Nummer: 18005b


Area : Western Area
Sea area : US East Coast
Date of attack : 09.04.1944
Time of attack : 09:28
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 802
Commander : Schmoeckel
Grid : CB 2366
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 10000 BRT
presumed result : damaged
Number of torpedoes/mines : 2
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo with preset course
Convoy : HX.286
Footnote : U-802 fired two T-3 torpedoes and two FAT, and heard a single and a double detonation.
related attacks : Angriff 1


Convoy : HX.286
Route of convoy : (New York) - Halifax - United Kingdom
Remark to convoy : Sep 1939 to Sep 1942 ab Halifax, then from New York (counter traffic = ON), vgl. HXF und SC.