Nummer: 11719c


Area : Western Area
Sea area : Carribean Sea
Date of attack : 19.08.1942
Time of attack : 10:08
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 564
Commander : Suhren
Grid : ED 9453
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 7000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : TAW.(S)
Date of observation : 19.08.1942
Time of observation : 08:10
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : Empire Cloud
Year of launch : 1941
Actual tonnage : 5969 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : 11.58n 62.38w
Footnote : U-564 observed three hits after 12 sec and one hit after 2:50 min. The tanker was probably hit by several torpedoes.
related attacks : Angriff 1
Angriff 2
Angriff 3


Convoy : TAW.(S)
Route of convoy : Trinidad - Aruba - Key West
Remark to convoy : Jul to Aug 1942, then TAG. Counter traffic = WAT