Nummer: 21623


Area : Baltic Sea
Sea area : Gulf of Finland
Date of attack : 09.10.1944
Time of attack : 12:50
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 370
Commander : Nielsen
Grid : AO 0253
presumed target type : Steam Tug
presumed tonnage : 250 BRT
presumed result : damaged
Used weapon(s) : Gunfire
Date of observation : 09.10.1944
Nationality of target : Finnish
Actual type of target : Steam Tug
Name of target : No. 764
Year of launch : 1941
Actual tonnage : 335 BRT
Actual result : target visibly missed
Position of target : Hangö - Odensholm
Footnote : Tugs built in Finland under Soviet order. In June, 1941 they passed commissioning trials. All were confiscated by Finnish Government and commissioned by Finnish Navy under factory numbers No761-764 (first ship received thus name Viipuri). 3/11/1944 they were received by Soviet crews and commissioned as EMTShch-70-73.


updated on: 15.04.2017
Remark: ANM
Changes: 1) Ivan Gogin 15.04.2017: https://readtiger.com/www.navypedia.org