Nummer: 16014


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 29.03.1943
Time of attack : 23:40
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 610
Commander : Freyberg-Eisenberg
Grid : AL 2950
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 10000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : HX.230
Date of observation : 29.03.1943
Nationality of target : American
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : William Pierce Frye
Year of launch : 1943
Actual tonnage : 7176 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : 56.57n 24.15w
Footnote : U-610 sank the torpedoed "William Pierce Frye" early in the morning of Mar.30th by a coup de grâce.


Convoy : HX.230
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.