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- Projekt ASS: U-Boot-Erfolge der Achsenmächte 1939-1945
- Übersicht > ID 3445
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | West African Coast |
| Date of attack : | 16.07.1943 |
| Time of attack : | 03:52 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 306 |
| Commander : | Trotha |
| Grid : | EK 7328 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 7000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 5 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | SL.133 |
| Date of observation : | 16.07.1943 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Motor Freighter |
| Name of target : | Kaipara |
| Year of launch : | 1938 |
| Actual tonnage : | 5882 BRT |
| Actual result : | damaged |
| Position of target : | 13.30n 17.43w |
| Footnote : | U-306 shadowed convoy SL.133 from EK 76 up to EK 49, and reported four ships of 27.000 gross tons sunk, and one other ship probably sunk. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1
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| Convoy : | SL.133 |
| Route of convoy : | Sierra Leone (Freetown) - United Kingdom (Liverpool) |
| Remark to convoy : | Since Sep 1939; from May 1943 combined with MKS in Atlantic, counter traffic = OS. |
| updated on: | 00.00.0000 |
| Remark: | Anm.: U-306 |
