Nummer: 08909
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | US East Coast |
| Date of attack : | 09.04.1942 |
| Time of attack : | 07:16 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 123 |
| Commander : | Hardegen |
| Grid : | DB 5663 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter id |
| presumed tonnage : | 3365 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Date of observation : | 09.04.1942 |
| Time of observation : | 05:25 |
| Nationality of target : | American |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Esparta |
| Year of launch : | 1904 |
| Actual tonnage : | 3365 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 30.46n 81.11w |
| Footnote : | "Esparta", "Malchace" and "Tamaulipas" were sunk in shallow water, but were total losses. |