Nummer: 15816b


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 17.03.1943
Time of attack : 14:05
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 384
Commander : Rosenberg-Grusczynski
Grid : AK 8867
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 4000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : HX.229
Footnote : U-384 fired three torpedoes and heard three detonations. At the same time U-631 reported the sinking of a tanker with one torpedo. It is not probable, that "Coracero" and "Terkoelei" were hit by the same U-boat.
related attacks : Angriff 1
Angriff 2
Angriff 3


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.