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- Projekt ASS: U-Boot-Erfolge der Achsenmächte 1939-1945
- Übersicht > ID 2297
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 03.08.1942 |
| Time of attack : | 03:05 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 552 |
| Commander : | Topp |
| Grid : | BC 5778 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Tanker |
| presumed tonnage : | 8000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | ON.115 |
| Date of observation : | 03.08.1942 |
| Time of observation : | 01:05 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Motor Tanker |
| Name of target : | G.S. Walden |
| Year of launch : | 1935 |
| Actual tonnage : | 10627 BRT |
| Actual result : | damaged |
| Position of target : | 45.52n 47.15w |
| Footnote : | U-552 observed a hit on a freighter with machinery aft, and another at the bow. Both stopped. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1
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| Convoy : | ON.115 |
| Route of convoy : | United Kingdom - North America |
| Remark to convoy : | 1st series: Jul 1941 to Mar 1943 ON and ONS combined, later ON mit continuing and ONS with new numbering (counter traffic HX and SC) |
