Nummer: 06506b


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 207
Commander : Meyer
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : SC.42
Date of sinking : 11.09.1941
Time of sinking : 00:50
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : Berury
Year of launch : 1919
Actual tonnage : 4924 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : 62.40n 38.50w
Footnote : There are no attack reports for this time. The attacking U-Boat must have been U-207, which was sunk a few hours later by the escort. The Canadian "Randa" (30, 1558grt) left Sydney on Aug.30th with SC.42 in pos.104, but on Aug.31st had to return as for machine troubles. She sailed to Britain with SC.43 and survived the war (Bernard Edwards: Attack and Sink - The Battle of the Atlantic Summer 1941).
related attacks : Angriff 1


Convoy : SC.42
Route of convoy : Sydney (Nova Scotia) - United Kingdom
Remark to convoy : Slow (Atlantic) Convoys since Aug 1940, fast ones = HX, counter traffic = ON.