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) |