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) |
| Beitrag im ASS-Forum : Link | |
OS Convoy Index (Hague) | |
HMS ABELIA (wikipedia) |