Ships hit by U-506
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Please note that in the table below you can find a 'Map' column. This helps to find that particular attack on the map below.
| Date | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 May 1942 | Erich Würdemann | Sama | 567 |  | ni | A | ||
| 10 May 1942 | Erich Würdemann |  | Aurora (d.) | 7,050 |  | am | B | |
| 13 May 1942 | Erich Würdemann | | Gulfpenn | 8,862 | | am | C | |
| 14 May 1942 | Erich Würdemann | | David McKelvy (t.) | 6,821 | | am | D | |
| 16 May 1942 | Erich Würdemann | | Sun (d.) | 9,002 | | am | E | |
| 16 May 1942 | Erich Würdemann | | William C. McTarnahan (d.) | 7,306 | | am | F | |
| 17 May 1942 | Erich Würdemann | | Gulfoil | 5,189 | | am | G | |
| 19 May 1942 | Erich Würdemann | | Heredia | 4,732 | | am | H | |
| 20 May 1942 | Erich Würdemann | | Halo | 6,986 | | am | I | |
| 28 May 1942 | Erich Würdemann | | Yorkmoor | 4,457 |  | br | J | |
| 31 May 1942 | Erich Würdemann | | Fred W. Green | 2,292 | | br | K | |
| 21 Aug 1942 | Erich Würdemann | | City of Wellington | 5,733 | | br | L | |
| 23 Aug 1942 | Erich Würdemann | | Hamla | 4,416 | | br | M | |
| 5 Sep 1942 | Erich Würdemann | | Myrmidon | 6,278 | | br | N | |
| 13 Sep 1942 | Erich Würdemann | | Lima | 3,764 |  | sw | O | |
| 30 Sep 1942 | Erich Würdemann | | Siam II | 6,637 | | br | P | |
| 7 Mar 1943 | Erich Würdemann | | Sabor | 5,212 | | br | Q | |
| 9 Mar 1943 | Erich Würdemann | | Tabor | 4,768 |  | nw | R | |
| 100,072 | ||||||||
15 ships sunk (76,714 tons) and 3 ships damaged (23,358 tons). Legend | ||||||||
In some cases the exact positions of losses are not known, those are not shown.
In other cases the posititions are too close and the markers overlap, not much we can do about that.