Ships hit during WWI

Losses by Month

December 1917

This is the full listing of all ships hit during December 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 Dec 1917	U 53	Hans Rose	Helenus (d.)	7,555		br
1 Dec 1917	U 65	Hermann von Fischel	Citta Di Sassari	2,167		it
1 Dec 1917	U 84	Walter Roehr	Antonios Stathatos	2,743		gr
1 Dec 1917	UB 35	Karl Stöter	Rion	50		br
1 Dec 1917	UC 67	Karl Neumann	Phoebus	unknown		fr
1 Dec 1917	UC 75	Johannes Lohs	Euphorbia	3,109		br
1 Dec 1917	UC 75	Johannes Lohs	Rydal Hall	3,314		br
2 Dec 1917			Kintuck	4,639		br
2 Dec 1917	U 34	Johannes Klasing	Berwick Law	4,680		br
2 Dec 1917	U 34	Johannes Klasing	Minas	2,506		gr
2 Dec 1917	U 65	Hermann von Fischel	Carlino	94		it
2 Dec 1917	U 65	Hermann von Fischel	La Margherita	41		it
2 Dec 1917	U 65	Hermann von Fischel	San Antonio Il Vittorioso	45		it
2 Dec 1917	U 84	Walter Roehr	Birchgrove	2,821		br
2 Dec 1917	UC 17	Ulrich Pilzecker	Tasmania	2,089		ru
2 Dec 1917	UC 67	Karl Neumann	La Rance	2,610		fr
3 Dec 1917			Henriques	237		pt
3 Dec 1917	U 57	Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg	Copeland	1,184		br
3 Dec 1917	UB 35	Karl Stöter	Livonia	1,879		br
3 Dec 1917	UB 35	Karl Stöter	Wreathier	852		br
3 Dec 1917	UC 25	Johannes Feldkirchner	Melo	1,115		it
3 Dec 1917	UC 67	Karl Neumann	Carmen	5,479		it
4 Dec 1917			Claudio (d.)	2,588		sp
4 Dec 1917	UB 35	Karl Stöter	Eagle	182		br
4 Dec 1917	UB 35	Karl Stöter	Helge	343		sw
4 Dec 1917	UB 48	Wolfgang Steinbauer	Dowlais	3,016		br
4 Dec 1917	UB 48	Wolfgang Steinbauer	Gerasimos	3,845		gr
4 Dec 1917	UB 80	Max Viebeg	Vav	1,255		nw
4 Dec 1917	UC 17	Ulrich Pilzecker	Forfar	3,827		br
4 Dec 1917	UC 35	Hans Paul Korsch	Alberto Verderame	195		it
4 Dec 1917	UC 63	Karsten von Heydebreck	Brigitta	2,084		br
4 Dec 1917	UC 64	Erich Hecht	Manchester Mariner (d.)	4,106		br
4 Dec 1917	UC 75	Johannes Lohs	Milton (d.)	3,267		br
5 Dec 1917	U 53	Hans Rose	Earlswood (d.)	2,353		br
5 Dec 1917	UB 59	Erwin Waßner	City Of Naples (d.)	5,739		br
5 Dec 1917	UB 75	Franz Walther	Aigburth	824		br
5 Dec 1917	UB 80	Max Viebeg	Armenia (d.)	5,463		am
5 Dec 1917	UC 67	Karl Neumann	Greenwich	2,938		br
6 Dec 1917	U 34	Johannes Klasing	Ilvington Court	4,217		br
6 Dec 1917	U 53	Hans Rose	Jacob Jones	1,050		am
6 Dec 1917	U 57	Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg	Saint Antoine De Padoue (d.)	355		fr
6 Dec 1917	UB 75	Franz Walther	Leda	1,140		nl
6 Dec 1917	UC 17	Ulrich Pilzecker	Asaba	972		br
6 Dec 1917	UC 38	Hans Hermann Wendlandt	Tubereuse	183		fr
6 Dec 1917	UC 71	Ernst Steindorff	Apley	222		br
6 Dec 1917	UC 71	Ernst Steindorff	Braeside	569		br
6 Dec 1917	UC 71	Ernst Steindorff	Wyndhurst	570		br
7 Dec 1917	U 156	Konrad Gansser	W.c. Mc Kay	147		ca
7 Dec 1917	UB 55	Ralph Wenninger	Proba	105		br
7 Dec 1917	UB 75	Franz Walther	Highgate	1,780		br
7 Dec 1917	UC 75	Johannes Lohs	Earl Of Elgin	4,448		br
8 Dec 1917	UB 18	Georg Niemeyer	Nonni	4,105		ru
8 Dec 1917	UB 48	Wolfgang Steinbauer	Consols	3,756		br
8 Dec 1917	UB 55	Ralph Wenninger	Corinto	999		nw
8 Dec 1917	UB 75	Franz Walther	Lampada	2,230		br
8 Dec 1917	UC 25	Walter Lippold	Chyebassa (d.)	6,249		br
8 Dec 1917	UC 40	Hermann Menzel	Grive	2,037		br
8 Dec 1917	UC 49	Hans Kükenthal	Maindy Bridge	3,653		br
8 Dec 1917	UC 53	Kurt Albrecht	Giuseppe Naccari	128		it
8 Dec 1917	UC 67	Karl Neumann	La Vittoria	53		it
9 Dec 1917	U 53	Hans Rose	Nyanza (d.)	6,695		br
9 Dec 1917	U 53	Hans Rose	War Tune	2,045		br
9 Dec 1917	U 64	Robert Moraht	Adour	1,940		nw
9 Dec 1917	UB 40	Hans Howaldt	Sedbergh (d.)	4,275		br
9 Dec 1917	UB 75	Franz Walther	Venetia	3,596		br
9 Dec 1917	UC 53	Kurt Albrecht	Cerea (d.)	4,295		it
9 Dec 1917	UC 53	Kurt Albrecht	Costas	3,278		gr
10 Dec 1917	U 53	Hans Rose	Øiekast	605		nw
10 Dec 1917	U 64	Robert Moraht	Crathorne	2,619		nw
10 Dec 1917	U 64	Robert Moraht	Owasco	4,630		am
10 Dec 1917	U 75	Fritz Schmolling	Aureole (d.)	3,998		br
10 Dec 1917	UB 17	Johannes Ries	Forward	40		br
11 Dec 1917	U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière	Persier	3,874		br
11 Dec 1917	U 60	Franz Grünert	Bard	709		nw
11 Dec 1917	U 62	Ernst Hashagen	Oldfield Grange	4,653		br
11 Dec 1917	U 64	Robert Moraht	D. A. Gordon	2,301		br
11 Dec 1917	U 64	Robert Moraht	Minorca	1,145		br
11 Dec 1917	UB 55	Ralph Wenninger	Argus	100		pt
11 Dec 1917	UB 55	Ralph Wenninger	Ligeiro	25		pt
11 Dec 1917	UB 55	Ralph Wenninger	Portuguesa	107		pt
11 Dec 1917	UB 55	Ralph Wenninger	Vigneira Or Virgeira	25		pt
12 Dec 1917	U 34	Johannes Klasing	Emanuele C.	284		it
12 Dec 1917	U 60	Franz Grünert	St. Croix	2,530		nw
12 Dec 1917	U 71	Otto Dröscher	Amadavat	171		br
12 Dec 1917	UB 65	Martin Schelle	Bellville	992		sw
12 Dec 1917	UB 65	Martin Schelle	Charleston	1,866		br
12 Dec 1917	UC 40	Hermann Menzel	Leonatus	2,099		br
12 Dec 1917	UC 50	Rudolf Seuffer	Emlyndene	495		br
12 Dec 1917	UC 53	Kurt Albrecht	Antonio Magliulo	520		it
12 Dec 1917	UC 53	Kurt Albrecht	Karen	1,689		nw
13 Dec 1917	U 102	Curt Beitzen	Noviembre	3,500		sp
13 Dec 1917	U 78	Otto Dröscher	Arnewood	2,259		br
13 Dec 1917	U 87	Rudolf von Speth-Schülzburg	Little Gem	114		br
13 Dec 1917	UB 22	Karl Wacker	Garthwaite	5,690		br
13 Dec 1917	UB 31	Thomas Bieber	Britannic	92		br
13 Dec 1917	UB 34	Hellmuth von Ruckteschell	Bangarth	1,872		br
13 Dec 1917	UB 38	Waldemar von Fischer	Ottokar	957		br
13 Dec 1917	UB 54	Egon von Werner	Chili	1,318		fr
13 Dec 1917	UB 64	Ernst Krieger	Stephen Furness	1,712		br
14 Dec 1917	U 62	Ernst Hashagen	Hare	774		br
14 Dec 1917	U 64	Robert Moraht	Coila	4,135		br
14 Dec 1917	UB 65	Martin Schelle	Nor	1,418		nw
14 Dec 1917	UC 38	Hans Hermann Wendlandt	Chateaurenault	8,018		fr
14 Dec 1917	UC 64	Erich Hecht	Volnay	4,610		br
15 Dec 1917	U 104	Kurt Bernis	Maidag	1,253		nw
15 Dec 1917	U 156	Konrad Gansser	Ioannina	4,567		gr
15 Dec 1917	U 62	Ernst Hashagen	Formby	1,282		br
15 Dec 1917	U 86	Alfred Götze	Baron Leopold Davillier (d.)	163		fr
15 Dec 1917	U 94	Alfred Saalwächter	Bernard	3,682		br
15 Dec 1917	UB 31	Thomas Bieber	Sachem (d.)	5,354		br
15 Dec 1917	UB 34	Hellmuth von Ruckteschell	Dafni	1,190		gr
16 Dec 1917	U 94	Alfred Saalwächter	Bristol City	2,511		br
16 Dec 1917	UB 49	Hans von Mellenthin	New York	442		it
16 Dec 1917	UB 49	Hans von Mellenthin	San Francesco Di Paola	51		it
16 Dec 1917	UB 55	Ralph Wenninger	Foylemore	3,831		br
16 Dec 1917	UB 65	Martin Schelle	Arbutus	1,290		br
17 Dec 1917	U 156	Konrad Gansser	Acoriano	312		pt
17 Dec 1917	U 62	Ernst Hashagen	Coningbeg	1,279		br
17 Dec 1917	U 80	Karl Scherb	Neptune	50		br
17 Dec 1917	UB 53	Robert Sprenger	Nina	126		gr
18 Dec 1917	U 87	Rudolf von Speth-Schülzburg	Charles	56		br
18 Dec 1917	UB 31	Thomas Bieber	Riversdale	2,805		br
18 Dec 1917	UB 49	Hans von Mellenthin	Guilo S	151		it
19 Dec 1917	U 105	Friedrich Strackerjan	Vinovia	7,046		br
19 Dec 1917	U 60	Franz Grünert	Ingrid Ii	1,145		nw
19 Dec 1917	U 80	Karl Scherb	Arno	1,386		da
19 Dec 1917	UB 50	Franz Becker	S. Giuseppe B.	96		it
19 Dec 1917	UB 58	Werner Fürbringer	Saint Andre	2,457		fr
19 Dec 1917	UC 64	Erich Hecht	Borgsten	1,718		nw
19 Dec 1917	UC 64	Erich Hecht	Trevelyan (d.)	3,066		br
20 Dec 1917	U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière	Fiscus	4,782		br
20 Dec 1917	U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière	Waverley	3,853		br
20 Dec 1917	U 86	Alfred Götze	Polvarth	3,146		br
20 Dec 1917	UB 31	Thomas Bieber	Alice Marie	2,210		br
20 Dec 1917	UB 31	Thomas Bieber	Eveline	2,605		br
20 Dec 1917	UB 31	Thomas Bieber	Warsaw	608		br
20 Dec 1917	UB 49	Hans von Mellenthin	Attualita	4,791		it
20 Dec 1917	UB 49	Hans von Mellenthin	Regin	1,845		nw
20 Dec 1917	UB 49	Hans von Mellenthin	Suruga (d.)	4,374		am
20 Dec 1917	UB 54	Egon von Werner	Noris	583		nw
21 Dec 1917	U 104	Kurt Bernis	Spro	1,507		nw
21 Dec 1917	U 89	August Mildenberger	Boa Vista	3,667		pt
21 Dec 1917	UB 49	Hans von Mellenthin	Monte Bianco (d.)	6,968		it
21 Dec 1917	UB 49	Hans von Mellenthin	Stromboli	5,356		it
21 Dec 1917	UB 50	Franz Becker	City Of Lucknow	8,293		br
21 Dec 1917	UB 54	Egon von Werner	Orne	928		fr
22 Dec 1917	U 105	Friedrich Strackerjan	Colemere	2,120		br
22 Dec 1917	U 60	Franz Grünert	Hunsbrook (d.)	4,463		br
22 Dec 1917	UB 49	Hans von Mellenthin	Piemonte (d.)	2,395		it
22 Dec 1917	UB 57	Otto Steinbrinck	Mabel Baird	2,500		br
22 Dec 1917	UB 58	Werner Fürbringer	Clan Cameron	3,595		br
22 Dec 1917	UB 58	Werner Fürbringer	Start	728		nw
23 Dec 1917	U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière	Pietro	3,860		it
23 Dec 1917	UB 35	Karl Stöter	Hilda Lea	1,328		br
23 Dec 1917	UB 49	Hans von Mellenthin	Caboto	4,418		it
23 Dec 1917	UB 54	Egon von Werner	Ragna	1,747		nw
23 Dec 1917	UB 57	Otto Steinbrinck	Vellore	1,672		nw
23 Dec 1917	UC 37	Willy List	Dunedin (d.)	4,796		br
23 Dec 1917	UC 4	Walter Schmitz	Grantley Hall	4,008		br
23 Dec 1917	UC 64	Erich Hecht	Manicia (d.)	1,868		nw
24 Dec 1917	U 105	Friedrich Strackerjan	Canova	4,637		br
24 Dec 1917	U 110	Karl Kroll	Penshurst	1,191		br
24 Dec 1917	U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière	Turnbridge	2,874		br
24 Dec 1917	U 87	Rudolf von Speth-Schülzburg	Daybreak	3,238		br
24 Dec 1917	U 91	Alfred von Glasenapp	Elmleaf (d.)	5,948		br
24 Dec 1917	UC 71	Ernst Steindorff	Luciston	2,877		br
25 Dec 1917	U 104	Kurt Bernis	Ajax	1,018		da
25 Dec 1917	U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière	Argo	3,071		br
25 Dec 1917	U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière	Cliftondale	3,811		br
25 Dec 1917	U 35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière	Nordpol	2,053		nw
25 Dec 1917	U 87	Rudolf von Speth-Schülzburg	Agberi	4,821		br
25 Dec 1917	UB 49	Hans von Mellenthin	Umballa	5,310		br
25 Dec 1917	UB 50	Franz Becker	Sant’ Antonio	843		it
25 Dec 1917	UC 53	Kurt Albrecht	Hekla	937		da
25 Dec 1917	UC 71	Ernst Steindorff	Espagne	1,463		be
25 Dec 1917	UC 71	Ernst Steindorff	Hyacinthus (d.)	5,756		br
26 Dec 1917	U 157	Max Valentiner	Lydia	302		pt
26 Dec 1917	UB 35	Karl Stöter	Skaala	1,129		nw
26 Dec 1917	UB 57	Otto Steinbrinck	Benito	4,712		br
26 Dec 1917	UB 57	Otto Steinbrinck	Tregenna	5,772		br
27 Dec 1917	U 100	Degenhart von Loë	Adela	685		br
27 Dec 1917	U 61	Victor Dieckmann	Santee (d.)	2,729		am
27 Dec 1917	UC 71	Ernst Steindorff	P. L. M. 4	2,640		fr
28 Dec 1917	U 105	Friedrich Strackerjan	Lord Derby	3,757		br
28 Dec 1917	U 19	Johannes Spieß	Maxton	5,094		br
28 Dec 1917	U 19	Johannes Spieß	Santa Amalia	4,309		br
28 Dec 1917	U 43	Waldemar Bender	Magellan	6,265		fr
28 Dec 1917	U 91	Alfred von Glasenapp	Robert Eggleton	2,274		br
28 Dec 1917	UB 57	Otto Steinbrinck	Clara	2,425		br
28 Dec 1917	UC 71	Ernst Steindorff	Fallodon	3,012		br
28 Dec 1917	UC 73	Walter Wiedemann	Dauno	455		it
28 Dec 1917	UC 75	Johannes Lohs	Alfred H. Read	457		br
28 Dec 1917	UC 75	Johannes Lohs	Chirripo	4,050		br
29 Dec 1917	UB 21	Walter Scheffler	Inverness (d.)	3,734		br
29 Dec 1917	UB 21	Walter Scheffler	Patria	838		ru
29 Dec 1917	UB 57	Otto Steinbrinck	Tiro	1,442		nw
29 Dec 1917	UC 58	Karl Vesper	Ennismore	1,499		br
30 Dec 1917	U 110	Karl Kroll	Zone	3,914		br
30 Dec 1917	U 156	Konrad Gansser	Joaquin Mumbru	2,703		sp
30 Dec 1917	UB 21	Walter Scheffler	Hercules	1,295		br
30 Dec 1917	UC 34	Horst Obermüller	Aragon	9,588		br
30 Dec 1917	UC 34	Horst Obermüller	Attack	785		br
31 Dec 1917	U 71	Otto Dröscher	De Hoop (p.)	140		nl
31 Dec 1917	U 95	Athalwin Prinz	Vigrid	1,617		nw
31 Dec 1917	UB 35	Karl Stöter	Westville	3,207		br
31 Dec 1917	UB 53	Robert Sprenger	Lily	2,993		gr
31 Dec 1917	UC 34	Horst Obermüller	Osmanieh	4,041		br
				508,306
181 ships sunk (399,754 tons) and 26 ships damaged (108,552 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.