Nummer: 14316d


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 28.12.1942
Time of attack : 23:17
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 406
Commander : Dieterichs
Grid : BD 9340
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 5000 BRT
presumed result : damaged
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : ON.154
Actual tonnage : ---- --
Actual result : hit not ascertained
Footnote : U-406/Dieterichs reported two ships sunk and two ships damaged by two FAT and three T-3 torpedoes. In reality all ships were only stopped. - U-591/Zetzsche sank "Zarian" and missed "Baron Cochrane" with a coup de grâce. - U-123/Schroeter sank "Baron Chochrane" and missed "Lynton Grange". - At lastm U-628/Hasenschar sank "Lynton Grange" with a coup de grâce.
related attacks : Angriff 1
Angriff 2
Angriff 3


Convoy : ON.154
Route of convoy : United Kingdom - North America
Remark to convoy : 1st series: Jul 1941 to Mar 1943 ON and ONS combined, later ON mit continuing and ONS with new numbering (counter traffic HX and SC)