Nummer: 11705a
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | Carribean Sea |
| Date of attack : | 18.08.1942 |
| Time of attack : | 09:13 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 553 |
| Commander : | Thurmann |
| Grid : | DM 9691 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 5000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | TAW.13 |
| Date of observation : | 18.08.1942 |
| Time of observation : | 08:16 |
| Nationality of target : | American |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | John Hancock |
| Year of launch : | 1941 |
| Actual tonnage : | 7176 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 19.41n 76.50w |
| Footnote : | U-553 observed hits from a 4-torpedo spread after 56 sec, 1:03 min and 1:06 min. - First and second target sinking quickly. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 Angriff 2 |
| Convoy : | TAW.13 |
| Route of convoy : | Trinidad - Aruba - Key West |
| Remark to convoy : | Jul to Aug 1942, then TAG. Counter traffic = WAT |
| updated on: | 05.05.2019 |
| Remark: | SCHIFF, ANM |
| Changes: | 1) Rohwer hatte 1995 hierhin (warum ?) die BLANKAHOLM verschoben. 2) ROHWER schreibt 1995 der BLANKAHOLM 2 Treffer zu. Quelle ? 3) Cloots: BLANKAHOLM wurde im 1. Anlauf vor EMPIRE BEDE getroffen. 4) Rohwer 1968 und 1996 hatten JOHN HANCOCK + auf Platz 3. Dort ist aber gerade keine Versenkung beobachtet worden. |