Nummer: 16913b


Area : Western Area
Sea area : West African Coast
Date of attack : 09.07.1943
Time of attack : 02:43
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 508
Commander : Staats
Grid : EV 6729
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 6000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : ST.71 d
Date of observation : 09.07.1943
Time of observation : 00:45
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : Manchester Citizen
Year of launch : 1925
Actual tonnage : 5343 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : 05.50n 02.22e
related attacks : Angriff 1


Convoy : ST.71 d
Route of convoy : Sierra Leone - Tokoradi
Remark to convoy : Since Dec 1941, later FL und FT (Jul 1943)