Nummer: 16111


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 05.04.1943
Time of attack : 22:11
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 530
Commander : Lange
Grid : AK 2521
presumed target type : Tanker
presumed tonnage : 9000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : HX.231 s
Date of observation : 05.04.1943
Nationality of target : American
Actual type of target : Motor Tanker
Name of target : Sunoil
Year of launch : 1927
Actual tonnage : 9005 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : 58.16n 34.14w
Footnote : U-563 reported one hit on a tanker. "Sunoil" was straggling because of machinery troubles. She was sunk by U-530 with three torpedoes.


Convoy : HX.231 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.