Nummer: 06702a


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 22.09.1941
Time of attack : 23:46
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 103
Commander : Winter
Grid : DG 9922
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 7000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Number of torpedoes/mines : 4-
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : SL.87
Date of observation : 22.09.1941
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : Niceto de Larrinaga
Year of launch : 1916
Actual tonnage : 5591 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : 27.32n 24.26w
Footnote : U-103 observed a ship capsizing after a weak detonation, then after two other detonations saw two ships going down by the stern. The fourth torpedo was a shallow hit with a big water column, and the fifth exploded with a blue-green flash.
related attacks : Angriff 1
Angriff 2
Angriff 3
Angriff 4


Convoy : SL.87
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.