Nummer: 21119c
| Area : | Arctic Ocean |
| Sea area : | North Norway |
| Date of attack : | 17.02.1945 |
| Time of attack : | 11:25 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 968 |
| Commander : | Westphalen |
| Grid : | AC 8865 |
| presumed target type : | Destroyer |
| presumed tonnage : | 1120 ts |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 1 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Acoustic homing torpedo (gnat) |
| Convoy : | RA.64 |
| Date of observation : | 17.02.1945 |
| Time of observation : | 10:24 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Sub Chaser |
| Name of target : | Lark (U.11) |
| Year of launch : | 1943 |
| Actual tonnage : | 1350 ts |
| Actual result : | not repaired, total loss |
| Position of target : | 69.30n 34.33e |
| Footnote : | U-968 reported one destroyer of "Grozny"-class sunk. PS "Lark" was hit at the bow and towed into Kola Fjord and beached. She was never salvaged by the British, who later transferred her to the Soviets, she was probably never repaired. - U-968 also reported a hit on a destroyer of "Uritsky"-class. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 Angriff 2 Angriff 3 |
| Convoy : | RA.64 |
| Route of convoy : | Kola Fjord - Iceland - Loch Ewe |
| Remark to convoy : | Since Dec 1942, former QP (counter traffic = JW) |
| updated on: | 21.02.2005 |
| Remark: | 1125 T5 |
| Changes: | 1) Niestlé 21.02.2005: 11:25 one T-5 on the second, three funnel destroyer, which reappeared on the scene. A bright flame was seen after 2:22min, followed by a dark smoke cloud. |