Nummer: 15011a
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | Gibraltar Area |
| Date of minelaying : | 01.02.1943 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 118 |
| Commander : | Czygan |
| Grid : | CG 95 |
| presumed target type : | --- |
| presumed tonnage : | ---- --- |
| presumed result : | hit not ascertained |
| Used weapon(s) : | Sea mine(s) |
| Convoy : | MKS.8 ? |
| Date of sinking : | 22.02.1943 |
| Time of sinking : | 10:56 |
| Nationality of target : | Canadian |
| Actual type of target : | Corvette |
| Name of target : | Weyburn (K.173) |
| Year of launch : | 1941 |
| Actual tonnage : | 925 ts |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 35.46n 06.02w |
| Footnote : | HMS "Weyburn" hit a mine and began to sink over stern, immediately. "Wivern" came alongside to take over the survivors. When "Weyburn" sank deeper, her depth charges exploded and damaged HMS "Wivern" (Brown, Warship Losses). |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 |
| Convoy : | MKS.8 ? |
| Route of convoy : | Mittelmeer - United Kingdom (slow) |
| Remark to convoy : | Since Nov 1942; since May 1943 combined mit SL in Atlantic (counter traffic = KMS) |
| updated on: | 31.08.2017 |
| Remark: | POS |
| Changes: | 1) Minenerfolge 02-1999: DAT1 = 01.02.43; ANM 2) uboat.net: POS = 35.46n statt 36.46n |