Nummer: 11712c


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 18.08.1942
Time of attack : 18:52
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 214
Commander : Reeder
Grid : CF 2569
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 5000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : SL.118
Date of observation : 18.08.1942
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : Hatarana
Year of launch : 1917
Actual tonnage : 7522 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : 41.07n 20.32w
Footnote : U-214 fired four torpedoes and heard detonations after 4:31 min, 4:37 min, 3:10 min and 2:27 min. Probably one ship was hit by two torpedoes, the other by one. The AMC was salvaged.
related attacks : Angriff 1
Angriff 2
Angriff 3


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.