Nummer: 11617a


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 17.08.1942
Time of attack : 17:56
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 566
Commander : Remus
Grid : CF 4353
presumed target type : Steam Freighter id
presumed tonnage : 6710 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : SL.118
Date of observation : 17.08.1942
Nationality of target : Norwegian
Actual type of target : Motor Freighter
Name of target : Triton
Year of launch : 1930
Actual tonnage : 6607 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : 39.31n 22.43w
Footnote : U-566 fired a 3-torpedo spread against two ships and observed hits after 1:24 min, 1:26 min and 1:27 min.
related attacks : Angriff 1


Convoy : SL.118
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.