Ship losses by month

March 1942

This is the full listing of all ships hit during March 1942. 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		Convoy
1 Mar 1942	U-158	Erwin Rostin	Finnanger	9,551	nw	ONS-67
1 Mar 1942	U-436	Günther Seibicke	RT-19 Komintern	577	sj
1 Mar 1942	U-588	Victor Vogel	Carperby	4,890	br	ON-66
2 Mar 1942	U-126	Ernst Bauer	Gunny	2,362	nw
3 Mar 1942	U-129	Asmus Nicolai Clausen	Mary	5,104	am
3 Mar 1942	U-68	Karl-Friedrich Merten	Helenus	7,366	br
5 Mar 1942	U-126	Ernst Bauer	Mariana	3,110	am
5 Mar 1942	U-128	Ulrich Heyse	O.A. Knudsen	11,007	nw
5 Mar 1942	U-404	Otto von Bülow	Collamer	5,112	am	HX-178
5 Mar 1942	U-505	Axel-Olaf Loewe	Benmohr	5,920	br
6 Mar 1942	U-505	Axel-Olaf Loewe	Sydhav	7,587	nw
6 Mar 1942	U-587	Ulrich Borcherdt	Hans Egede	900	go
6 Mar 1942	U-701	Horst Degen	Rononia	213	br
7 Mar 1942	U-126	Ernst Bauer	Barbara	4,637	am
7 Mar 1942	U-126	Ernst Bauer	Cardonia	5,104	am
7 Mar 1942	U-129	Asmus Nicolai Clausen	Steel Age	6,188	am
7 Mar 1942	U-155	Adolf Cornelius Piening	Arabutan	7,874	bz
7 Mar 1942	U-161	Albrecht Achilles	Uniwaleco	9,755	sa
7 Mar 1942	U-701	Horst Degen	Nyggjaberg	349	fa
8 Mar 1942	U-126	Ernst Bauer	Esso Bolivar (d.)	10,389	pa
8 Mar 1942	U-569	Hans-Peter Hinsch	Hengist	984	br
8 Mar 1942	U-587	Ulrich Borcherdt	HMS Northern Princess (4.06)	655	br
8 Mar 1942	U-68	Karl-Friedrich Merten	Baluchistan	6,992	br
9 Mar 1942	U-126	Ernst Bauer	Hanseat	8,241	pa
9 Mar 1942	U-587	Ulrich Borcherdt	Lily	5,719	gr	ON-68
9 Mar 1942	U-701	Horst Degen	HMS Notts County (FY 250)	541	br
9 Mar 1942	U-94	Otto Ites	Cayrú	5,152	bz
9 Mar 1942	U-96	Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock	Tyr	4,265	nw
10 Mar 1942	U-161	Albrecht Achilles	Lady Nelson (d.)	7,970	ca
10 Mar 1942	U-161	Albrecht Achilles	Umtata (d.)	8,141	br
10 Mar 1942	U-588	Victor Vogel	Gulftrade	6,776	am
11 Mar 1942	U-158	Erwin Rostin	Caribsea	2,609	am
11 Mar 1942	U-565	Johann Jebsen	HMS Naiad (93)	5,450	br
11 Mar 1942	U-701	Horst Degen	HMS Stella Capella (FY 107)	507	br
11 Mar 1942	U-94	Otto Ites	Hvoslef	1,630	nw
12 Mar 1942	U-126	Ernst Bauer	Olga	2,496	am
12 Mar 1942	U-126	Ernst Bauer	Texan	7,005	am
12 Mar 1942	U-578	Ernst-August Rehwinkel	Ingerto	3,089	nw	ON-70
13 Mar 1942	U-126	Ernst Bauer	Colabee (d.)	5,518	am
13 Mar 1942	U-158	Erwin Rostin	John D. Gill	11,641	am
13 Mar 1942	U-332	Johannes Liebe	Albert F. Paul	735	am
13 Mar 1942	U-332	Johannes Liebe	Trepca	5,042	yu
13 Mar 1942	U-404	Otto von Bülow	Tolten	1,858	cl
14 Mar 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	British Resource	7,209	br
14 Mar 1942	U-161	Albrecht Achilles	Sarniadoc	1,940	ca
14 Mar 1942	U-404	Otto von Bülow	Lemuel Burrows	7,610	am
14 Mar 1942	U-67	Günther Müller-Stöckheim	Penelope	8,436	pa
15 Mar 1942	U-158	Erwin Rostin	Ario	6,952	am
15 Mar 1942	U-158	Erwin Rostin	Olean (d.)	7,118	am
15 Mar 1942	U-161	Albrecht Achilles	USCGC Acacia (WAGL 200)	1,130	am
16 Mar 1942	U-332	Johannes Liebe	Australia	11,628	am
16 Mar 1942	U-504	Hans-Georg Friedrich Poske	Stangarth	5,966	br
16 Mar 1942	U-68	Karl-Friedrich Merten	Baron Newlands	3,386	br
17 Mar 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	Acme (d.)	6,878	am
17 Mar 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	Ceiba	1,698	ho
17 Mar 1942	U-373	Paul-Karl Loeser	Mount Lycabettus	4,292	gr
17 Mar 1942	U-404	Otto von Bülow	San Demetrio	8,073	br
17 Mar 1942	U-68	Karl-Friedrich Merten	Allende	5,081	br
17 Mar 1942	U-68	Karl-Friedrich Merten	Ile de Batz	5,755	br
17 Mar 1942	U-68	Karl-Friedrich Merten	Scottish Prince	4,917	br
17 Mar 1942	U-71	Walter Flachsenberg	Ranja	6,355	nw
17 Mar 1942	U-83	Hans-Werner Kraus	Crista (d.)	2,590	br	AT-34
18 Mar 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	E.M. Clark	9,647	am
18 Mar 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	Kassandra Louloudis	5,106	gr
19 Mar 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	Papoose	5,939	am
19 Mar 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	W.E. Hutton	7,076	am
19 Mar 1942	U-332	Johannes Liebe	Liberator	7,720	am
20 Mar 1942	U-652	Georg-Werner Fraatz	HMS Heythrop (L 85)	1,050	br
20 Mar 1942	U-71	Walter Flachsenberg	Oakmar	5,766	am
21 Mar 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	Atlantic Sun (d.)	11,355	am
21 Mar 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	Esso Nashville (d.)	7,934	am
22 Mar 1942	U-123	Reinhard Hardegen	Muskogee	7,034	am
22 Mar 1942	U-202	Hans-Heinz Linder	Athelviscount (d.)	8,882	br	ON-75
22 Mar 1942	U-373	Paul-Karl Loeser	Thursobank	5,575	br
23 Mar 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	Naeco	5,373	am
23 Mar 1942	U-587	Ulrich Borcherdt	Diala	8,106	br	ON-52
23 Mar 1942	U-754	Hans Oestermann	British Prudence	8,620	br	HX-181
24 Mar 1942	U-123	Reinhard Hardegen	Empire Steel	8,138	br
25 Mar 1942	U-105	Heinrich Schuch	Narragansett	10,389	br
25 Mar 1942	U-552	Erich Topp	Ocana	6,256	nl
25 Mar 1942	U-94	Otto Ites	Imperial Transport (d.)	8,022	br	ON-77
26 Mar 1942	U-652	Georg-Werner Fraatz	HMS Jaguar (F 34)	1,690	br
26 Mar 1942	U-652	Georg-Werner Fraatz	Slavol	2,623	br
26 Mar 1942	U-71	Walter Flachsenberg	Dixie Arrow	8,046	am
27 Mar 1942	U-105	Heinrich Schuch	Svenør	7,616	nw
27 Mar 1942	U-123	Reinhard Hardegen	USS Atik (AK 101)	3,209	am
27 Mar 1942	U-160	Georg Lassen	Equipoise	6,210	pa
29 Mar 1942	U-160	Georg Lassen	City of New York	8,272	am
29 Mar 1942	U-571	Helmut Möhlmann	Hertford	10,923	br
30 Mar 1942	U-376	Friedrich-Karl Marks	Induna	5,086	br	PQ-13
30 Mar 1942	U-435	Siegfried Strelow	Effingham	6,421	am	PQ-13
30 Mar 1942	U-456	Max-Martin Teichert	Effingham (d.)	6,421	am	PQ-13
30 Mar 1942	U-68	Karl-Friedrich Merten	Muncaster Castle	5,853	br	ST-18
31 Mar 1942	U-71	Walter Flachsenberg	San Gerardo	12,915	br
31 Mar 1942	U-754	Hans Oestermann	Allegheny	914	am
31 Mar 1942	U-754	Hans Oestermann	Barnegat	914	am
31 Mar 1942	U-754	Hans Oestermann	Menominee	441	am
31 Mar 1942	U-754	Hans Oestermann	Ontario (d.)	490	am
				544,057
85 ships sunk (452,349 tons) and 13 ships damaged (91,708 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged.

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