Nummer: 19011a


Area : Western Area
Sea area : Irish Sea
Date of attack : 21.02.1945
Time of attack : 08:26
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 1064
Commander : Schneidewind
Grid : AM 6547
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 6000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : UR.155
Date of observation : 21.02.1945
Time of observation : 08:39
Nationality of target : Icelandic
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : Dettifoss
Year of launch : 1930
Actual tonnage : 1564 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : 55.03n 05.29w
Footnote : U-1064 reported three ships of 17.000 gross tons sunk.
related attacks : Angriff 1
Angriff 2


Convoy : UR.155
Route of convoy : Loch Ewe / Belfast - Reykjavik (Iceland)
Remark to convoy :