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- Projekt ASS: U-Boot-Erfolge der Achsenmächte 1939-1945
- Übersicht > ID 3855
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | English Channel |
| Date of attack : | 05.02.1945 |
| Time of attack : | 20:25 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 245 |
| Commander : | Schumann-Hindenberg |
| Grid : | AN 7960 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 6000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 1 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo with gyro-angle and zig-zaggig course |
| Convoy : | TAM.71 |
| Date of observation : | 05.02.1945 |
| Nationality of target : | American |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Henry B. Plant |
| Year of launch : | 1944 |
| Actual tonnage : | 7240 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 51.22n 02e |
| Footnote : | U-245 fired 1 LUT on "Henry B. Plant" on Feb.6th (Coppock/Niestlé). |
| Convoy : | TAM.71 |
| Route of convoy : | Southend (Thames) - Antwerp |
| Remark to convoy : | December 1944 to May 1945, cf. TAC |
| updated on: | 21.04.2002 |
| Remark: | 6.2.45 (?), Anm. |
