Nummer: 17714b


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 19.01.1944
Time of attack : 08:55
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 390
Commander : Geissler
Grid : AL 3984
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 8000 BRT
presumed result : damaged
Used weapon(s) : Acoustic homing torpedo (gnat)
Convoy : unknown
Footnote : U-390 missed four ships with a 3-torpedo spread at 8:30 a.m.; she heard two gnat detonations at 8:53 and 8:55 a.m. after run times of 3:20 min and 6:43 min; she heard a hit without detonation (a dud) at 11:43 a.m.
related attacks : Angriff 1


Convoy : unknown