Nummer: 15919


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 19.03.1943
Time of attack : 10:47
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 527
Commander : Uhlig
Grid : AL 4835
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 8000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : HX.229 s
Date of observation : 19.03.1943
Time of observation : 09:54
Nationality of target : American
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : Mathew Luckenbach
Year of launch : 1918
Actual tonnage : 5848 BRT
Actual result : damaged
Position of target : 54.23n 23.34w
Footnote : "Mathew Luckenbach" was abandoned by the crew after deliberately straggling. She was torpedoed by U-527 and sunk few hours later by U-523 (see FN.3249).


Convoy : HX.229 s
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.