Nummer: 21202


Area : Arctic Ocean
Sea area : North Norway
Date of attack : 20.03.1945
Time of attack : 09:10
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 995
Commander : Hess
Grid : AC 8947
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 8000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : JW.65
Date of observation : 20.03.1945
Time of observation : 11:45
Nationality of target : American
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : Horace Bushnell
Year of launch : 1943
Actual tonnage : 7176 BRT
Actual result : not repaired, total loss
Position of target : 69.23n 35.17e
Footnote : U-995 reported one ship sunk and two torpedoed. S/S "Horace Bushnell" was damaged and beached but never salvaged, and was declared a total loss.


Convoy : JW.65
Route of convoy : Loch Ewe - (Iceland) - Kola Fjord - (Arkhangelsk)
Remark to convoy : Since Dec 1942, former PQ (counter traffic = RA)
updated on: 00.00.0000
Remark: Anm.: Horace