Nummer: 13108


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 30.10.1942
Time of attack : 02:07
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 659
Commander : Stock
Grid : DH 2545
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 10000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Number of torpedoes/mines : 2
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo coup de grâce
Convoy : SL.125 s
Date of observation : 29.10.1942
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : Corinaldo
Year of launch : 1921
Actual tonnage : 7131 BRT
Actual result : damaged
Position of target : 33.20n 18.12w
Footnote : "Corinaldo" was damaged by one torpedo from U-509 and two attempted coups de grâce from U-659, and was finally sunk by a torpedo and gunfire from U-203.


Convoy : SL.125 s
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.