Nummer: 16308


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 19.04.1943
Time of attack : 03:13
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 108
Commander : Wolfram
Grid : BC 3223
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 9000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : HX.234 s
Date of last signal/
last encounter :
14.04.1943
Nationality of target : American
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : Robert Gray
Year of launch : 1942
Actual tonnage : 7176 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : Loch Ewe - London
Footnote : U-108 reported one Liberty-ship type C2, loaded with ammunition, sunk. - "Robert Gray" straggled from convoy HX.234 in the night of Apr.13th/14th, 1943 and was not heard from again.


Convoy : HX.234 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.
updated on: 00.00.0000