Nummer: 13118


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 31.10.1942
Time of attack : 00:03
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 510
Commander : Neitzel
Grid : CF 9882
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 6000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : SL.125
Date of observation : 30.10.1942
Time of observation : 21:15
Nationality of target : Norwegian
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : Alaska
Year of launch : 1918
Actual tonnage : 5681 BRT
Actual result : damaged
Position of target : 36.06n 16.59w


Convoy : SL.125
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.