Nummer: 15812b
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 17.03.1943 |
| Time of attack : | 08:39 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 91 |
| Commander : | Walkerling |
| Grid : | BD 1334 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter id |
| presumed tonnage : | 6000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo coup de grâce |
| Convoy : | HX.229 |
| Date of observation : | 17.03.1943 |
| Time of observation : | 11:13 |
| Nationality of target : | American |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Irenée du Pont |
| Year of launch : | 1920 |
| Actual tonnage : | 6125 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 50.38n 34.46w |
| Footnote : | After the battle at night, there were five ships torpedoed but remained afloat. "James Oglethorpe" had been damaged at 0:22h by U-758/Manseck; "William Eustis" had been damaged at 1:22h by U-435/Strelow; "Nariva" and "Irenée du Pont" both had been damaged at 5:56h by U-600/Zurmühlen. - At 8:39h U-91 fired a 3-torpedo spread, and noted two hits: one on a still running freighter, and another one on a burning ship. - Middlebrook is crediting U-91 with the sinking of "Nariva" and "Irenée du Pont" by the attack at 8:39h. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 |
| Convoy : | HX.229 |
| 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: | Anm: Nariva |
| Changes: | 1) Middlebrook: FT 0905/17/835 + Schußmeldung |