Nummer: 05410
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 31.05.1941 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 147 |
| Commander : | Wetjen |
| Grid : | -- ---- |
| presumed target type : | --- |
| presumed tonnage : | ---- --- |
| presumed result : | hit not ascertained |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) + Gunfire |
| Convoy : | HX.127 s |
| Date of observation : | 31.05.1941 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Gravelines |
| Year of launch : | 1925 |
| Actual tonnage : | 2491 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 56n 11.13w |
| Footnote : | "Gravelines" broke in two. The afterpart was sunk by gunfire, the forepart was towed to River Clyde and beached at Kames Bay. She was then declared a total loss. |
Steam Freighter Gravelines ex French (bis 1940)
| Convoy : | HX.127 s |
| Route of convoy : | (New York) - Halifax - United Kingdom |
| Remark to convoy : | Sep 1939 to Sep 1942 ab Halifax, then from New York (counter traffic = ON), vgl. HXF und SC. |
| Beitrag im ASS-Forum : Link | |
Gravelines |
| updated on: | 24.05.2013 |
| Remark: | ASS-Forenlink |
| Changes: | 1) Kolbicz L2, 04-2002: 2491$, Anm. 2) kgvm, 24.5.2013: ex fr (40) 3) U-147 lost 02.06.1941 |