Nummer: 00708


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 25.11.1939
Time of attack : 13:19
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 28
Commander : Kuhnke
Grid : BF 1837
presumed target type : Steam Freighter id
presumed tonnage : 5144 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Number of torpedoes/mines : 1
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : SL.8B
Date of observation : 25.11.1939
Time of observation : 13:23
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : Royston Grange
Year of launch : 1918
Actual tonnage : 5144 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : 49.15n 09.00w


Convoy : SL.8B
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.