Losses during the Battle of the Atlantic

The following is a table of Allied shipping losses in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. All shipping losses are in Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT).

Month, yearImports to AlliesSunk by
U-boat		Sunk by
aircraft		Sunk by
warship or raider		Sunk by
mines		Total Allied
shipping sunk		German
submarines lost
39-09Sep. '39 3297070 153879 0 5051 29537 158930 2
39-10Oct. '39 3576135 134807 0 32058 29490 166865 5
39-11Nov. '39 4408689 51589 0 1722 120958 53311 1
39-12Dec. '39 4466664 80881 2949 22506 82712 106336 1
40-01Jan. '40 4847044 111263 23693 0 77116 134956 1
40-02Feb. '40 4348820 169566 853 1761 54740 172180 6
40-03Mar. '40 4970525 62781 8694 0 35051 71475 1
40-04Apr. '40 5336917 32467 13409 5358 19799 51083 5
40-05May '40 5362873 55580 158348 6893 47716 220127 1
40-06Jun. '40 284113 105193 61857 86087 0
40-07Jul. '40 195825 70193 80796 33598 2
40-08Aug. '40 267618 53283 63350 11433 3
40-09Sep. '40 295335 56328 96288 8269 1
40-10Oct. '40 352407 8752 32134 32548 1
40-11Nov. '40 146613 66438 123671 46672 2
40-12Dec. '40 212590 14890 55728 54331 0
41-01Jan. '41 2651399 126782 78597 80796 17107 302601 0
41-02Feb. '41 2621795 196783 89305 89096 16507 372205 0
41-03Mar. '41 2864121 243020 113314 138906 23585 474879 5
41-04Apr. '41 2620531 249375 323454 91579 24888 616469 2
41-05May '41 3466204 325492 146302 15002 23194 486796 1
41-06Jun. '41 3594684 310143 61414 17759 15326 389316 4
41-07Jul. '41 3765724 94209 9275 5792 8583 109276 0
41-08Aug. '41 4002450 80310 23862 24897 1400 125550 4
41-09Sep. '41 4267134 202820 40812 22910 14948 259866 2
41-10Oct. '41 4203224 156554 35222 3305 19737 191776 2
41-11Nov. '41 3336789 62196 23015 17715 1714 85211 5
41-12Dec. '41 3735419 124070 72850 6661 63853 203581 10
42-01Jan. '42 327357 57086 3275 10079 3
42-02Feb. '42 476451 133746 0 7242 2
42-03Mar. '42 537980 55706 25614 16862 6
42-04Apr. '42 431664 82924 131188 15002 3
42-05May. '42 607247 59041 19363 18795 4
42-06Jun. '42 700235 54769 48474 19936 3
42-07Jul. '42 476065 74313 54358 8905 11
42-08Aug. '42 544410 60532 50516 0 9
42-09Sep. '42 485413 57526 24388 0 10
42-10Oct. '42 619417 5686 7576 5157 16
42-11Nov. '42 729160 53868 19178 992 13
42-12Dec. '42 330816 4853 12312 1618 4
43-01Jan. '43 203128 25503 7040 18475 6
43-02Feb. '43 359328 75 4858 34153 19
43-03Mar. '43 627377 65128 0 884 15
43-04Apr. '43 327943 3034 1742 11961 15
43-05May. '43 264853 20942 0 1568 41
43-06Jun. '43 97753 6083 17655 4334 17
43-07Jul. '43 242145 106005 7176 72 37
43-08Aug. '43 86579 14133 0 19 25
43-09Sep. '43 118841 22905 9977 4396 10
43-10Oct. '43 97407 22680 0 19774 26
43-11Nov. '43 66585 62452 8538 6666 19
43-12Dec. '43 86967 75471 0 6086 8
44-01Jan. '44 92278 24237 6420 7176 16
44-02Feb. '44 92923 21616 2085 0 20
44-03Mar. '44 142944 0 7840 7176 25
44-04Apr. '44 62149 19755 0 0 21
44-05May. '44 24424 2873 0 0 24
44-06Jun. '44 57875 9008 1812 24654 25
44-07Jul. '44 63351 0 7219 8114 24
44-08Aug. '44 98729 0 7176 7194 35
44-09Sep. '44 43368 0 0 1437 22
44-10Oct. '44 7176 0 0 4492 13
44-11Nov. '44 29592 7247 1141 0 8
44-12Dec. '44 58518 35920 0 35612 15
45-01Jan. '45 56988 7176 2365 16368 14
45-02Feb. '45 65233 7177 3899 18076 21
45-03Mar. '45 65077 0 3968 36064 33
45-04Apr. '45 72439 22822 0 8733 53
45-05May. '45 11439 7176 0 0 35

Total losses by U-boats: 14,668,785

References
  • Runyan, Timothy J.; Copes, Jan M. To Die Gallantly: The Battle of the Atlantic, pp. 85, 86
  • Burns, R. W.;Warwick, K.; Rees, D. Radar Development to 1945, p. 260
  • Hickam, Homer H. Torpedo Junction: U-Boat War Off America's East Coast, 1942, p. 2
  • Beesly, Patrick; Erskine, Ralph; Gardner, W. J. R. Very Special Intelligence, p. 173
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.