Nummer: 11803


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 19.08.1942
Time of attack : 16:22
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 406
Commander : Dieterichs
Grid : BE 8977
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 6000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : SL.118
Date of observation : 19.08.1942
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : City of Manila
Year of launch : 1916
Actual tonnage : 7452 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : 43.21n 18.20w


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.