Nummer: 15406a
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 08.03.1943 |
| Time of attack : | 18:23 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 527 |
| Commander : | Uhlig |
| Grid : | AK 2841 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 6000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 2 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | SC.121 s |
| Date of observation : | 08.03.1943 |
| Time of observation : | 15:30 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Fort Lamy |
| Year of launch : | 1919 |
| Actual tonnage : | 5242 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 58.30n 31.00w |
| Footnote : | U-527 reported one ship of "Alphacca"-type sunk, possibly "Fort Lamy" with LCT 2480 on board. She became a straggler, when she had stopped her engines for 30 min. to secure her lifeboats (Staement by survivors, 4 May 1943). |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 |
| Convoy : | SC.121 s |
| Route of convoy : | Sydney (Nova Scotia) - United Kingdom |
| Remark to convoy : | Slow (Atlantic) Convoys since Aug 1940, fast ones = HX, counter traffic = ON. |
| updated on: | 00.00.0000 |
| Remark: | 15773 |