Nummer: 21113d
| Area : | Arctic Ocean |
| Sea area : | North Norway |
| Date of attack : | 14.02.1945 |
| Time of attack : | 13:04 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 968 |
| Commander : | Westphalen |
| Grid : | AC 8859 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 7000 BRT |
| presumed result : | damaged |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 1 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Acoustic homing torpedo (gnat) |
| Convoy : | BK.3 |
| Date of observation : | 14.02.1945 |
| Time of observation : | 12:10 |
| 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 : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 69.21n 33.43e |
| 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 Angriff 2 Angriff 3 |
| 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: | 10.2002.2005 |
| Remark: | 1304 = T5 |
| Changes: | 1) Busch/Röll 01/2005: 13:04 Uhr, Quadrat AC8859, T5, Laufzeit 2:36 min 2) Niestle 10.02.2005: Heckschuss, #5 hinter Tanker. Horchbeobachtung. U968 unter Wabo-Verfolgung bis 17:50 Uhr. 3) Weis (20.02.2005): |