Nummer: 15915


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 19.03.1943
Time of attack : 06:06
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 608
Commander : Struckmeier
Grid : AL 4746
presumed target type : Destroyer
presumed tonnage : 1350 ts
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : HX.229
Date of observation : 19.03.1943
Time of observation : 05:06
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target : Destroyer
Name of target : Highlander (H.44)
Year of launch : 1939
Actual tonnage : 1340 ts
Actual result : target visibly missed
Footnote : U-608 fired a 3-torpedo spread and heard two hits without detonations after 5:34 min. Then sinking noises and a heavy explosion were heard.


Destroyer Highlander (H.44) ex Brazilian Jaguaribe (bis 1939)
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.