Nummer: 11410


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.


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.
updated on: 00.00.0000