Nummer: 19917


Area : Arctic Ocean
Sea area : Barents Sea
Date of attack : 22.08.1942
Time of attack : 23:00
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 456
Commander : Teichert
Grid : AT 4613
presumed target type : Fishery Motor Vessel
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Scuttling charge
Date of observation : 23.08.1942
Nationality of target : Soviet
Actual type of target : Fishery Motor Vessel
Name of target : Chaika
Year of launch : ..
Actual tonnage : 85 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : Matyuschev Island
Footnote : U 456 sank a small motor fishery vessel, laying abandoned at the western entrance of Matochkin Strait, with scuttling charges.


updated on: 08.11.2003
Remark: duikboot, KTB U456