Nummer: 21109b
| Area : | Arctic Ocean |
| Sea area : | North Norway |
| Date of attack : | 14.02.1945 |
| Time of attack : | 10:39 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 711 |
| Commander : | Lange |
| Grid : | AC 8869 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 7000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | BK.3 |
| Nationality of target : | American |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Horace Gray |
| Year of launch : | 1943 |
| Actual tonnage : | 7200 BRT |
| Actual result : | hit not ascertained |
| Footnote : | U-711 reported two ships sunk. When the convoy approached Kola Inlet, U-711 fired against the Norwegean tanker "Norfjell" directly ahead of "Horace Gray". Minutes later the U-Boat attacked the Liberty-ship. Both steamers succeeded undamaged and were torpedoed again by U-689 two hours later. "Horace Gray" was towed and beached about eight hours later by a soviet tug in Tyuva Bay. She was a total loss, thereafter. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 |
| Convoy : | BK.3 |
| Route of convoy : | White Sea - Kola Fjord (soviet) |
| Remark to convoy : | Since Sommer 1941, annual new numbering (counter traffic = BD) |
| updated on: | 17.01.2005 |
| Remark: | verfehlt Anm. |
| Changes: | 1) uboat.net, 06/2001: Horace Gr-a-y beschädigt, später gesunken. 2) Niestlé 10.01.2005: versenkt durch U968 3) Fortsetzung siehe:ASS p.211 U968 - Horace Gray |