Nummer: 21210
| Area : | Arctic Ocean |
| Sea area : | North Norway |
| Date of attack : | 20.03.1945 |
| Time of attack : | mitt |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 968 |
| Commander : | Westphalen |
| Grid : | AC 8867 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 7000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | JW.65 |
| Date of observation : | 20.03.1945 |
| Time of observation : | 14:13 |
| Nationality of target : | American |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Thomas Donaldson |
| Year of launch : | 1944 |
| Actual tonnage : | 7210 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 69.26n 33.44e |
| Footnote : | U-968 reported one destroyer and one "Liberty" ship sunk, and another "Liberty" torpedoed. Probably the torpedoes hit PS "Lapwing" and S/S "Thomas Donaldson". |
| Convoy : | JW.65 |
| Route of convoy : | Loch Ewe - (Iceland) - Kola Fjord - (Arkhangelsk) |
| Remark to convoy : | Since Dec 1942, former PQ (counter traffic = RA) |