Nummer: 05808c


Area : Western Area
Sea area : Central Atlantic
Date of attack : 27.06.1941
Time of attack : 24:00
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 123
Commander : Hardegen
Grid : DT 2626
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 4000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Number of torpedoes/mines : 1
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : SL.78
Footnote : The third torpedo fired by U-123 missed the target but was assumed to have hit a ship behind in the convoy.
related attacks : Angriff 1
Angriff 2


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