Ship losses by month

June 1942

This is the full listing of all ships hit during June 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 Jun 1942	U-106	Hermann Rasch	Hampton Roads	2,689	am
1 Jun 1942	U-107	Harald Gelhaus	Bushranger	4,536	pa
1 Jun 1942	U-156	Werner Hartenstein	Alegrete	5,970	bz
1 Jun 1942	U-404	Otto von Bülow	West Notus	5,492	am
1 Jun 1942	U-566	Dietrich Borchert	Westmoreland	8,967	br
2 Jun 1942	U-158	Erwin Rostin	Knoxville City	5,686	am
2 Jun 1942	U-159	Helmut Friedrich Witte	Illinois	5,447	am
2 Jun 1942	U-553	Karl Thurmann	Mattawin	6,919	br
2 Jun 1942	U-558	Günther Krech	Triton	2,078	nl
2 Jun 1942	U-578	Ernst-August Rehwinkel	Berganger	6,826	nw
3 Jun 1942	U-126	Ernst Bauer	Høegh Giant	10,990	nw
3 Jun 1942	U-156	Werner Hartenstein	Lillian	80	br
3 Jun 1942	U-172	Carl Emmermann	City of Alma	5,446	am
3 Jun 1942	U-404	Otto von Bülow	Anna	1,345	sw
3 Jun 1942	U-432	Heinz-Otto Schultze	Aeolus	41	am
3 Jun 1942	U-432	Heinz-Otto Schultze	Ben and Josephine	102	am
3 Jun 1942	U-502	Jürgen von Rosenstiel	M.F. Elliott	6,940	am
4 Jun 1942	U-158	Erwin Rostin	Nidarnes	2,647	nw
5 Jun 1942	U-158	Erwin Rostin	Velma Lykes	2,572	am
5 Jun 1942	U-159	Helmut Friedrich Witte	Paracury (d.)	265	bz
5 Jun 1942	U-159	Helmut Friedrich Witte	Sally	150	ho
5 Jun 1942	U-172	Carl Emmermann	Delfina	3,480	am
5 Jun 1942	U-68	Karl-Friedrich Merten	L.J. Drake	6,693	am
5 Jun 1942	U-69	Ulrich Gräf	Letitia Porter	15	nl
5 Jun 1942	U-94	Otto Ites	Maria da Glória	320	pt
6 Jun 1942	U-68	Karl-Friedrich Merten	C.O. Stillman	13,006	pa
7 Jun 1942	U-107	Harald Gelhaus	Castilla	3,910	ho
7 Jun 1942	U-158	Erwin Rostin	Hermis	5,234	pa
7 Jun 1942	U-159	Helmut Friedrich Witte	Edith	3,382	am
7 Jun 1942	U-653	Gerhard Feiler	USS Gannet (AVP 8)	840	am
8 Jun 1942	U-107	Harald Gelhaus	Suwied	3,249	am
8 Jun 1942	U-128	Ulrich Heyse	South Africa	9,234	nw
8 Jun 1942	U-135	Friedrich-Hermann Praetorius	Pleasantville	4,549	nw
8 Jun 1942	U-172	Carl Emmermann	Sicilien	1,654	am
8 Jun 1942	U-504	Hans-Georg Friedrich Poske	Rosenborg	1,512	br
8 Jun 1942	U-504	Hans-Georg Friedrich Poske	Tela	3,901	ho
8 Jun 1942	U-83	Hans-Werner Kraus	Esther	100	pl
8 Jun 1942	U-83	Hans-Werner Kraus	Said	231	ag
9 Jun 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	FFL Mimosa (K 11)	925	fr	ONS-100
9 Jun 1942	U-432	Heinz-Otto Schultze	Kronprinsen (d.)	7,073	nw	BX-23A
9 Jun 1942	U-432	Heinz-Otto Schultze	Malayan Prince (d.)	8,593	br	BX-23A
9 Jun 1942	U-502	Jürgen von Rosenstiel	Bruxelles	5,085	be	TO-5
9 Jun 1942	U-502	Jürgen von Rosenstiel	Franklin K. Lane	6,589	am	TO-5
9 Jun 1942	U-83	Hans-Werner Kraus	Typhoon	175	pl
10 Jun 1942	U-107	Harald Gelhaus	Merrimack	2,606	am
10 Jun 1942	U-129	Hans-Ludwig Witt	L.A. Christensen	4,362	nw
10 Jun 1942	U-559	Hans Heidtmann	Athene	4,681	nw	AT-49
10 Jun 1942	U-559	Hans Heidtmann	Brambleleaf (t.)	5,917	br	AT-49
10 Jun 1942	U-68	Karl-Friedrich Merten	Ardenvohr	5,025	br
10 Jun 1942	U-68	Karl-Friedrich Merten	Port Montreal	5,882	br
10 Jun 1942	U-68	Karl-Friedrich Merten	Surrey	8,581	br
10 Jun 1942	U-81	Friedrich Guggenberger	Havre	2,073	br	AT-49
10 Jun 1942	U-94	Otto Ites	Empire Clough	6,147	br	ONS-100
10 Jun 1942	U-94	Otto Ites	Ramsay	4,855	br	ONS-100
11 Jun 1942	U-157	Wolf Henne	Hagan	6,401	am
11 Jun 1942	U-158	Erwin Rostin	Sheherazade	13,467	pa
11 Jun 1942	U-159	Helmut Friedrich Witte	Fort Good Hope	7,130	br
11 Jun 1942	U-455	Hans-Heinrich Giessler	Geo H. Jones	6,914	br	SL-111
11 Jun 1942	U-504	Hans-Georg Friedrich Poske	American	4,846	am
11 Jun 1942	U-504	Hans-Georg Friedrich Poske	Crijnssen	4,282	nl
11 Jun 1942	U-569	Hans-Peter Hinsch	Pontypridd (d.)	4,458	br	ONS-100
11 Jun 1942	U-94	Otto Ites	Pontypridd	4,458	br	ONS-100
12 Jun 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	Dartford	4,093	br	ONS-100
12 Jun 1942	U-129	Hans-Ludwig Witt	Hardwicke Grange	9,005	br
12 Jun 1942	U-158	Erwin Rostin	Cities Service Toledo	8,192	am
12 Jun 1942	U-77	Heinrich Schonder	HMS Grove (L 77)	1,050	br	MW-11
13 Jun 1942	U-159	Helmut Friedrich Witte	Sixaola	4,693	am
13 Jun 1942	U-159	Helmut Friedrich Witte	Solon Turman	6,762	am
13 Jun 1942	U-83	Hans-Werner Kraus	HMS Farouk	96	br
14 Jun 1942	U-172	Carl Emmermann	Lebore	8,289	am
14 Jun 1942	U-504	Hans-Georg Friedrich Poske	Regent	3,280	le
15 Jun 1942	U-126	Ernst Bauer	Dutch Princess	125	br
15 Jun 1942	U-172	Carl Emmermann	Bennestvet	2,438	nw
15 Jun 1942	U-431	Wilhelm Dommes	HMS LCT-119 (d.)	450	br
15 Jun 1942	U-502	Jürgen von Rosenstiel	Cold Harbor	5,010	pa
15 Jun 1942	U-502	Jürgen von Rosenstiel	Scottsburg	8,001	am
15 Jun 1942	U-502	Jürgen von Rosenstiel	West Hardaway	5,702	am
15 Jun 1942	U-552	Erich Topp	City of Oxford	2,759	br	HG-84
15 Jun 1942	U-552	Erich Topp	Etrib	1,943	br	HG-84
15 Jun 1942	U-552	Erich Topp	Pelayo	1,346	br	HG-84
15 Jun 1942	U-552	Erich Topp	Slemdal	7,374	nw	HG-84
15 Jun 1942	U-552	Erich Topp	Thurso	2,436	br	HG-84
15 Jun 1942	U-68	Karl-Friedrich Merten	Frimaire	9,242	fr
15 Jun 1942	U-701	Horst Degen	Esso Augusta (d.) [Mine]	11,237	am	KN-109
15 Jun 1942	U-701	Horst Degen	HMS Kingston Ceylonite (FY 214) [Mine]	448	br	KN-109
15 Jun 1942	U-701	Horst Degen	Robert C. Tuttle (d.) [Mine]	11,615	am	KN-109
15 Jun 1942	U-701	Horst Degen	USS Bainbridge (DD 246) (d.) [Mine]	1,190	am	KN-109
16 Jun 1942	U-126	Ernst Bauer	Arkansan	6,997	am
16 Jun 1942	U-126	Ernst Bauer	Kahuku	6,062	am
16 Jun 1942	U-161	Albrecht Achilles	Nueva Altagracia	30	do
16 Jun 1942	U-205	Franz-Georg Reschke	HMS Hermione (74)	5,450	br	MW-11
16 Jun 1942	U-67	Günther Müller-Stöckheim	Managua	2,220	ni
16 Jun 1942	U-87	Joachim Berger	Cherokee	5,896	am	XB-25
16 Jun 1942	U-87	Joachim Berger	Port Nicholson	8,402	br	XB-25
17 Jun 1942	U-129	Hans-Ludwig Witt	Millinocket	3,274	am
17 Jun 1942	U-158	Erwin Rostin	Moira	1,560	nw
17 Jun 1942	U-158	Erwin Rostin	San Blas	3,601	pa
17 Jun 1942	U-701	Horst Degen	Santore [Mine]	7,117	am	KS-511
18 Jun 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	Seattle Spirit	5,627	am	ONS-102
18 Jun 1942	U-159	Helmut Friedrich Witte	Flora	1,417	nl
18 Jun 1942	U-172	Carl Emmermann	Motorex	1,958	br
19 Jun 1942	U-107	Harald Gelhaus	Cheerio	35	am
19 Jun 1942	U-159	Helmut Friedrich Witte	Ante Matkovic	2,710	yu
19 Jun 1942	U-701	Horst Degen	USS YP-389	170	am
20 Jun 1942	U-67	Günther Müller-Stöckheim	Nortind (d.)	8,221	nw
21 Jun 1942	U-128	Ulrich Heyse	West Ira	5,681	am
22 Jun 1942	U-159	Helmut Friedrich Witte	E.J. Sadler	9,639	am
22 Jun 1942	U-202	Hans-Heinz Linder	Rio Tercero	4,864	ar
23 Jun 1942	U-128	Ulrich Heyse	Andrea Brøvig	10,173	nw
23 Jun 1942	U-158	Erwin Rostin	Major General Henry Gibbins	5,766	am
23 Jun 1942	U-172	Carl Emmermann	Resolute	35	co
23 Jun 1942	U-67	Günther Müller-Stöckheim	Rawleigh Warner	3,664	am
23 Jun 1942	U-68	Karl-Friedrich Merten	Arriaga	2,345	pa
23 Jun 1942	U-84	Horst Uphoff	Torvanger	6,568	nw	HX-194
24 Jun 1942	U-156	Werner Hartenstein	Willimantic	4,857	br
24 Jun 1942	U-373	Paul-Karl Loeser	John R. Williams [Mine]	396	am
24 Jun 1942	U-404	Otto von Bülow	Ljubica Matkovic	3,289	yu
25 Jun 1942	U-153	Wilfried Reichmann	Anglo-Canadian	5,268	br
25 Jun 1942	U-404	Otto von Bülow	Manuela	4,772	am
25 Jun 1942	U-404	Otto von Bülow	Nordal	3,845	pa
26 Jun 1942	U-107	Harald Gelhaus	Jagersfontein	10,083	nl
26 Jun 1942	U-203	Rolf Mützelburg	Pedrinhas	3,666	bz
26 Jun 1942	U-203	Rolf Mützelburg	Putney Hill	5,216	br
26 Jun 1942	U-701	Horst Degen	Tamesis (d.)	7,256	nw
27 Jun 1942	U-126	Ernst Bauer	Leiv Eiriksson	9,952	nw
27 Jun 1942	U-128	Ulrich Heyse	Polybius	7,041	am
27 Jun 1942	U-129	Hans-Ludwig Witt	Las Choapas	2,005	me
27 Jun 1942	U-129	Hans-Ludwig Witt	Tuxpam	7,008	me
27 Jun 1942	U-153	Wilfried Reichmann	Potlatch	6,085	am
27 Jun 1942	U-404	Otto von Bülow	Moldanger	6,827	nw
27 Jun 1942	U-701	Horst Degen	British Freedom (d.)	6,985	br	KS-514
28 Jun 1942	U-154	Walther Kölle	Tillie Lykes	2,572	am
28 Jun 1942	U-203	Rolf Mützelburg	Sam Houston	7,176	am
28 Jun 1942	U-332	Johannes Liebe	Raphael Semmes	6,027	am
28 Jun 1942	U-505	Axel-Olaf Loewe	Sea Thrush	5,447	am
28 Jun 1942	U-701	Horst Degen	William Rockefeller	14,054	am
28 Jun 1942	U-97	Friedrich Bürgel	Memas	1,755	gr	Metril
28 Jun 1942	U-97	Friedrich Bürgel	Zealand	1,433	br	Metril
29 Jun 1942	U-126	Ernst Bauer	Mona Marie	126	ca
29 Jun 1942	U-153	Wilfried Reichmann	Ruth	4,833	am
29 Jun 1942	U-158	Erwin Rostin	Everalda	3,950	le
29 Jun 1942	U-505	Axel-Olaf Loewe	Thomas McKean	7,191	am
29 Jun 1942	U-67	Günther Müller-Stöckheim	Empire Mica	8,032	br
29 Jun 1942	U-754	Hans Oestermann	Waiwera	12,435	br
30 Jun 1942	U-372	Heinz-Joachim Neumann	HMS Medway (F 25)	14,650	br
30 Jun 1942	U-458	Kurt Diggins	Mosfruit	2,714	nw
				700,227
135 ships sunk (632,884 tons) and 11 ships damaged (67,343 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged. (t.) means the ship was a total loss (included in ships & tonnage lost). [Mine] indicates the vessel was hit by a mine laid by said U-boat.

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