Nummer: 18409b
Area : | Western Area |
Sea area : | Irish Sea |
Date of attack : | 14.08.1944 |
Nationality of U-boat : | German |
U-boat : | U 667 |
Commander : | Lange |
Grid : | AM 98-- |
presumed target type : | Tanker |
presumed result : | sunk |
Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
Convoy : | EBC.72 |
Date of observation : | 14.08.1944 |
Time of observation : | 17:00 |
Nationality of target : | British |
Actual type of target : | Landing Craft |
Name of target : | LCI(L) 99 |
Year of launch : | 1942 |
Actual tonnage : | 246 ts |
Actual result : | sunk |
Position of target : | 50.56n 04.47w |
Footnote : | U-667 reported a destroyer plus 15,000 gross tons of merchant shipping sunk. |
related attacks : | Angriff 1 |
Convoy : | EBC.72 |
Route of convoy : | Barry - France |
Remark to convoy : | Series of 128 invasion convoys for Op. Neptune (Jun-Oct 1944) |
updated on: | 31.12.2002 |
Remark: | br LCI(L) 99 |
Changes: | 1) Kolbicz/L1 02.02: br LC 2) Kolbicz 27.11.02: br LCI(L) 99, Op.Neptune 3) Kolbicz 31.12.02: David Syrett: Battle of the Atlantic ... (2002) |