Nummer: 11001a


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 19.07.1942
Time of attack : 02:30
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 564
Commander : Suhren
Grid : CE 3341
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 5000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : OS.34
Date of observation : 19.07.1942
Time of observation : 00:35
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : Empire Hawksbill
Year of launch : 1920
Actual tonnage : 5724 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : 42.29n 25.56w
Footnote : U-564 observed four detonations between 1:15 min and 1:27 min after firing. There were probably two hits each on the two ships.
related attacks : Angriff 1
Angriff 2
Angriff 3


Steam Freighter Empire Hawksbill ex American Delawarean (bis 1940)
Convoy : OS.34
Route of convoy : London / Liverpool - Freetown (Sierra Leone)
Remark to convoy : Since Jul 1941, from Apr 1943 combined with KMS in Atlantic (counter traffic = SL)