Nummer: 01910b


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 12.06.1940
Time of attack : 19:46
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 46
Commander : Endraß
Grid : BE 9584
presumed target type : Tanker
presumed tonnage : 8000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Number of torpedoes/mines : 1
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : SL.34
Date of observation : 12.06.1940
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target : Motor Freighter
Name of target : Willowbank
Year of launch : 1939
Actual tonnage : 5041 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : 44.16n 13.54w
related attacks : Angriff 1


Convoy : SL.34
Route of convoy : Sierra Leone (Freetown) - United Kingdom (Liverpool)
Remark to convoy : Since Sep 1939; from May 1943 combined with MKS in Atlantic, counter traffic = OS.
updated on: 00.04.2002
Remark: SL.34