Nummer: 18412b


Area : Western Area
Sea area : English Channel
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : KU Neger
Commander : unknown
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Date of sinking : 17.08.1944
Time of sinking : 06:32
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target : Landing Craft
Name of target : LCF(II) No.1
Actual tonnage : 539 ts
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : off Normandy
Footnote : On 16-17 August "Negers" were used for the last time, when 42 of them started out. Only 16 survived their attack and returned to Le Havre, as Villers-sur-Mer had been destroyed from the rolling back German frontier in those days. - Following Admiarlity War Diary, Landing Craft Flak No.1 was damaged and sunk by underwater Detonation.
related attacks : Angriff 1
Angriff 2


updated on: 17.02.2017
Remark: ANM
Changes: 1) Kemp, p.199