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- Projekt ASS: U-Boot-Erfolge der Achsenmächte 1939-1945
- Übersicht > ID 3747
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | English Channel |
| Date of attack : | 23.08.1944 |
| Time of attack : | 17:58 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 480 |
| Commander : | Förster |
| Grid : | BF 3271 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 7000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | ETC.72 |
| Date of observation : | 23.08.1944 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Fort Yale |
| Year of launch : | 1942 |
| Actual tonnage : | 7134 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 50.23n 00.55w |
| Footnote : | "Fort Yale" had been damaged by mine on Aug.8th in pos. 29°25'N 00°27'W. She was torpedoed and sunk by U-480 while she was in tow. |
| Convoy : | ETC.72 |
| Route of convoy : | Southend on Thames - France |
| Remark to convoy : | Series of 123 invasion convoys for Op. Neptune (Jun-Oct 1944), later TMC. |
| updated on: | 00.00.0000 |
| Remark: | Anm. |
