Nummer: 15302a
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 28.02.1943 |
| Time of attack : | 21:33 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 405 |
| Commander : | Hopmann |
| Grid : | AK 1384 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 9000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | HX.227 |
| Date of observation : | 28.02.1943 |
| Nationality of target : | American |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Wade Hampton |
| Year of launch : | 1942 |
| Actual tonnage : | 7176 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 59.49n 34.43w |
| Footnote : | U-405 first attacked on Feb.28th at 9:33 p.m. and missed the target, but heard two detonations after 7 min on a ship behind. During the second attack on Mar.1st at 00:39 a.m. two hits on a ship of "Pertshire"-type were observed. On Mar.1st at 8:56 p.m. the sinking of one of the ships was observed. Possibly both ships were one and the same. On board "Wade Hampton" there were two lend-lease PT-boats for the Soviet Northern Fleet. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 Angriff 2 |
| Convoy : | HX.227 |
| Route of convoy : | (New York) - Halifax - United Kingdom |
| Remark to convoy : | Sep 1939 to Sep 1942 ab Halifax, then from New York (counter traffic = ON), vgl. HXF und SC. |
| updated on: | 00.00.0000 |
| Remark: | am, HX.227s [?] |