Ships hit during WWI

Losses by Month

December 1916

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

Date	U-boat	Commander	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.

1 Dec 1916			Rene Montrieux	234		fr
1 Dec 1916	U 32	Kurt Hartwig	Cuore Di Gesu	199		it
1 Dec 1916	U 32	Kurt Hartwig	Lampo	59		it
1 Dec 1916	U 47	Heinrich Metzger	Kediri	3,781		nl
1 Dec 1916	U 81	Raimund Weisbach	Douglas	1,177		sw
1 Dec 1916	UB 18	Claus Lafrenz	Indiana	178		fr
1 Dec 1916	UB 18	Claus Lafrenz	Saint Joseph	182		fr
1 Dec 1916	UB 29-C19		Bossi	1,462		nw
1 Dec 1916	UB 37	Paul Günther	Erich Lindøe	1,097		nw
1 Dec 1916	UB 39	Heinrich Küstner	Jeanne D’arc	205		fr
1 Dec 1916	UC 19	Alfred Nitzsche	Briardene	2,701		br
1 Dec 1916	UC 21	Reinhold Saltzwedel	King Bleddyn	4,387		br
1 Dec 1916	UC 22	Heino von Heimburg	Burcombe	3,516		br
2 Dec 1916	U 32	Kurt Hartwig	Angela Madre S.	155		it
2 Dec 1916	U 39	Walter Forstmann	Istrar	4,582		br
2 Dec 1916	U 63	Otto Schultze	Luigi C.	71		it
2 Dec 1916	U 63	Otto Schultze	Roma	642		it
2 Dec 1916	U 72	Ernst Krafft	Palermo	9,203		it
2 Dec 1916	UB 18	Claus Lafrenz	Skjoldulf	502		nw
2 Dec 1916	UB 23	Heinz Ziemer	Harpalus	1,445		br
2 Dec 1916	UB 29-C19		Hitterøy	1,985		nw
2 Dec 1916	UB 39	Heinrich Küstner	Palacine	3,286		ca
2 Dec 1916	UC 21	Reinhold Saltzwedel	Demetrios Inglesis	2,088		gr
2 Dec 1916	UC 21	Reinhold Saltzwedel	Robinson	186		fr
2 Dec 1916	UC 21	Reinhold Saltzwedel	Uribitarte	1,756		sp
3 Dec 1916	U 32	Kurt Hartwig	Lucellum (d.)	5,184		br
3 Dec 1916	U 38	Max Valentiner	Dacia	1,856		br
3 Dec 1916	U 38	Max Valentiner	Kanguroo	2,493		fr
3 Dec 1916	U 38	Max Valentiner	Surprise	680		fr
3 Dec 1916	U 39	Walter Forstmann	Plata	1,861		it
3 Dec 1916	U 63	Otto Schultze	Perugia	4,348		br
3 Dec 1916	UB 18	Claus Lafrenz	Mizpah	57		br
3 Dec 1916	UB 18	Claus Lafrenz	Seeker	74		br
3 Dec 1916	UB 18	Claus Lafrenz	Yrsa	879		da
3 Dec 1916	UB 29-C19		Giustizia	1,168		it
3 Dec 1916	UB 39	Heinrich Küstner	Harald	1,083		nw
3 Dec 1916	UB 39	Heinrich Küstner	Primevere	143		fr
3 Dec 1916	UC 21	Reinhold Saltzwedel	Aiglon	280		fr
3 Dec 1916	UC 21	Reinhold Saltzwedel	Louise	155		fr
3 Dec 1916	UC 21	Reinhold Saltzwedel	Verdun	184		fr
3 Dec 1916	UC 4	Hans Howaldt	Remarko	245		br
4 Dec 1916	U 58	Kurt Wippern	Senta	1,024		sw
4 Dec 1916	U 65	Hermann von Fischel	Caledonia	9,223		br
4 Dec 1916	UB 23	Heinz Ziemer	Nervion	1,921		nw
4 Dec 1916	UB 29-C19	Heinz Ziemer	Julian Benito	1,075		sp
4 Dec 1916	UB 37	Paul Günther	Fofo	2,615		gr
4 Dec 1916	UC 21	Reinhold Saltzwedel	Pallas	1,202		ru
4 Dec 1916	UC 22	Heino von Heimburg	Algerie	4,035		fr
5 Dec 1916	U 58	Kurt Wippern	Stettin	412		nw
5 Dec 1916	U 63	Otto Schultze	Grigorios Anghelatos	3,635		gr
5 Dec 1916	U 82	Hans Adam	Dorit	242		da
5 Dec 1916	U 82	Hans Adam	Ella	879		nw
5 Dec 1916	UB 29-C19	Hans Adam	Fede	1,987		it
5 Dec 1916	UC 21	Reinhold Saltzwedel	Nexos	1,013		da
5 Dec 1916	UC 4	Hans Howaldt	Tervani	457		br
6 Dec 1916			Poona (d.)	7,626		br
6 Dec 1916	U 32	Kurt Hartwig	Campania	4,297		it
6 Dec 1916	U 82	Hans Adam	Christine	196		da
6 Dec 1916	U 82	Hans Adam	Robert	353		da
6 Dec 1916	UB 29	Erich Platsch	Ans	362		ru
6 Dec 1916	UB 29	Erich Platsch	Marie	325		da
6 Dec 1916	UB 37	Paul Günther	Halfdan	1,305		da
6 Dec 1916	UB 39	Heinrich Küstner	Amicitia	1,111		nw
6 Dec 1916	UC 21	Reinhold Saltzwedel	Gerona	1,328		sp
6 Dec 1916	UC 25	Johannes Feldkirchner	Shchit	248		ru
7 Dec 1916	U 47	Heinrich Metzger	Spyros	3,357		gr
7 Dec 1916	U 59	Wilhelm von Fircks	August	341		nw
7 Dec 1916	UB 29	Erich Platsch	Keltier (d.)	2,360		be
7 Dec 1916	UB 29	Erich Platsch	Meteor	4,217		nw
7 Dec 1916	UB 37	Paul Günther	Marguerite Dollfus	1,948		fr
7 Dec 1916	UB 39	Heinrich Küstner	Bravo	1,214		sp
7 Dec 1916	UC 21	Reinhold Saltzwedel	Avristan	3,818		br
8 Dec 1916			Kent County	86		br
8 Dec 1916	U 32	Kurt Hartwig	Carmelina Dominici	94		it
8 Dec 1916	U 38	Max Valentiner	Brask	1,464		nw
8 Dec 1916	U 38	Max Valentiner	Britannia	1,814		br
8 Dec 1916	U 59	Wilhelm von Fircks	Harry	81		nw
8 Dec 1916	UB 23	Heinz Ziemer	Conch	5,620		br
8 Dec 1916	UB 39	Heinrich Küstner	Rakiura	3,569		nw
8 Dec 1916	UB 39	Heinrich Küstner	Rollo	2,290		da
8 Dec 1916	UB 39	Heinrich Küstner	Saga	433		nw
8 Dec 1916	UC 21	Reinhold Saltzwedel	Dagon	250		br
8 Dec 1916	UC 21	Reinhold Saltzwedel	Falk	1,379		nw
8 Dec 1916	UC 21	Reinhold Saltzwedel	Marjolaine	163		fr
8 Dec 1916	UC 21	Reinhold Saltzwedel	Modum	2,937		nw
9 Dec 1916	U 38	Max Valentiner	Brizella	282		pt
9 Dec 1916	UC 11	Benno von Ditfurth	Forth	1,159		br
9 Dec 1916	UC 11	Benno von Ditfurth	Harlington	1,089		br
9 Dec 1916	UC 11	Benno von Ditfurth	Harlyn	1,794		br
10 Dec 1916	U 24	Walter Remy	Agder	305		nw
10 Dec 1916	U 38	Max Valentiner	Esemplare	2,595		it
10 Dec 1916	U 52	Hans Walther	Emma Laurans	2,153		fr
10 Dec 1916	U 82	Hans Adam	Gerda	287		da
10 Dec 1916	UC 26	Matthias Graf von Schmettow	Strathalbyn	4,331		br
11 Dec 1916	U 63	Otto Schultze	Magellan	6,027		fr
11 Dec 1916	U 63	Otto Schultze	Sinai	4,624		fr
11 Dec 1916	U 66	Thorwald von Bothmer	Bjor	1,090		nw
11 Dec 1916	U 66	Thorwald von Bothmer	Palander	311		sw
11 Dec 1916	U 72	Ernst Krafft	Jeanne	534		it
11 Dec 1916	UC 10	Werner Albrecht	Nora	772		da
11 Dec 1916	UC 18	Wilhelm Kiel	Inger	786		da
12 Dec 1916	U 32	Kurt Hartwig	Saint Ursula	5,011		br
12 Dec 1916	UB 38	Wilhelm Amberger	Coath	975		br
12 Dec 1916	UB 38	Wilhelm Amberger	Conrad	164		br
12 Dec 1916	UC 14	Franz Becker	Regina Margherita (rin)	13,427		it
13 Dec 1916			Vala	2,129		sw
13 Dec 1916	U 38	Max Valentiner	Angelo Parodi	3,825		it
13 Dec 1916	U 38	Max Valentiner	Kaupanger	3,354		nw
13 Dec 1916	U 47	Heinrich Metzger	Salamis	3,638		gr
13 Dec 1916	U 71	Hugo Schmidt	Solon	137		da
13 Dec 1916	U 78	Otto Dröscher	Kursk (d.)	7,869		ru
13 Dec 1916	UB 43	Hans von Mellenthin	Bretwalda	4,037		br
14 Dec 1916	U 72	Ernst Krafft	Caledonia (d.)	7,572		br
14 Dec 1916	U 84	Walter Roehr	Aamot (p.)	1,362		nw
14 Dec 1916	UB 43	Hans von Mellenthin	Russian	8,825		br
14 Dec 1916	UB 43	Hans von Mellenthin	Westminster	4,342		br
14 Dec 1916	UC 18	Wilhelm Kiel	Glencoe	2,560		br
14 Dec 1916	UC 18	Wilhelm Kiel	Leca	1,911		pt
14 Dec 1916	UC 32	Herbert Breyer	Burnhope	1,941		br
15 Dec 1916	U 38	Max Valentiner	Emmanuele Accame	3,242		it
15 Dec 1916	UB 17	Ulrich Meier	Birgit (p.)	316		nw
15 Dec 1916	UB 38	Wilhelm Amberger	Naiad	1,907		br
15 Dec 1916	UC 17	Ralph Wenninger	Constance Mary	177		br
15 Dec 1916	UC 18	Wilhelm Kiel	Rogn	1,028		nw
16 Dec 1916	U 46	Alfred Saalwächter	Chassie Maersk	1,387		da
16 Dec 1916	U 46	Alfred Saalwächter	Gerda	775		da
16 Dec 1916	U 46	Alfred Saalwächter	Taki Maru	3,208		jp
17 Dec 1916			Athole	112		br
17 Dec 1916	U 38	Max Valentiner	Tripoli	56		it
17 Dec 1916	U 46	Alfred Saalwächter	Bayhall	3,898		br
17 Dec 1916	U 70	Otto Wünsche	Pascal	5,587		br
17 Dec 1916	U 71	Hugo Schmidt	Sjofna	528		nw
17 Dec 1916	U 83	Bruno Hoppe	Niord	123		sw
17 Dec 1916	UB 38	Wilhelm Amberger	Ason	2,083		sp
17 Dec 1916	UC 11	Benno von Ditfurth	Michail Ontchoukoff	2,118		da
17 Dec 1916	UC 17	Ralph Wenninger	Alerte	176		fr
17 Dec 1916	UC 18	Wilhelm Kiel	Cascais	835		pt
17 Dec 1916	UC 18	Wilhelm Kiel	Immacule Concepcion	246		fr
17 Dec 1916	UC 18	Wilhelm Kiel	Prima	1,233		nw
17 Dec 1916	UC 18	Wilhelm Kiel	Prosper Leon	42		fr
17 Dec 1916	UC 18	Wilhelm Kiel	Saint Yves	325		fr
17 Dec 1916	UC 21	Reinhold Saltzwedel	Margaret	54		br
18 Dec 1916	U 70	Otto Wünsche	Eugene Gaston	184		fr
18 Dec 1916	U 70	Otto Wünsche	Flimston	5,751		br
18 Dec 1916	U 70	Otto Wünsche	Hirondelle	148		fr
18 Dec 1916	U 71	Hugo Schmidt	Herø	1,106		nw
18 Dec 1916	U 71	Hugo Schmidt	Sieka	119		nl
18 Dec 1916	U 80	Alfred von Glasenapp	Opal	599		br
18 Dec 1916	U 84	Walter Roehr	Malcolm (p.)	2,100		sw
18 Dec 1916	UB 34	Theodor Schultz	Arran	176		br
18 Dec 1916	UC 17	Ralph Wenninger	La Vague	167		fr
18 Dec 1916	UC 17	Ralph Wenninger	Maria Louis	108		fr
18 Dec 1916	UC 17	Ralph Wenninger	Quo Vadis	110		fr
18 Dec 1916	UC 18	Wilhelm Kiel	Kansan (d.)	7,913		am
18 Dec 1916	UC 27	Karl Vesper	Buki	4,499		ru
19 Dec 1916	U 46	Alfred Saalwächter	Falk	948		nw
19 Dec 1916	U 47	Heinrich Metzger	Sno	1,823		nw
19 Dec 1916	U 80	Alfred von Glasenapp	Liverpool	686		br
19 Dec 1916	U 81	Raimund Weisbach	Nystrand	1,397		nw
19 Dec 1916	UB 34	Theodor Schultz	Ansgar	926		nw
19 Dec 1916	UB 34	Theodor Schultz	Bretland (p.)	2,025		da
19 Dec 1916	UB 34	Theodor Schultz	Kornmo	591		nw
19 Dec 1916	UB 38	Wilhelm Amberger	Ocean	339		fr
20 Dec 1916	U 38	Max Valentiner	Itonus	5,340		br
20 Dec 1916	UB 34	Theodor Schultz	Eva	109		da
20 Dec 1916	UB 34	Theodor Schultz	Mereddio	1,372		sw
20 Dec 1916	UC 17	Ralph Wenninger	Otarie Ii	109		fr
20 Dec 1916	UC 17	Ralph Wenninger	Saint Antoine De Padoue	32		fr
20 Dec 1916	UC 32	Herbert Breyer	Hildawell	2,494		br
21 Dec 1916			Themis	897		nl
21 Dec 1916	U 73	Gustav Sieß	Murex	3,564		br
21 Dec 1916	UC 17	Ralph Wenninger	St. Ives	325		br
21 Dec 1916	UC 27	Karl Vesper	Skiftet	336		ru
21 Dec 1916	UC 46	Friedrich Moecke	Modig	1,704		nw
22 Dec 1916	U 70	Otto Wünsche	Avanti	1,673		it
22 Dec 1916	U 70	Otto Wünsche	Thyra (d.)	749		nw
22 Dec 1916	UC 18	Wilhelm Kiel	Amedee	130		fr
22 Dec 1916	UC 18	Wilhelm Kiel	Dansborg	2,242		da
22 Dec 1916	UC 18	Wilhelm Kiel	Hroptatyr	1,300		da
23 Dec 1916	U 21	Otto Hersing	Benalder (d.)	3,044		br
23 Dec 1916	U 46	Alfred Saalwächter	Marques De Urquijo	2,170		sp
23 Dec 1916	U 73	Gustav Sieß	Thistleban	4,117		br
23 Dec 1916	UC 46	Friedrich Moecke	William Middleton (d.)	2,543		br
24 Dec 1916	U 70	Otto Wünsche	Harry W. Adams	127		br
24 Dec 1916	UC 17	Ralph Wenninger	Bargany	872		br
24 Dec 1916	UC 46	Friedrich Moecke	Paul Paix (d.)	4,196		br
25 Dec 1916	U 46	Alfred Saalwächter	Marie Pierre	166		fr
25 Dec 1916	UC 17	Ralph Wenninger	Courlis	181		fr
26 Dec 1916	U 70	Otto Wünsche	Spinaway	95		br
26 Dec 1916	U 79	Heinrich Jeß	Johan	828		da
26 Dec 1916	UC 46	Friedrich Moecke	Agnes	99		br
26 Dec 1916	UC 46	Friedrich Moecke	Neptune	199		be
26 Dec 1916	UC 46	Friedrich Moecke	Saint Louis	184		fr
27 Dec 1916	U 46	Alfred Saalwächter	Aislaby	2,692		br
27 Dec 1916	U 46	Alfred Saalwächter	Goulfar	259		fr
27 Dec 1916	U 79	Heinrich Jeß	Copsewood	599		br
27 Dec 1916	U 79	Heinrich Jeß	Ida	1,300		nw
27 Dec 1916	UB 47	Wolfgang Steinbauer	Gaulois	11,100		fr
27 Dec 1916	UC 34	Robert Sprenger	Maud	176		fr
28 Dec 1916	UB 39	Heinrich Küstner	Rouen (d.)	1,656		fr
28 Dec 1916	UB 40	Hans Howaldt	Oldampt (p.)	470		nl
28 Dec 1916	UC 1	Oskar Steckelberg	Torpilleur 317	100		fr
28 Dec 1916	UC 16	Egon von Werner	Suffolk (d.)	7,573		br
28 Dec 1916	UC 17	Ralph Wenninger	Pitho	150		br
28 Dec 1916	UC 17	Ralph Wenninger	Union	563		nw
28 Dec 1916	UC 22	Heino von Heimburg	Oronsay	3,761		br
28 Dec 1916	UC 34	Robert Sprenger	Seedonis	284		ru
29 Dec 1916	U 48	Berndt Buß	Tuskar	3,042		ru
29 Dec 1916	UC 11	Benno von Ditfurth	Zoroaster	3,803		br
29 Dec 1916	UC 6	Werner von Zerboni di Sposetti	Lonada	1,286		br
29 Dec 1916	UC 6	Werner von Zerboni di Sposetti	Ludlow	810		br
29 Dec 1916	UC 6	Werner von Zerboni di Sposetti	Totnes (d.)	810		br
30 Dec 1916	U 70	Otto Wünsche	Borre	741		nw
30 Dec 1916	U 70	Otto Wünsche	Edda	1,138		nw
30 Dec 1916	U 79	Heinrich Jeß	Danmark	1,875		da
30 Dec 1916	UC 16	Egon von Werner	Aspenleaf (d.)	7,535		br
30 Dec 1916	UC 22	Heino von Heimburg	Apsleyhall	3,882		br
30 Dec 1916	UC 46	Friedrich Moecke	Sappho	2,087		gr
31 Dec 1916	UB 18	Claus Lafrenz	Eva	1,081		nw
31 Dec 1916	UB 18	Claus Lafrenz	Flora	1,033		nw
31 Dec 1916	UC 23	Johannes Kirchner	Venus	281		fr
31 Dec 1916	UC 31	Otto von Schrader	Protector	200		br
31 Dec 1916	UC 43	Erwin Sebelin	Lupus (p.)	539		nw
				414,487
209 ships sunk (347,857 tons) and 14 ships damaged (66,630 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. (p.) means the ship was taken as prize (included in ships & tonnage lost). We have a picture of this vessel.

This map shows where Allied ships were hit during December 1916.
Resource id #252

ms = 27.48N23.16W,28N14.20W,32.20N31.00E,33.15N28.20E,33.40N28.10E,34.14N28.15E,35.16N15.08E,35.20N16.23E,35.30N19.05E,35.30N18.52E,35.35N18.23E,35.40N17.05E,36.12N13.16E,36.30N23.45E,36.35N12.12E,36.36N12.10E,36.38N08.22W,37.02N03.58E,37.18N01.25W,37.18N10.29W,37.23N00.48W,37.46N09.26W,41.20N11.30E,42.54N07.39E,43.06N10.03W,43.11N09.19W,43.12N09.23W,43.51N07.28W,43.52N08.49E,44.12N03.31W,44.38N08.45W,45.16N08.00W,45.50N01.31W,45.55N08.00W,46.54N02.38W,46.57N02.41W,47.03N07.35W,47.05N07.49W,47.07N07.45W,47.13N05.12W,47.19N05.32W,47.38N04.19W,47.45N07.48W,47.50N05.52W,47.54N05.07W,48.02N05.40W,48.12N05.32W,48.37N05.10W,48.40N04.43W,48.45N04.40W,48.48N05.08W,48.52N05.19W,48.56N05.50W,49.04N06.20W,49.12N03.40W,49.17N05.17W,49.17N07.18W,49.19N05.49W,49.23N07.54W,49.29N07.58W,49.37N03.00W,49.38N05.50W,49.38N05.08W,49.40N03.48W,49.40N07.00W,49.42N05.51W,49.42N03.25W,49.45N03.40W,49.45N06.13W,49.46N06.12W,49.47N03.40W,49.47N05.10W,49.50N06.41W,49.52N07.19W,49.55N02.27W,4910N03.40W,50.05N00.40W,50.06N05.00W,50.10N04.12W,50.23N02.02W,50.37N00.34W,50.39N00.03W,50.41N05.10W,50.46N04.52W,50.56N08.58W,51.31N03.59W,51.51N01.20E,51.51N01.38E,51.53N01.38E,52.06N01.40E,53.49N04.23W,53.56N00.13E,54.05N00.55E,54.20N01.53E,56.06N01.40E,56.13N03.53E,56.18N02.03E,56.23N07.19W,56.25N03.30E,56.28N03.50E,56.36N04.37E,56.47N06.08E,56.49N05.44E,56.51N01.58W,56.52N05.19E,56.53N05.23E,57.10N07.35E,57.36N04.55E,59.20N03.49E,59.34N24.25E,59.58N20.08E

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

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