Schepke's Victims


ship sinking


U-3

DateName of ShipTonnageNationalityFate
30/9/39Vendia 1,150 DanishSunk
30/9/39Gun 1,198 Swedish Sunk


U-19

DateName of ShipTonnageNationalityFate
09/01/40Manx 1,343 NorwegianSunk
23/01/40Baltanglia 1,523British Sunk
" "Pluto 1,598 Norwegian Sunk
25/01/40Louvain 4,434 Belgian*Sunk
" "Gudveig 1,300 Norwegian Sunk
20/02/40Daghestan ? British Damaged
19/03/40Minsk 1,229 Danish Sunk
" "Charkow 1,026 Danish Sunk
20/03/40Viking 1,153Danish Sunk
" "Bothal 2,109 Danish Sunk

* The Latvian steamer Everene was sailing under the Belgian flag as Louvain.


U-100

DateName of ShipTonnageNationalityFate
16/08/40 Empire Merchant 4,864 British Sunk
25/08/40 Jamaica Pioneer 5,471 British Sunk
29/08/40 Hartismere 5,498 British Damaged
" "Dalblair 4,608 British Sunk
" "Astra II 2,393 British Sunk
" "Alida Gorthon 2,373 Swedish Sunk
" "Empire Moose 6,103 British Sunk
21/09/40Canonesa 8,286 BritishSunk
" "Torinia 10,364 British Sunk
" "Dalcairn 4,608 British Sunk
22/09/40Empire Airman 6,586 British Sunk
" "Scholar 3,940 British Sunk
" "Frederick S. Fales 10,525 British Sunk
" "Simla 6,031 NorwegianSunk
18/10/40 Shekatika 5,458 British Damaged
" " Boekolo 2,118 Dutch Damaged
19/10/40 Blairspey 4,155 British Damaged
20/10/40Caprella 8,230 British Sunk
" " Sitala 6,218 British Sunk
" " Loch Lomond 5,452 British Sunk
23/11/40Justitia 4,562 British Sunk
" " Bradfyne 4,740 British Sunk
" " Bruse 2,205 Norwegian Sunk
" " Cotmarsum 3,628 Dutch Sunk
" " Salonica 2,694 Norwegian Sunk
" " Leise Maersk 3,136 British Sunk
" " Bussum 3,636 Dutch Sunk
14/12/40Kyleglen 3,670 British Sunk
" "Euphorbia 3,380 British Sunk
18/12/40 Napier Star 10,116 British Sunk

* The Boekolo was subsequently sunk by Karl-Heinz Moehle (U-123).

Of the 36 ships sunk by Schepke 20 were British, 6 Norwegian, 5 Danish, 2 Dutch, 2 Swedish and 1 Belgian/Latvian. In total Schepke was responsible for the sinking of 155,879 tons of shipping.


Source : Rohwer, J (1983) Axis Submarine Successes 1939-45.



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