Nummer: 08516
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | Central Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 16.03.1942 |
| Time of attack : | 18:24 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 504 |
| Commander : | Poske |
| Grid : | DO 5450 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 7000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Date unsettled / assumed/ dead reckoned : | 16.03.1942 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Stangarth |
| Year of launch : | 1942 |
| Actual tonnage : | 5966 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | [22.39n 65.21w] |
| Footnote : | "Manaqui" departed Loch Ewe on Feb.18th for Kingston and was reported missing after Mar.15th, 1942. "Stangarth" left New York on Mar.11th bound for St.Thomas (Virgin Islands), where she was due on Mar.17th. Presumably from there the would have proceeded to the Panama Canal. After the war she was assessed as having been sunk on Mar.16th in approx. pos. 22°N / 65°W. |
| updated on: | 00.00.0000 |
| Remark: | Coppock 12.07.85 |