Nummer: 17707


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Grid : [BE 25]
Used weapon(s) : Acoustic homing torpedo (gnat)
Convoy : OS.64
Date of sinking : 09.01.1944
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target : Corvette
Name of target : Abelia (K.184)
Year of launch : 1940
Actual tonnage : 925 ts
Actual result : damaged
Position of target : 50n 18w
Footnote : "Abelia" lost her rudder after being hit by a U-boat torpedo. - Convoy OS.64 had been shadowed by U-757/Deetz, which was lost on Jan.8th, and by U-731/Keller, which was attacked by an escort vessel on Jan.10th, but was lucky to escape.


Convoy : OS.64
Route of convoy : London / Liverpool - Freetown (Sierra Leone)
Remark to convoy : Since Jul 1941, from Apr 1943 combined with KMS in Atlantic (counter traffic = SL)