Nummer: 07218a
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | Gibraltar Area |
| Date of attack : | 15.12.1941 |
| Time of attack : | 04:10 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 77 |
| Commander : | Schonder |
| Grid : | CG 9843 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 5000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 1 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | Spec.Conv. |
| Date of observation : | 15.12.1941 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Empire Barracuda |
| Year of launch : | 1919 |
| Actual tonnage : | 4972 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 35.30n 06.17w |
| Footnote : | U-77 observed one freighter in sinking condition after one hit, and one tanker stopped after two hits. - "Empire Barracuda" was sailing in a special convoy of one freighter, three tankers, and five escorts, bound for Freetown and Capetown. This convoy sailed shortly afer convoy HG.76 (Clay Blair: Hitler's U-boat War, Vol.1). |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 |
Steam Freighter Empire Barracuda ex American Black Heron (bis 1940)
| Convoy : | Spec.Conv. |
| updated on: | 14.03.1999 |
| Remark: | spec.conv. |
| Changes: | 1) Rohwer, Chronology (p.108): Nahostkonvoi 2) Blair, U-Boot-Krieg (S.485): Gibraltar-Freetown |