Nummer: 18216b
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | English Channel |
| Date of attack : | 05.07.1944 |
| Time of attack : | 08:05 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 953 |
| Commander : | Marbach |
| Grid : | BF 3196 |
| presumed target type : | Ammunition Transport |
| presumed tonnage : | 4000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 1 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Acoustic homing torpedo (gnat) |
| Convoy : | unknown |
| Name of target : | Munitionstransporter |
| Actual result : | hit not ascertained |
| Footnote : | U-953 fired three single torpedoes, 2 LUTs (the first one being a dud) and 1 gnat, heard the sinking of a trooper, and observed the explosion of an ammunition transport through the periscope. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 Angriff 2 |
| Convoy : | unknown |
| Beitrag im ASS-Forum : Link | |
HMS GANILLY (uboat.net) |
| updated on: | 04.08.2014 |
| Remark: | ANM |