Ships hit during WWI

Losses by Month

October 1917

This is the full listing of all ships hit during October 1917. 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 Oct 1917	U 151	Waldemar Kophamel	Etna	5,604		it
1 Oct 1917	U 39	Walter Forstmann	Mersario	3,847		br
1 Oct 1917	U 39	Walter Forstmann	Normanton	3,862		br
1 Oct 1917	U 60	Karl Georg Schuster	Saint Pierre	277		fr
1 Oct 1917	U 73	Ernst von Voigt	Ludovicos	50		br
1 Oct 1917	U 90	Walter Remy	Neuilly	2,186		fr
1 Oct 1917	U 96	Heinrich Jeß	Carrabin	2,739		br
2 Oct 1917	U 151	Waldemar Kophamel	Viajante	377		pt
2 Oct 1917	U 39	Walter Forstmann	Almora	4,385		br
2 Oct 1917	U 39	Walter Forstmann	Hikosan Maru	3,555		jp
2 Oct 1917	U 39	Walter Forstmann	Nuceria	4,702		br
2 Oct 1917	U 79	Otto Rohrbeck	Brisk (d.)	790		br
2 Oct 1917	U 79	Otto Rohrbeck	Drake	14,300		br
2 Oct 1917	U 79	Otto Rohrbeck	Lugano	3,810		br
2 Oct 1917	U 89	August Mildenberger	Trafaria	1,744		pt
2 Oct 1917	UB 48	Wolfgang Steinbauer	Imera	1,172		it
2 Oct 1917	UC 14	Helmut Lorenz	Willing Boys	51		br
3 Oct 1917			Memling	7,307		br
3 Oct 1917	U 60	Karl Georg Schuster	Saint Antoine	217		fr
3 Oct 1917	U 60	Karl Georg Schuster	Stella	219		fr
3 Oct 1917	U 89	August Mildenberger	Baron Blantyre	1,844		br
3 Oct 1917	U 90	Walter Remy	Jeannette	228		fr
3 Oct 1917	U 96	Heinrich Jeß	Hurst	4,718		br
3 Oct 1917	UB 41	Max Ploen	Clydebrae (d.)	502		br
3 Oct 1917	UC 35	Hans Paul Korsch	Elisa	178		it
3 Oct 1917	UC 35	Hans Paul Korsch	Giuseppe Ferrante	51		it
3 Oct 1917	UC 47	Paul Hundius	Annie F. Conlon	591		am
3 Oct 1917	UC 65	Claus Lafrenz	Tasmania	3,662		it
4 Oct 1917			Kassid Karim	65		fr
4 Oct 1917	U 151	Waldemar Kophamel	Bygdønes	2,849		nw
4 Oct 1917	U 32	Kurt Hartwig	Constantinos Embiricos	2,611		gr
4 Oct 1917	U 32	Kurt Hartwig	Nicolaos Roussos	2,421		gr
4 Oct 1917	U 96	Heinrich Jeß	Rupee	39		br
4 Oct 1917	U 96	Heinrich Jeß	Young Clifford	47		br
4 Oct 1917	UB 35	Karl Stöter	Perseverance	30		br
4 Oct 1917	UB 48	Wolfgang Steinbauer	Citta Di Bari	1,489		it
4 Oct 1917	UC 67	Karl Neumann	Stella	216		fr
5 Oct 1917	k.u.k. U28	Zdenko Hudecek	Bontnewydd	3,296		br
5 Oct 1917	UB 51	Ernst Krafft	Forestmoor	2,844		br
6 Oct 1917	U 89	August Mildenberger	Victorine	1,241		fr
6 Oct 1917	U 96	Heinrich Jeß	Bedale	2,116		br
6 Oct 1917	UC 69	Hugo Thielmann	Lamartine	424		fr
6 Oct 1917	UC 69	Hugo Thielmann	Le Coq (d.)	3,419		br
6 Oct 1917	UC 74	Wilhelm Marschall	Civilian	7,871		br
7 Oct 1917	UB 57	Otto Steinbrinck	Alcyone	116		br
7 Oct 1917	UC 14	Adolf Feddersen	Reliance	60		br
7 Oct 1917	UC 73	Kurt Schapler	Georgios	560		gr
8 Oct 1917	U 57	Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg	Aylevarroo	908		br
8 Oct 1917	U 57	Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg	Richard De Larrinaga	5,591		br
8 Oct 1917	U 96	Heinrich Jeß	Greldon	3,322		br
8 Oct 1917	U 96	Heinrich Jeß	Memphian	6,305		br
9 Oct 1917			Ioannis	280		gr
9 Oct 1917	U 101	Karl Koopmann	Nervier	1,759		be
9 Oct 1917	U 96	Heinrich Jeß	Champagne	5,360		br
9 Oct 1917	U 96	Heinrich Jeß	Peshawur	7,634		br
9 Oct 1917	UB 48	Wolfgang Steinbauer	Niki	511		gr
9 Oct 1917	UC 51	Hans Galster	Poldown	1,370		br
9 Oct 1917	UC 75	Johannes Lohs	Main	715		br
10 Oct 1917			Waltham	162		br
10 Oct 1917	U 32	Kurt Hartwig	Transporteur	1,812		fr
10 Oct 1917	U 53	Hans Rose	Bostonian	5,736		br
10 Oct 1917	U 53	Hans Rose	Gowrie	1,031		br
11 Oct 1917	U 22	Hinrich Hermann Hashagen	Elve	899		br
11 Oct 1917	U 53	Hans Rose	Lewis Luckenbach	3,906		am
11 Oct 1917	U 61	Victor Dieckmann	Rhodesia	4,313		br
11 Oct 1917	UB 42	Kurt Schwarz	Agios Georgios	106		ru
11 Oct 1917	UB 57	Otto Steinbrinck	Joshua	60		br
11 Oct 1917	UC 35	Hans Paul Korsch	Cayo Bonito	3,427		br
11 Oct 1917	UC 35	Hans Paul Korsch	Italia	3,456		it
11 Oct 1917	UC 35	Hans Paul Korsch	Lovli	7,212		it
11 Oct 1917	UC 37	Willy List	Unidentified Sailing Vessel	14
11 Oct 1917	UC 40	Hermann Menzel	Voronezh (d.)	5,331		ru
11 Oct 1917	UC 50	Rudolf Seuffer	Baychattan	3,758		br
11 Oct 1917	UC 50	Rudolf Seuffer	Mira	3,700		br
11 Oct 1917	UC 74	Wilhelm Marschall	Panormitis	59		fr
12 Oct 1917	U 151	Waldemar Kophamel	Parthian (d.)	1,025		br
12 Oct 1917	U 57	Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg	Cape Corso (d.)	3,890		br
12 Oct 1917	U 57	Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg	Georgios Markettos	2,269		gr
12 Oct 1917	UB 18	Georg Niemeyer	Peebles	4,284		br
12 Oct 1917	UB 51	Ernst Krafft	Themis	7,403		nw
12 Oct 1917	UC 75	Johannes Lohs	W. M. Barkley	569		br
13 Oct 1917	U 151	Waldemar Kophamel	Caprera	5,040		it
13 Oct 1917	U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière	Alavi	3,627		br
13 Oct 1917	U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière	Despina G. Michalinos	2,851		gr
13 Oct 1917	U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière	Doris	3,979		it
13 Oct 1917	U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière	Lilla	2,819		it
13 Oct 1917	U 57	Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg	Diu	5,556		pt
13 Oct 1917	U 62	Ernst Hashagen	Woodburn (d.)	2,360		br
13 Oct 1917	UB 58	Werner Fürbringer	Bethel	257		nw
13 Oct 1917	UB 58	Werner Fürbringer	Esmeralda	830		sw
13 Oct 1917	UB 64	Walter Gude	Newquay (d.)	4,191		br
13 Oct 1917	UC 35	Hans Paul Korsch	Tripoli (d.)	1,743		it
13 Oct 1917	UC 75	Johannes Lohs	Eskmere	2,293		br
14 Oct 1917	U 105	Friedrich Strackerjan	Ecaterini C. D.	3,739		gr
14 Oct 1917	U 57	Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg	East Wales	4,321		br
14 Oct 1917	UB 48	Wolfgang Steinbauer	Valparaiso	4,930		it
14 Oct 1917	UC 48	Kurt Ramien	Barbro	2,356		nw
14 Oct 1917	UC 48	Kurt Ramien	Castro	1,994		gr
14 Oct 1917	UC 73	Kurt Schapler	Lido G.	1,003		it
14 Oct 1917	UC 74	Wilhelm Marschall	Semantha	2,847		br
15 Oct 1917			Saint Paul	79		fr
15 Oct 1917	U 105	Friedrich Strackerjan	St. Helens	1,497		am
15 Oct 1917	U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière	City Of Belfast (d.)	1,055		br
15 Oct 1917	U 53	Hans Rose	San Nazario (d.)	10,064		br
15 Oct 1917	UC 48	Kurt Ramien	Hovde	1,196		nw
15 Oct 1917	UC 51	Hans Galster	Active Iii	81		br
15 Oct 1917	UC 62	Max Schmitz	Hartburn	2,367		br
15 Oct 1917	UC 74	Wilhelm Marschall	White Head	1,172		br
15 Oct 1917	UC 77	Reinhard von Rabenau	Leander (d.)	2,798		br
15 Oct 1917	UC 79	Werner Löwe	Garthclyde	2,124		br
16 Oct 1917			St. Paul	79		fr
16 Oct 1917	U 105	Friedrich Strackerjan	Rose	163		fr
16 Oct 1917	U 22	Hinrich Hermann Hashagen	Jennie E. Righter	647		am
16 Oct 1917	U 61	Victor Dieckmann	Cassin (d.)	1,020		am
16 Oct 1917	UC 60	Waldemar von Fischer	Est	1,426		ru
17 Oct 1917	U 105	Friedrich Strackerjan	Antilles	6,878		am
17 Oct 1917	U 22	Hinrich Hermann Hashagen	California	5,629		br
17 Oct 1917	U 53	Hans Rose	Manchuria	2,997		br
17 Oct 1917	U 53	Hans Rose	Polvena	4,750		br
17 Oct 1917	U 62	Ernst Hashagen	Adams	2,223		br
17 Oct 1917	UC 25	Walter Lippold	Goorkha (d.)	6,335		br
17 Oct 1917	UC 79	Werner Löwe	Ruby (hms)	251		br
18 Oct 1917	U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière	Lorenzo	2,498		it
18 Oct 1917	U 62	Ernst Hashagen	Madura	4,484		br
18 Oct 1917	U 93	Helmut Gerlach	Macao	3,557		bz
18 Oct 1917	UB 21	Walter Scheffler	Amsteldam	1,233		br
18 Oct 1917	UC 25	Johannes Feldkirchner	Anna Scotto	594		it
18 Oct 1917	UC 47	Günther Wigankow	Cadmus	1,879		br
18 Oct 1917	UC 47	Günther Wigankow	Togston	1,057		br
18 Oct 1917	UC 64	Erich Hecht	Altair	1,674		nw
18 Oct 1917	UC 64	Erich Hecht	Sten	928		br
18 Oct 1917	UC 65	Claus Lafrenz	Comrades	63		br
19 Oct 1917	U 22	Hinrich Hermann Hashagen	Australdale	4,379		au
19 Oct 1917	U 22	Hinrich Hermann Hashagen	Staro	1,805		nw
19 Oct 1917	U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière	Ikoma Maru	3,048		jp
19 Oct 1917	U 53	Hans Rose	Parkhaven	2,635		nl
19 Oct 1917	U 62	Ernst Hashagen	J. L. Luckenbach (d.)	4,920		am
19 Oct 1917	U 62	Ernst Hashagen	Orama	12,927		br
19 Oct 1917	U 64	Robert Moraht	War Clover	5,174		br
19 Oct 1917	k.u.k. U14	Georg Ritter von Trapp	Elsiston	2,908		br
19 Oct 1917	k.u.k. U14	Georg Ritter von Trapp	Good Hope	3,618		br
19 Oct 1917	UB 21	Walter Scheffler	Gemma	1,385		br
19 Oct 1917	UB 31	Thomas Bieber	Waikawa	5,666		br
19 Oct 1917	UB 38	Wilhelm Amberger	Teespool (d.)	4,577		br
19 Oct 1917	UB 40	Hans Howaldt	Wellington (d.)	5,600		br
19 Oct 1917	UB 48	Wolfgang Steinbauer	Pera	7,635		br
19 Oct 1917	UB 66	Fritz Wernicke	Martha	412		da
19 Oct 1917	UC 40	Hermann Menzel	Slavonic	3,604		ru
19 Oct 1917	UC 62	Max Schmitz	Hazelwood	3,120		br
19 Oct 1917	UC 75	Johannes Lohs	Britannia	765		br
19 Oct 1917	UC 77	Reinhard von Rabenau	Eldra	227		br
19 Oct 1917	UC 79	Werner Löwe	Cupica	1,240		br
19 Oct 1917	UC 79	Werner Löwe	Renard	285		fr
20 Oct 1917	U 151	Waldemar Kophamel	Moyori Maru	3,746		jp
20 Oct 1917	U 22	Hinrich Hermann Hashagen	Snetinden	2,859		nw
20 Oct 1917	U 57	Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg	Norden	703		sw
20 Oct 1917	U 71	Walter Gude	Thomas Stratten	309		br
20 Oct 1917	UB 31	Thomas Bieber	Colorado	7,165		br
20 Oct 1917	UB 38	Wilhelm Amberger	Algarve	1,274		br
20 Oct 1917	UB 48	Wolfgang Steinbauer	Collegian	7,520		br
20 Oct 1917	UB 57	Otto Steinbrinck	Leander	2,968		nw
20 Oct 1917	UB 57	Otto Steinbrinck	Nitedal	1,714		nw
20 Oct 1917	UC 25	Walter Lippold	Virginia Gentile	165		it
20 Oct 1917	UC 4	Walter Schmitz	Vitality	202		br
20 Oct 1917	UC 51	Hans Galster	Ionian	8,268		br
21 Oct 1917	U 107	Wilhelm-Friedrich Starke	Epiros (d.)	1,084		gr
21 Oct 1917	U 151	Waldemar Kophamel	Gryfevale	4,437		br
21 Oct 1917	UC 40	Hermann Menzel	Anglo Dane	808		da
21 Oct 1917	UC 40	Hermann Menzel	Flynderborg	1,400		da
21 Oct 1917	UC 49	Karl Petri	Bunty	73		br
21 Oct 1917	UC 79	Werner Löwe	Tom Roper	120		br
22 Oct 1917	U 46	Leo Hillebrand	Zillah	3,788		br
22 Oct 1917	UB 57	Otto Steinbrinck	Novillo	2,336		da
22 Oct 1917	UC 48	Helmut Lorenz	Aizcorri Mendi (d.)	2,272		sp
23 Oct 1917	U 79	Otto Rohrbeck	Earl Lennox	226		br
23 Oct 1917	k.u.k. U14	Georg Ritter von Trapp	Capo Di Monte	5,902		it
23 Oct 1917	UB 31	Thomas Bieber	Lepanto (d.)	6,389		br
23 Oct 1917	UB 57	Otto Steinbrinck	Seistan	4,238		br
23 Oct 1917	UB 57	Otto Steinbrinck	Tredegar Hall	3,764		br
24 Oct 1917	U 46	Leo Hillebrand	Ilderton	3,125		br
24 Oct 1917	UB 40	Hans Howaldt	Gallia	2,728		it
24 Oct 1917	UC 40	Hermann Menzel	Novington (d.)	3,442		br
24 Oct 1917	UC 40	Hermann Menzel	Woron	3,342		ru
24 Oct 1917	UC 63	Karsten von Heydebreck	Ulfsborg	2,040		da
25 Oct 1917			Madalena	2,601		it
25 Oct 1917	U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière	Fannie Prescott	404		am
25 Oct 1917	U 64	Robert Moraht	Erviken	2,134		nw
25 Oct 1917	U 64	Robert Moraht	Ness	3,050		br
25 Oct 1917	U 64	Robert Moraht	Sheaf Blade	2,378		br
25 Oct 1917	UB 40	Hans Howaldt	Gefion	1,123		br
25 Oct 1917	UC 11	Karl Dobberstein	Wearside	3,560		br
25 Oct 1917	UC 34	Horst Obermüller	Euston	2,841		br
26 Oct 1917	U 104	Kurt Bernis	Sapele	4,366		br
26 Oct 1917	U 64	Robert Moraht	Le Tarn	1,658		fr
27 Oct 1917	U 93	Helmut Gerlach	D. N. Luckenbach	2,929		am
27 Oct 1917	UB 34	Hellmuth von Ruckteschell	Lady Helen	811		br
27 Oct 1917	UC 11	Karl Dobberstein	Strymon	198		br
28 Oct 1917	U 46	Leo Hillebrand	Baron Balfour	3,991		br
28 Oct 1917	U 64	Robert Moraht	Ferrona	4,591		br
28 Oct 1917	U 93	Helmut Gerlach	Finland (d.)	12,222		am
28 Oct 1917	UB 40	Hans Howaldt	Redesmere	2,123		br
28 Oct 1917	UB 50	Franz Becker	Marc Fraissinet	3,060		fr
28 Oct 1917	UB 50	Franz Becker	Senegal	845		it
28 Oct 1917	UC 63	Karsten von Heydebreck	Baron Garioch	1,831		br
29 Oct 1917	U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière	Namur	6,694		br
29 Oct 1917	U 93	Helmut Gerlach	La Epoca	2,432		ur
29 Oct 1917	UC 63	Karsten von Heydebreck	Marne	979		fr
30 Oct 1917			Tor	333		ru
30 Oct 1917	U 93	Helmut Gerlach	Liff	2,521		nw
31 Oct 1917	U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière	Cambric	3,403		br
31 Oct 1917	UB 35	Karl Stöter	Phare	1,282		br
31 Oct 1917	UB 65	Martin Schelle	Margrete (d.)	1,277		da
31 Oct 1917	UC 37	Willy List	Evangelistria	17		gr
31 Oct 1917	UC 65	Claus Lafrenz	North Sea	1,711		br
31 Oct 1917	UC 71	Ernst Steindorff	Estrellano	1,161		br
				575,256
192 ships sunk (488,950 tons) and 23 ships damaged (86,306 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. We have a picture of this vessel.

This map shows where Allied ships were hit during October 1917.
Resource id #239

ms = 22.57N17.04W,32.35N28.41E,33.41N15.25W,33.53N22.19E,33.53N08.45W,34.53N19.50E,35.26N08.15W,35.27N08.25W,35.28N08.37W,35.29N14.58E,35.33N21.48E,35.36N08.07W,35.37N07.46W,35.39N07.53W,35.40N17.28E,35.40N15.10W,35.44N24.33E,35.49N24.05E,35.53N17.05E,35.57N07.03W,35.57N14.40E,36.00N04.15W,36.13N24.33E,36.15N00.03W,36.39N02.11W,36.56N21.58E,37.00N12.35E,37.01N08.37E,37.16N24.00E,37.26N11.04E,37.40N00.34W,37.42N00.33W,37.45N00.38W,37.46N00.38W,37.58N08.37E,39.28N00.10W,41.02N09.44E,42.46N04.11E,42.47N04.10E,43.15N10.30W,43.54N10.02W,44.14N08.30E,44.14N08.029E,44.50N09.30W,45.00N11.26W,45.00N12.07W,45.24N11.32W,45.35N11.10W,45.35N09.53W,45.41N10.43W,45.57N11.19W,46.03N01.43W,46.14N13.07W,46.21N06.30W,46.23N11.19W,46.29N10.26W,46.34N08.34W,46.43N13.23W,46.49N12.21W,47.04N02.40W,47.30N09.40W,47.37N05.13W,48.00N09.20W,48.08N09.31W,48.10N11.15W,48.24N08.20W,48.30N10.00W,48.47N04.43W,48.55N04.14W,48.55N05.10W,49.36N06.56W,49.54N05.04W,49.55N05.30W,50.19N05.26W,50.30N01.20W,50.31N05.17W,50.31N05.05W,50.36N01.43W,50.41N00.09E,51.35N04.59W,51.37N00.48E,51.40N08.13W,51.45N07.51W,52.16N02.46E,53.40N00.12E,54.09N00.08W,54.17N05.10W,55.45N05.57W,55.56N11.00W,56.08N00.58E,59.51N23.46E,60.08N01.42E,60.11N00.42W,60.23N00.41W,61.12N02.10W,69.46N35.32E

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

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