Nummer: 17802a


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 11.02.1944
Time of attack : 00:11
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 731
Commander : Keller
Grid : BE 2964
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 5000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : OS.67
Footnote : U-731 fired a spread and assumed two hits on a steamer, and heard a gnat detonation after 2:30 min.
related attacks : Angriff 1


Convoy : OS.67
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)