Nummer: 05721
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | Central Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 27.06.1941 |
| Time of attack : | 01:49 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 69 |
| Commander : | Metzler |
| Grid : | DT 3898 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 9500 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 1 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | SL.78 |
| Date of observation : | 26.06.1941 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Empire Ability |
| Year of launch : | 1931 |
| Actual tonnage : | 7603 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 23.50n 21.10w |
Steam Freighter Empire Ability ex German Uhenfels (bis 1940)
| Convoy : | SL.78 |
| 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: | 05.02.2002 |
| Remark: | SL.78 |