List of the largest ships hit by U-boats in World War I
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List of the largest ships hit by U-boats in World War I

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Ship	Nationality	Tons	Date	U-boat	Commander	Notes

HMHS Britannic	Royal Navy	48,758	21 November 1916	U-73	Gustav Sieß	Sunk by Mine

Justicia	United Kingdom	32,234	19 July 1918	UB-64	Otto von Schrader	Damaged, taken under tow

Justicia	United Kingdom	32,234	20 July 1918	UB-124	Hans Oskar Wutsdorff	Sunk while under tow from 1st attack

Lusitania	United Kingdom	30,396	7 May 1915	U-20	Walther Schwieger	Sunk with great loss of life

Jean Bart	French Navy	22,189	21 December 1914	U-12 (Austria-Hungary)	Egon Lerch	Returned to port under own power

Celtic	United Kingdom	20,904	15 February 1917	U-80	Alfred von Glasenapp	Struck mine, returned to port under tow

Celtic	United Kingdom	20,904	31 March 1918	UB-77	Wilhelm Meyer	Torpedoed, returned to port under tow

Merion	United Kingdom	19,380	29 May 1915	UB-8	Ernst von Voigt	Decoy disguised as HMS Tiger, sunk

Lapland	United Kingdom	18,565	7 April 1917	UC-65	Otto Steinbrinck	Struck mine, returned to port

Franconia	United Kingdom	18,510	4 October 1916	UB-47	Wolfgang Steinbauer	Torpedoed while empty

Voltaire	French Navy	18,400	18 October 1918	UB-48	Wolfgang Steinbauer	Lightly damaged by 2 torpedoes

USS Mount Vernon	United States Navy	18,372	5 September 1918	U-82	Heinrich Middendorf	Heavy damage, returned to port under own power

Danton	French Navy	18,300	19 March 1917	U-64	Robert Moraht	Torpedoed and sunk

USS President Lincoln	United States Navy	18,168	31 May 1918	U-90	Walter Remy	Torpedoed and sunk, most lives saved

Laconia	United Kingdom	18,099	25 February 1917	U-50	Gerhard Berger

USS Minnesota	United States Navy	18,000	29 September 1918	U-117	Otto Dröscher

HMS Britannia	Royal Navy	16,350	9 November 1918	UB-50	Heinrich Kukat

USS Covington	United States Navy	16,339	1 July 1918	U-86	Helmut Brümmer-Patzig

Arabic	United Kingdom	15,801	19 August 1915	U-24	Rudolf Schneider

Rurik	Imperial Russian Navy	15,544	19 November 1916	UC-27	Karl Vesper

HMS Formidable	Royal Navy	15,000	1 January 1915	U-24	Rudolf Schneider

Gallia	France	14,966	4 October 1916	U-35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière

HMS Majestic	Royal Navy	14,900	27 May 1915	U-21	Otto Hersing

Laurentic	United Kingdom	14,892	25 January 1917	U-80	Alfred von Glasenapp

Transylvania	United Kingdom	14,348	4 May 1917	U-63	Otto Schultze

Tuscania	United Kingdom	14,348	5 February 1918	UB-77	Wilhelm Meyer

Minnewaska	United Kingdom	14,317	29 November 1916	UC-23	Johannes Kirchner

HMS Drake	Royal Navy	14,300	2 October 1917	U-79	Otto Rohrbeck

Ivernia	Royal Navy	14,278	1 January 1917	UB-47	Wolfgang Steinbauer

HMS King Alfred	Royal Navy	14,150	11 April 1918	UB-86	Hans Trenk

HMS Russell	Royal Navy	14,000	27 April 1916	U-73	Gustav Sieß

HMS Cornwallis	Royal Navy	14,000	9 January 1917	U-32	Kurt Hartwig

Aurania	United Kingdom	13,936	4 February 1918	UB-67	Gerhard Schulz

Tubantia	Netherlands	13,911	16 March 1916	UB-13	Arthur Metz

La Provence	France	13,753	26 February 1916	U-35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière

Minnehaha	United Kingdom	13,714	7 September 1917	U-48	Karl Edeling

USS San Diego	United States Navy	13,680	19 July 1918	U-156	Richard Feldt

Carpathia	United Kingdom	13,603	17 July 1918	U-55	Wilhelm Werner

Minneapolis	United Kingdom	13,543	23 March 1916	U-35	Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière

Minnetonka	United Kingdom	13,528	30 January 1918	U-64	Robert Moraht

Peresvet	Imperial Russian Navy	13,500	2 January 1917	U-73	Gustav Sieß

Avenger	United Kingdom	13,441	14 June 1917	U-69	Ernst Wilhelms

Regina Margherita	Regia Marina	13,427	12 December 1916	UC-14	Franz Becker

Alaunia	United Kingdom	13,405	19 October 1916	UC-16	Egon von Werner

Andania	United Kingdom	13,405	27 January 1918	U-46	Leo Hillebrand

Cymric	United Kingdom	13,370	8 May 1916	U-20	Walther Schwieger

Orama	United Kingdom	12,927	19 October 1917	U-62	Ernst Hashagen

Suffren	French Navy	12,750	25 November 1916	U-52	Hans Walther

Athos	France	12,644	17 February 1917	U-65	Hermann von Fischel

Rijndam (ID-2505)	Netherlands	12,527	18 January 1916	UC-1	Egon von Werner

Calgarian (1913)	United Kingdom	12,515	1 March 1918	U-19	Johannes Spieß

Missanabie	United Kingdom	12,469	9 September 1918	UB-87	Karl Petri

Maloja	United Kingdom	12,431	27 February 1916	UC-6	Matthias Graf von Schmettow

Léon Gambetta	French Navy	12,416	27 April 1915	U-5 (Austria-Hungary)	Georg Ritter von Trapp

Medina	United Kingdom	12,350	28 April 1917	UB-31	Thomas Bieber

Finland	United States Army	12,222	28 October 1917	U-93	Helmut Gerlach

Argyllshire	United Kingdom	12,097	5 February 1917	UC-46	Friedrich Moecke

Otway	United Kingdom	12,077	23 July 1917	UC-49	Karl Petri

Persic	United Kingdom	12,045	7 September 1918	UB-87	Karl Petri

Orsova	United Kingdom	12,036	14 March 1917	UC-68	Hans Degetau

Burdigala	France	12,009	14 November 1916	U-73	Gustav Sieß

Asturias	United Kingdom	12,002	20 March 1917	UC-66	Herbert Pustkuchen

HMS Aboukir	Royal Navy	12,000	22 September 1914	U-9	Otto Weddigen

HMS Cressy	Royal Navy	12,000	22 September 1914	U-9	Otto Weddigen

HMS Hogue	Royal Navy	12,000	22 September 1914	U-9	Otto Weddigen

Afric	United Kingdom	11,999	12 February 1917	UC-66	Herbert Pustkuchen

HMS Triumph	Royal Navy	11,985	25 May 1915	U-21	Otto Hersing

HMT Southland	Royal Navy	11,899	2 September 1915	UB-14	Heino von Heimburg

HMT Southland	Royal Navy	11,899	4 June 1917	U-70	Otto Wünsche

Haverford	United Kingdom	11,635	26 June 1917	U-94	Alfred Saalwächter

Volturno	Kingdom of Italy	11,495	26 March 1918	UB-50	Franz Becker

Demerara	United Kingdom	11,484	1 July 1917	U-84	Walter Roehr

Drina	United Kingdom	11,483	1 March 1917	UC-65	Otto Steinbrinck

Milazzo	Kingdom of Italy	11,477	29 August 1917	U-14 (Austria-Hungary)	Georg Ritter von Trapp

HMHS Llandovery Castle	Royal Navy	11,423	27 June 1918	U-86	Helmut Brümmer-Patzig

Rotorua	United Kingdom	11,140	22 March 1917	UC-17	Ralph Wenninger

Berrima	United Kingdom	11,137	18 February 1917	U-84	Walter Roehr

Ballarat	United Kingdom	11,120	25 April 1917	UB-32	Max Viebeg

HMT Royal Edward	Royal Canadian Navy	11,117	13 August 1915	UB-14	Heino von Heimburg

Cadillac	United Kingdom	11,106	7 April 1918	U-53	Hans Rose

Gaulois	French Navy	11,100	27 December 1916	UB-47	Wolfgang Steinbauer

HMS Ariadne	Royal Navy	11,000	26 July 1917	UC-65	Otto Steinbrinck

Cameronia	United Kingdom	10,963	15 April 1917	U-33	Gustav Sieß

Yasaka Maru	Japan	10,932	21 December 1915	U-38	Max Valentiner

Hesperian	United Kingdom	10,920	4 September 1915	U-20	Walther Schwieger

HMS Roxburgh	Royal Navy	10,850	20 June 1915	U-38	Max Valentiner

HMS Hampshire	Royal Navy	10,850	5 June 1916	U-75	Curt Beitzen

New York	United States	10,798	9 April 1917	UC-65	Otto Steinbrinck

Virginian	United Kingdom	10,757	21 August 1917	U-102	Ernst Killmann

Hurunui	United Kingdom	10,644	18 May 1918	U-94	Martin Schwab

Marmora	United Kingdom	10,509	23 July 1918	UB-64	Otto von Schrader

Vestris	United Kingdom	10,494	26 January 1918	UB-54	Egon von Werner

Devonian	United Kingdom	10,435	21 August 1917	U-53	Hans Rose

Winifredian	United Kingdom	10,422	17 April 1917	UC-76	Wilhelm Barten

Ultonia	United Kingdom	10,402	27 June 1917	U-53	Hans Rose

Rowanmore	United Kingdom	10,320	26 October 1916	U-57	Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg

O. B. Jennings	United States	10,289	4 August 1918	U-140	Waldemar Kophamel

San Melito	United Kingdom	10,160	21 August 1915	U-38	Max Valentiner

San Hilario	United Kingdom	10,157	20 April 1917	U-43	Hellmuth Jürst

Amalfi	Regia Marina	10,118	7 July 1915	UB-14	Heino von Heimburg

San Nazario	United Kingdom	10,064	15 October 1917	U-53	Hans Rose

Raranga	United Kingdom	10,040	26 June 1918	UC-71	Walter Warzecha

Amazon	United Kingdom	10,037	15 March 1918	U-110	Karl Kroll

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