Nummer: 27304a
| Area : | Indic Ocean |
| Sea area : | Arabian Gulf |
| Date of attack : | 07.02.1944 |
| Time of attack : | 19:14 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 188 |
| Commander : | Lüdden |
| Grid : | MQ 6767 |
| presumed target type : | Sailing Freight Vessel |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Used weapon(s) : | Gunfire + Ramming |
| Date of observation : | 08.02.1944 |
| Nationality of target : | Indic |
| Actual type of target : | Sailing Freight Vessel |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 270nm E Sokotra |
| Footnote : | U-188 reported four sailing freight vessels sunk on Feb.7th and three more sunk on Feb 12th, 1944 by 20mm gunfire and ramming. According to British sources three vessels were sunk on Feb.18th. They carried cotton. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 Angriff 2 |