Nummer: 06609c


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 20.09.1941
Time of attack : 01:51
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 552
Commander : Topp
Grid : AD 7583
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 7000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Number of torpedoes/mines : 1
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : SC.44
Date of observation : 19.09.1941
Time of observation : 21:49
Nationality of target : Panamanian
Actual type of target : Motor Freighter
Name of target : Pink Star
Year of launch : 1926
Actual tonnage : 4150 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : 61.36n 35.07w
Footnote : U-552 first missed two ships and then hit "T.J. Williams". Then a 2-torpedo salvo was fired. The first hit a ship behind the target, the second one "Pink Star".
related attacks : Angriff 1
Angriff 2


Motor Freighter Pink Star ex Danish Lundby (bis 1941)
Convoy : SC.44
Route of convoy : Sydney (Nova Scotia) - United Kingdom
Remark to convoy : Slow (Atlantic) Convoys since Aug 1940, fast ones = HX, counter traffic = ON.
updated on: 00.00.0000
Remark: -M Pink Star