Nummer: 09506b


Area : Western Area
Sea area : Central Atlantic
Date of attack : 13.05.1942
Time of attack : 00:28
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 128
Commander : Heyse
Grid : DS 6699
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 8000 BRT
presumed result : damaged
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : SL.109
Footnote : U-128 fired a 4-torpedo salvo, and observed one detonation after 3:25 min, accompanied by a smoke pillar, and another detonation.
related attacks : Angriff 1


Convoy : SL.109
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.