Nummer: 18915a


Area : Western Area
Sea area : Irish Sea
Date of attack : 27.01.1945
Time of attack : mitt
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 825
Commander : Stoelker
Grid : AM 9496
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : HX.332
Date of observation : 27.01.1945
Time of observation : 11:55
Nationality of target : Norwegian
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : Solör
Year of launch : 1938
Actual tonnage : 8262 BRT
Actual result : not repaired, total loss
Position of target : 52.35n 05.18w
Footnote : U-825 did not signal her success immerdiately from sea. From the daily report of B.d.U. from 23.02.45 it came to know that U-825 had probably sunk one steamer on 27.01.45 in AM 9469, but had heard 3 detonations. No oberservations possible because of British interception.
related attacks : Angriff 1


Convoy : HX.332
Route of convoy : (New York) - Halifax - United Kingdom
Remark to convoy : Sep 1939 to Sep 1942 ab Halifax, then from New York (counter traffic = ON), vgl. HXF und SC.
updated on: 00.00.0000