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- Projekt ASS: U-Boot-Erfolge der Achsenmächte 1939-1945
- Übersicht > ID 3254
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | West African Coast |
| Date of attack : | 28.03.1943 |
| Time of attack : | 14:48 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 159 |
| Commander : | Witte |
| Grid : | DU 2555 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 9000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 4- |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | RS.3 |
| Date of observation : | 28.03.1943 |
| Time of observation : | 13:45 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Motor Freighter |
| Name of target : | Silverbeech |
| Year of launch : | 1926 |
| Actual tonnage : | 5319 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 25.20n 15.55w |
| Convoy : | RS.3 |
| Route of convoy : | Gibraltar - Sierra Leone |
| Remark to convoy : | Since Feb 1943 (counter traffic = SR) |
| updated on: | 00.00.0000 |
| Remark: | Rohwer, 12.1997 |
