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Projekt ASS: U-Boot-Erfolge der Achsenmächte 1939-1945
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Area : Western Area Sea area : North Atlantic Date of attack : 09.08.1942 Time of attack : 06:49 Nationality of U-boat : German U-boat : U 176 Commander : Dierksen Grid : AK 0240 presumed target type : Steam Freighter presumed tonnage : 7000 BRT presumed result : sunk Used weapon(s) : Torpedo coup de grâce Convoy : SC.94 s Date of observation : 09.08.1942 Nationality of target : British Actual type of target : Steam Freighter Name of target : Radchurch Year of launch : 1910 Actual tonnage : 3701 BRT Actual result : sunk Position of target : 56.15n 32.00w Footnote : U-176 reported one damaged ship sunk. In reality "Radchurch" (ex Yugoslavian "Vid") had been abandoned by the crew on Aug.8th at 13:25h without being damaged.
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Steam Freighter
Radchurch ex
Vid (bis 1941)
Convoy : SC.94 s Route of convoy : Sydney (Nova Scotia) - United Kingdom Remark to convoy : Slow (Atlantic) Convoys since Aug 1940, fast ones = HX, counter traffic = ON.