Nummer: 15910b


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 18.03.1943
Time of attack : 16:49
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 221
Commander : Trojer
Grid : AK 6897
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 6843 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : HX.229
Date of observation : 18.03.1943
Time of observation : 15:52
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target : Motor Freighter
Name of target : Canadian Star
Year of launch : 1939
Actual tonnage : 8293 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : 53.24n 28.34w
Footnote : U-221 hit "Walter Q. Gresham" with a stern shot, and the ship sank in one hour. Two torpedoes hit "Canadian Star" which sank in 15 min. The FAT-torpedo was an end-of-run detonator.
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.