erwin Waßner Auvergne523fr
19 Jan 1916 UB 16 Hans Valentiner Sunshine52br
19 Jan 1916 UC 1 Egon von Werner Leoville775fr
20 Jan 1916 U 35 Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière Trematon4,198br
20 Jan 1916 k.u.k. U11  König Albert (p.)10,484it
21 Jan 1916 UC 10 Alfred Nitzsche Apollo799nl
22 Jan 1916 U 39 Walter Forstmann Norseman9,542br
22 Jan 1916 UC 10 Alfred Nitzsche Falls City (d.)4,729br
27 Jan 1916 UB 6 Ernst Voigt Crystal57br
28 Jan 1916 UC 1 Egon von Werner Perth (d.)3,522nw
29 Jan 1916   Thuban (d.)3,260nl
29 Jan 1916   Viking (d.)1,090br
30 Jan 1916 UC 1 Egon von Werner Maasdijk3,557nl
31 Jan 1916 UB 17 Ralph Wenninger Artur Wilhelm56br
31 Jan 1916 UB 17 Ralph Wenninger Hilda44br
31 Jan 1916 UB 17 Ralph Wenninger Marguerite32be
31 Jan 1916 UB 17 Ralph Wenninger Radium59br
 100,763
29 ships sunk (69,476 tons) and 8 ships damaged (31,287 tons).


Legend
(d.) means the ship was damaged.
(p.) means the ship was taken as prize (included in ships & tonnage lost).


This map shows where Allied ships were hit during January 1916.

In some cases the exact positions of losses are not known, those are not shown.

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Ships Attacked by U-boats during WWI