Allied Warships hit during WWI
Below are all the purpose-built Allied warships so marked in our databases.
Loss date | Type | | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | U-boat | Commander |
5 Sep 1914 | Light cruiser |  | HMS Pathfinder | 2,940 |  | U 21 | Otto Hersing |
22 Sep 1914 | Armored cruiser |  | HMS Aboukir | 12,000 |  | U 9 | Otto Weddigen |
22 Sep 1914 | Armored Cruiser |  | HMS Cressy | 12,000 |  | U 9 | Otto Weddigen |
22 Sep 1914 | Armored cruiser |  | HMS Hogue | 12,000 |  | U 9 | Otto Weddigen |
11 Oct 1914 | Armored cruiser |  | Pallada | 7,775 |  | U 26 | Egewolf Freiherr von Berckheim |
15 Oct 1914 | Protected cruiser |  | HMS Hawke | 7,350 |  | U 9 | Otto Weddigen |
18 Oct 1914 | Submarine |  | E 3 | 725 |  | U 27 | Bernd Wegener |
31 Oct 1914 | Seaplane carrier |  | HMS Hermes | 5,600 |  | U 27 | Bernd Wegener |
11 Nov 1914 | Minesweeper |  | HMS Niger | 810 |  | U 12 | Walter Forstmann |
21 Dec 1914 | Battleship |  | Jean bart (d.) | 22,189 |  | k.u.k. U12 | Egon Lerch |
1 Jan 1915 | Battleship |  | HMS Formidable | 15,000 |  | U 24 | Rudolf Schneider |
27 Apr 1915 | Armored cruiser |  | Leon gambetta | 12,416 |  | k.u.k. U5 | Georg Ritter von Trapp |
1 May 1915 | Destroyer |  | HMS Recruit | 335 |  | UB 6 | Erich Haecker |
25 May 1915 | Battleship |  | HMS Triumph | 11,985 |  | U 21 | Otto Hersing |
27 May 1915 | Battleship |  | HMS Majestic | 14,900 |  | U 21 | Otto Hersing |
1 Jun 1915 | Destroyer |  | HMS Mohawk (d.) | 865 |  | UC 11 | Walter Gottfried Schmidt |
4 Jun 1915 | Minelayer |  | Yenisei | 3,600 |  | U 26 | Egewolf Freiherr von Berckheim |
9 Jun 1915 | Light cruiser |  | HMS Dublin (d.) | 5,400 |  | k.u.k. U4 | Rudolf Singule |
10 Jun 1915 | Submarine |  | Medusa | 245 |  | UB 15 | Heino von Heimburg |
10 Jun 1915 | Torpedo boat | | Tb. 10 | 255 |  | UC 11 | Walter Gottfried Schmidt |
10 Jun 1915 | Torpedo boat | | Tb. 12 | 255 |  | UC 11 | Walter Gottfried Schmidt |
20 Jun 1915 | Armored cruiser |  | HMS Roxburgh (d.) | 10,850 |  | U 38 | Max Valentiner |
26 Jun 1915 | Torpedo boat |  | 5 pn | 120 |  | UB 1 | Franz Wäger |
30 Jun 1915 | Destroyer |  | HMS Lightning | 320 |  | UC 1 | Egon von Werner |
7 Jul 1915 | Armored cruiser |  | Amalfi | 10,118 |  | UB 14 | Heino von Heimburg |
18 Jul 1915 | Armored Cruiser |  | Giuseppe garibaldi | 7,234 |  | k.u.k. U4 | Rudolf Singule |
5 Aug 1915 | Submarine | | Nereide | 225 |  | k.u.k. U5 | Georg Ritter von Trapp |
15 Aug 1915 | Minelayer |  | Ladoga | 6,136 |  | UC 4 | Karl Vesper |
25 Oct 1915 | Destroyer |  | HMS Velox | 380 |  | UC 5 | Herbert Pustkuchen |
5 Nov 1915 | Coast guard vessel | | Abbas | 298 |  | U 35 | Waldemar Kophamel |
5 Nov 1915 | Coast guard vessel | | Noor-el-bahr (d.) | 450 |  | U 35 | Waldemar Kophamel |
6 Nov 1915 | Submarine |  | E 20 | 725 |  | UB 14 | Heino von Heimburg |
9 Nov 1915 | Destroyer | | HMS Matchless (d.) | 1,010 |  | | |
4 Dec 1915 | Destroyer |  | Intrepido | 680 |  | UC 14 | Cäsar Bauer |
26 Dec 1915 | Submarine | | E 6 | 725 |  | UC 5 | Herbert Pustkuchen |
29 Jan 1916 | Destroyer |  | HMS Viking (d.) | 1,090 |  | | |
8 Feb 1916 | Armored cruiser |  | Amiral charner | 4,750 |  | U 21 | Otto Hersing |
11 Feb 1916 | Light cruiser |  | HMS Arethusa | 3,520 |  | UC 7 | Georg Haag |
29 Feb 1916 | Sloop |  | HMS Primula | 1,250 |  | U 35 | Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière |
7 Mar 1916 | Destroyer |  | HMS Coquette | 335 |  | UC 10 | Alfred Nitzsche |
7 Mar 1916 | Torpedo Boat |  | Tb. 11 | 263 |  | UC 10 | Alfred Nitzsche |
18 Mar 1916 | Destroyer |  | Renaudin | 756 |  | k.u.k. U6 | Hugo von Falkhausen |
29 Mar 1916 | Sloop | | HMS Begonia (d.) | 1,250 |  | U 44 | Paul Wagenführ |
25 Apr 1916 | Submarine | | E 22 | 725 |  | UB 18 | Otto Steinbrinck |
25 Apr 1916 | Light cruiser |  | HMS Penelope (d.) | 3,750 |  | UB 29 | Herbert Pustkuchen |
25 Apr 1916 | Destroyer | | Zhivuchi | 350 |  | UC 15 | Albrecht von Dewitz |
27 Apr 1916 | Sloop |  | HMS Nasturtium | 1,250 |  | U 73 | Gustav Sieß |
27 Apr 1916 | Battleship |  | HMS Russell | 14,000 |  | U 73 | Gustav Sieß |
5 Jun 1916 | Armored cruiser |  | HMS Hampshire | 10,850 |  | U 75 | Curt Beitzen |
23 Jun 1916 | Destroyer | | Fourche | 745 |  | k.u.k. U15 | Friedrich Fähndrich |
4 Jul 1916 | Sloop |  | HMS Rosemary (d.) | 1,250 |  | U 63 | Otto Schultze |
10 Jul 1916 | Destroyer |  | Impetuoso | 680 |  | k.u.k. U17 | Zdenko Hudecek |
13 Aug 1916 | Destroyer | | HMS Lassoo | 1,010 |  | UB 10 | Gustav Buch |
19 Aug 1916 | Light cruiser |  | HMS Nottingham | 5,400 |  | U 52 | Hans Walther |
19 Aug 1916 | Light cruiser |  | HMS Falmouth (d.) | 5,250 |  | U 66 | Thorwald von Bothmer |
20 Aug 1916 | Light cruiser |  | HMS Falmouth | 5,250 |  | U 63 | Otto Schultze |
29 Aug 1916 | Gunboat | | Ibo (d.) | 397 |  | U 20 | Walther Schwieger |
2 Oct 1916 | Sloop | | Rigel | 1,250 |  | U 35 | Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière |
16 Oct 1916 | Destroyer | | Nembo | 330 |  | k.u.k. U16 | Orest Ritter von Zopa |
23 Oct 1916 | Sloop | | HMS Genista | 1,250 |  | U 57 | Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg |
28 Oct 1916 | Destroyer | | Kazanetz | 580 |  | UC 27 | Karl Vesper |
1 Nov 1916 | Torpedo boat | | Torpilleur 300 | 99 |  | UC 26 | Matthias Graf von Schmettow |
7 Nov 1916 | Destroyer | | Letun (d.) | 1,260 |  | UC 27 | Karl Vesper |
8 Nov 1916 | Destroyer |  | HMS Zulu | 1,027 |  | UC 1 | Heinrich Küstner |
10 Nov 1916 | Destroyer | | HMS Legion (d.) | 965 |  | | |
19 Nov 1916 | Armored Cruiser |  | Rurik (d.) | 15,544 |  | UC 27 | Karl Vesper |
22 Nov 1916 | Minesweeper | | Fugas | 150 |  | UC 27 | Karl Vesper |
25 Nov 1916 | Battleship |  | Suffren | 12,750 |  | U 52 | Hans Walther |
3 Dec 1916 | Gunboat |  | Surprise | 680 |  | U 38 | Max Valentiner |
6 Dec 1916 | Minesweeper | | Shchit | 248 |  | UC 25 | Johannes Feldkirchner |
12 Dec 1916 | Battleship |  | Regina margherita (rin) | 13,427 |  | UC 14 | Franz Becker |
27 Dec 1916 | Battleship |  | Gaulois | 11,100 |  | UB 47 | Wolfgang Steinbauer |
28 Dec 1916 | Torpedo boat | | Torpilleur 317 | 100 |  | UC 1 | Oskar Steckelberg |
29 Dec 1916 | Minesweeper | | HMS Ludlow | 810 |  | UC 6 | Werner von Zerboni di Sposetti |
29 Dec 1916 | Minesweeper | | HMS Totnes (d.) | 810 |  | UC 6 | Werner von Zerboni di Sposetti |
2 Jan 1917 | Battleship |  | Peresvyet | 13,500 |  | U 73 | Gustav Sieß |
9 Jan 1917 | Battleship | | HMS Cornwallis | 14,000 |  | U 32 | Kurt Hartwig |
18 Jan 1917 | Destroyer |  | HMS Ferret (d.) | 778 |  | UC 21 | Reinhold Saltzwedel |
8 Feb 1917 | Destroyer |  | HMS Ghurka | 880 |  | UC 47 | Paul Hundius |
28 Feb 1917 | Minelayer |  | Cassini | 970 |  | UC 35 | Ernst von Voigt |
1 Mar 1917 | Destroyer | | HMS Pheasant | 1,025 |  | U 80 | Alfred von Glasenapp |
9 Mar 1917 | Destroyer |  | HMS Albacore (d.) | 440 |  | UC 55 | Karl Neureuther |
12 Mar 1917 | Destroyer |  | HMS Skate (d.) | 975 |  | UC 69 | Erwin Waßner |
12 Mar 1917 | Submarine | | E 49 | 725 |  | UC 76 | Wilhelm Barten |
15 Mar 1917 | Destroyer | | HMS Foyle | 550 |  | UC 68 | Hans Degetau |
17 Mar 1917 | Sloop | | HMS Mignonette | 1,250 |  | UC 66 | Herbert Pustkuchen |
18 Mar 1917 | Sloop | | HMS Alyssum | 1,250 |  | UC 66 | Herbert Pustkuchen |
19 Mar 1917 | Battleship |  | Danton | 18,300 |  | U 64 | Robert Moraht |
23 Mar 1917 | Destroyer | | HMS Laforey | 995 |  | UB 12 | Ernst Steindorff |
31 Mar 1917 | Sloop | | HMS Carnation (d.) | 1,210 |  | UC 42 | Otto Heinrich Tornow |
3 Apr 1917 | Minesweeper | | HMS Jason | 810 |  | U 78 | Otto Dröscher |
10 Apr 1917 | Patrol craft | | P 26 | 613 |  | UC 26 | Matthias Graf von Schmettow |
14 Apr 1917 | Sloop | | HMS Veronica (d.) | 1,200 |  | UB 42 | Fritz Wernicke |
21 Apr 1917 | Sloop | | HMS Heather (d.) | 1,250 |  | U 52 | Hans Walther |
30 Apr 1917 | Sloop | | HMS Tulip | 1,250 |  | U 62 | Ernst Hashagen |
2 May 1917 | Destroyer |  | HMS Derwent | 555 |  | UC 26 | Matthias Graf von Schmettow |
5 May 1917 | Sloop | | HMS Lavender | 1,200 |  | UC 75 | Johannes Lohs |
15 May 1917 | Destroyer |  | Boutefeu | 703 |  | UC 25 | Johannes Feldkirchner |
16 May 1917 | Light cruiser |  | HMS Dartmouth (d.) | 5,250 |  | UC 25 | Johannes Feldkirchner |
11 Jun 1917 | Destroyer | | Sakaki (d.) | 665 |  | k.u.k. U27 | Robert Teufl von Fernland |
11 Jun 1917 | Protected cruiser |  | HMS Grafton (d.) | 7,350 |  | UB 43 | Horst Obermüller |
17 Jun 1917 | Destroyer |  | HMS Tartar (d.) | 850 |  | UC 65 | Otto Steinbrinck |
19 Jun 1917 | Submarine |  | Ariane | 414 |  | UC 22 | Heino von Heimburg |
20 Jun 1917 | Sloop | | HMS Salvia | 1,250 |  | U 94 | Alfred Saalwächter |
24 Jun 1917 | Minesweeper | | HMS Kempton | 810 |  | UC 1 | Christian Mildenstein |
24 Jun 1917 | Minesweeper | | HMS Redcar | 810 |  | UC 1 | Christian Mildenstein |
27 Jun 1917 | Destroyer | | Doxa | 350 |  | UB 47 | Hans Hermann Wendlandt |
27 Jun 1917 | Armored cruiser |  | Kleber | 7,578 |  | UC 61 | Georg Gerth |
30 Jun 1917 | Destroyer |  | HMS Cheerful | 370 |  | UC 33 | Martin Schelle |
4 Jul 1917 | Sloop | | HMS Aster | 1,250 |  | UC 25 | Johannes Feldkirchner |
4 Jul 1917 | Sloop | | HMS Azalea (d.) | 1,250 |  | UC 25 | Johannes Feldkirchner |
6 Jul 1917 | Destroyer |  | HMS Itchen | 550 |  | UC 44 | Kurt Tebbenjohanns |
7 Jul 1917 | Destroyer |  | HMS Ettrick (d.) | 570 |  | UC 61 | Georg Gerth |
17 Jul 1917 | Submarine | | C 34 | 321 |  | U 52 | Hans Walther |
26 Jul 1917 | Minelayer |  | HMS Ariadne | 11,000 |  | UC 65 | Otto Steinbrinck |
7 Aug 1917 | Minesweeper | | HMS Haldon (d.) | 810 |  | UC 44 | Kurt Tebbenjohanns |
9 Aug 1917 | Destroyer | | HMS Recruit | 1,075 |  | UB 16 | Wilhelm Rhein |
12 Aug 1917 | Dispatch vessel | | Leitenant burakov | 350 |  | UC 78 | Hans Kukat |
13 Aug 1917 | Sloop | | HMS Bergamot | 1,290 |  | U 84 | Walter Roehr |
3 Sep 1917 | Sloop | | HMS Begonia | 1,250 |  | | |
9 Sep 1917 | Sloop | | HMS Myosotis (d.) | 1,250 |  | UC 71 | Reinhold Saltzwedel |
18 Sep 1917 | Destroyer |  | HMS Contest | 957 |  | U 106 | Hans Hufnagel |
2 Oct 1917 | Destroyer |  | HMS Brisk (d.) | 790 |  | U 79 | Otto Rohrbeck |
2 Oct 1917 | Armored cruiser |  | HMS Drake | 14,300 |  | U 79 | Otto Rohrbeck |
12 Oct 1917 | Destroyer |  | Parthian (d.) | 1,025 |  | U 151 | Waldemar Kophamel |
15 Oct 1917 | Destroyer |  | USS Cassin (d.) | 1,020 |  | U 61 | Victor Dieckmann |
8 Nov 1917 | Sloop | | HMS Candytuft (d.) | 1,290 |  | U 63 | Otto Schultze |
11 Nov 1917 | Monitor | | HMS M 15 | 540 |  | UC 38 | Hans Hermann Wendlandt |
11 Nov 1917 | Destroyer |  | HMS Staunch | 750 |  | UC 38 | Hans Hermann Wendlandt |
18 Nov 1917 | Sloop | | HMS Candytuft | 1,290 |  | U 39 | Heinrich Metzger |
27 Nov 1917 | Destroyer | | Bditelnyi | 380 |  | UC 58 | Karl Vesper |
6 Dec 1917 | Destroyer |  | USS Jacob jones | 1,050 |  | U 53 | Hans Rose |
14 Dec 1917 | Protected cruiser |  | Chateaurenault | 8,018 |  | UC 38 | Hans Hermann Wendlandt |
16 Dec 1917 | Sloop | | HMS Arbutus | 1,290 |  | UB 65 | Martin Schelle |
30 Dec 1917 | Destroyer |  | HMS Attack | 785 |  | UC 34 | Horst Obermüller |
24 Mar 1918 | Minelayer | | Partenope (rin) | 834 |  | UC 67 | Karl Neumann |
4 Apr 1918 | Protecter Cruiser |  | HMS Edgar (d.) | 7,350 |  | k.u.k. U29 | Leo Prásil |
10 Apr 1918 | Destroyer | | HMS Magic (d.) | 1,025 |  | UC 31 | Kurt Siewert |
11 Apr 1918 | Armored cruiser |  | HMS King alfred (d.) | 14,150 |  | UB 86 | Hans Trenk |
25 Apr 1918 | Sloop | | HMS Cowslip | 1,290 |  | UB 105 | Wilhelm Marschall |
1 May 1918 | Minesweeper | | Blackmorevale | 750 |  | U 80 | Karl Koopmann |
5 May 1918 | Sloop | | HMS Rhododendron | 1,290 |  | U 70 | Otto Wünsche |
14 May 1918 | Destroyer | | HMS Phoenix | 765 |  | k.u.k. U27 | Josef Holub |
31 May 1918 | Destroyer | | HMS Fairy | 355 |  | UC 75 | Walter Schmitz |
13 Jun 1918 | Light cruiser | | HMS Conquest (d.) | 4,219 |  | UC 11 | Werner Lange |
24 Jun 1918 | Submarine | | D 6 | 495 |  | UB 73 | Karl Neureuther |
16 Jul 1918 | Sloop | | HMS Anchusa | 1,290 |  | U 54 | Hellmuth von Ruckteschell |
19 Jul 1918 | Armored cruiser |  | USS San diego | 13,680 |  | U 156 | Richard Feldt |
23 Jul 1918 | Destroyer | | HMS Vanity (d.) | 1,300 |  | UC 40 | Hermann Menzel |
6 Aug 1918 | Destroyer | | HMS Comet | 747 |  | | |
7 Aug 1918 | Armored cruiser | | Dupetit-thouars | 9,517 |  | U 62 | Ernst Hashagen |
15 Aug 1918 | Destroyer leader | | HMS Scott | 1,801 |  | U 71 | Richard Scheurlen |
15 Aug 1918 | Destroyer | | HMS Ulleswater | 930 |  | U 71 | Richard Scheurlen |
20 Aug 1918 | Minesweeper | | HMS Shirley (d.) | 820 |  | U 71 | Richard Scheurlen |
30 Aug 1918 | Protected cruiser | | HMS Endymion (d.) | 7,350 |  | UC 37 | Otto Kümpel |
20 Sep 1918 | Submarine | | Circe | 351 |  | k.u.k. U47 | Hugo von Seyffertitz |
26 Sep 1918 | Coast guard vessel |  | USCGC Tampa | 1,181 |  | UB 91 | Wolf Hans Hertwig |
29 Sep 1918 | Battleship |  | USS Minnesota (d.) | 18,000 |  | U 117 | Otto Dröscher |
2 Oct 1918 | Light cruiser | | HMS Weymouth (d.) | 5,250 |  | k.u.k. U31 | Hermann Rigele |
18 Oct 1918 | Battleship |  | Voltaire (d.) | 18,400 |  | UB 48 | Wolfgang Steinbauer |
9 Nov 1918 | Battleship |  | HMS Britannia | 16,350 |  | UB 50 | Heinrich Kukat |
10 Nov 1918 | Minesweeper | | HMS Ascot | 810 |  | UB 67 | Hellmuth von Doemming |
22 Jan 1919 | Torpedo boat | | Torpilleur 325 | 100 |  | UC 27 | Otto Gerke |
163 Allied Warships hit by U-boats (119 sunk). | 589,394 | |
Legend: (d.) means the ship was damaged in the action.
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Map showing Allied warships sunk by U-boats in WWI