Nummer: 05210
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 15.05.1941 |
| Time of attack : | 04:15 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 43 |
| Commander : | Lüth |
| Grid : | BE 6167 |
| presumed target type : | Sailing Freight Vessel |
| presumed tonnage : | 800 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Used weapon(s) : | Gunfire |
| Date of observation : | 15.05.1941 |
| Time of observation : | 02:20 |
| Nationality of target : | French |
| Actual type of target : | Sailing Freight Vessel |
| Name of target : | Notre Dame du Châtelet |
| Year of launch : | 1921 |
| Actual tonnage : | 488 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 48n 14w |
| Footnote : | "Notre Dame du Châtelet" was en route from La Rochelle to the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, when she was sunk without warning by an U-boat with gunfire. The day before she had been encountered by the Italian submarine "Cappellini" at pos. 47°42'N / 13°56'W. The survivors reported, that the attacking submarine had fired upon their lifeboats with machine guns. |
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Notre Dame du Châtelet |
| updated on: | 24.05.2013 |
| Remark: | ASS-Forenlink |
| Changes: | 1) Kolbicz 6.9.2002: 48n 14w 2) kgvm, 24.5.2013: Gerettete Besatzungsmitglieder 3) kgvm, 24.5.2013: Auf Rettungsboote geschossen |