Nummer: 15721d
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 17.03.1943 |
| Time of attack : | 03:07 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 338 |
| Commander : | Kinzel |
| Grid : | AK 8599 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 4000 BRT |
| presumed result : | target visibly missed |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | SC.122 |
| Date of observation : | 17.03.1943 |
| Time of observation : | 02:15 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Fort Cedar Lake |
| Year of launch : | 1942 |
| Actual tonnage : | 7134 BRT |
| Actual result : | damaged |
| Position of target : | 52.14n 32.15w |
| Footnote : | U-338 assumed to have hit one ship with the first 2-torpedo spread. In reality "Kingsbury" (pos.51) and "King Gruffydd" (pos.52) were hit. - One torpedo from the second spread hit "Alderamin" (pos.61). - The stern shot missed its target, but hit "Fort Cedar Lake" (pos.124), which was some hours later sunk from U-665 by a coup de grâce (see FN.3223). |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 Angriff 2 Angriff 3 |
| Convoy : | SC.122 |
| Route of convoy : | Sydney (Nova Scotia) - United Kingdom |
| Remark to convoy : | Slow (Atlantic) Convoys since Aug 1940, fast ones = HX, counter traffic = ON. |