Nummer: 05307
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 21.05.1941 |
| Time of attack : | 05:12 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 98 |
| Commander : | Gysae |
| Grid : | AJ 6252 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 10000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 1 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | OB.322 d |
| Date of observation : | 20.05.1941 |
| Time of observation : | 23:45 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Marconi |
| Year of launch : | 1917 |
| Actual tonnage : | 7402 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 58n 41w |
| Footnote : | U-98 made an attack against a steamer of 10.000 grt on May 20th, 1941 at 18:36h in quadrant AJ3455, but missed her target. But the boat was obviously following the steamer to quadrant AJ6252 where she attacked again and observed one hit after the funnel, but no column of water. The vessel was going down after 33 min, and U-98 returning thereafter. There is a discrepancy between the official loss position and the position of U-98 (AJ6252 = 56.05n 42.14w). |
| Convoy : | OB.322 d |
| Route of convoy : | Liverpool - North America (out) |
| Remark to convoy : | Sep 1939 to Jul 1940 via South Ireland, Jul to Okt 1940 via North Cannel, then ON. |
| updated on: | 00.00.0000 |
| Remark: | Zimmerman OB.322 |