Nummer: 21120d
| Area : | Arctic Ocean |
| Sea area : | North Norway |
| Date of attack : | 17.02.1945 |
| Time of attack : | 11:48 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 968 |
| Commander : | Westphalen |
| Grid : | AC 8865 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 7000 BRT |
| 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 : | 10:50 |
| Nationality of target : | American |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Thomas Scott |
| Year of launch : | 1942 |
| Actual tonnage : | 7176 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 69.30n 34.42e |
| Footnote : | "Thomas Scott" was reportedly hit amidships on its starboard side at 11:50 CET with the ship broken in two by the explosion. The ship was abandoned at 12:00 CET. The stern part sank at 19:37 CET, the forward section at 21:00 CET. - Following other sources "Thomas Scott" sank at 12:20 CET under tow of the Soviet destroyer "Zhestky" and tug M-12. |
| 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: | 1148 T5 10:50 =+ |