Nummer: 18315a
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | English Channel |
| Date of attack : | 24.07.1944 |
| Time of attack : | 21:10 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 309 |
| Commander : | Mahrholz |
| Grid : | BF 3532 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 7000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 3 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo with gyro-angle and zig-zaggig course |
| Convoy : | FTM.47 |
| Date of observation : | 24.07.1944 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Samneva |
| Year of launch : | 1943 |
| Actual tonnage : | 7219 BRT |
| Actual result : | not repaired, total loss |
| Position of target : | 50.14n 00.47w |
| Footnote : | U-309 fired three LTUs and heard detonations after 5:35 min and 8:40 min and sinking noises. - "Samneva" arrived at Southampton but was subsequently towed to Briton Ferry and broken up. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 |
| Convoy : | FTM.47 |
| Route of convoy : | Juni bis September 1944. Gegenverkehr = ETC. |
| Remark to convoy : | Jun to Sep 1944 (counter traffic = ETC) |
| updated on: | 05.09.2013 |
| Changes: | 1) Uboat.net 06.2001: 7219 BRT $ 2) Hague, 5.9.2013: Convoy FTM.47 |