Nummer: 06713c


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 24.09.1941
Time of attack : 06:33
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 107
Commander : Heßler
Grid : DH 4178
presumed target type : Steam Tanker
presumed tonnage : 13000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Number of torpedoes/mines : -
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : SL.87
Date of observation : 24.09.1941
Time of observation : 04:41
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target : Motor Freighter
Name of target : Dixcove
Year of launch : 1927
Actual tonnage : 3790 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : 31.12n 23.41w
related attacks : Angriff 1
Angriff 2


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.