Nummer: 13119b


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 31.10.1942
Time of attack : 00:12
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 103
Commander : Janssen
Grid : CF 9856
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 9000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : SL.125
Footnote : U-103 observed two hits after 2:03 min and 1:57 min on two ships. But only "Tasmania" is known to have been sunk.
related attacks : Angriff 1


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.