Nummer: 21718
| Area : | Baltic Sea |
| Sea area : | Gulf of Finland |
| Date of attack : | 12.01.1945 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 370 |
| Commander : | Nielsen |
| Grid : | AO 0253 |
| presumed target type : | Fleet Minelayer |
| presumed result : | target visibly missed |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 2 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Acoustic homing torpedo (gnat) |
| Convoy : | Task F. |
| Date of observation : | 12.01.1945 |
| Time of observation : | 12:50 |
| Nationality of target : | Finnish |
| Actual type of target : | Fleet Minelayer |
| Name of target : | Louhi |
| Year of launch : | 1916 |
| Actual tonnage : | 640 ts |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 59.40n 23.05e |
| Footnote : | U-370 attacked a task force with 2 minelayers and two patrol craft, which returned from a minelaying operation, with two gnat torpedoes but signalled that it failed (KTB Skl C IV). - "Louhi" was definitely sunk on Jan.12th, 1945. -- In February 1945 there have been no german submarine successes. - Since March 1945 until May 1945 there have been no more operations of German U-boats in the Baltic Sea. |
| Convoy : | Task F. |
| updated on: | 29.03.2005 |
| Remark: | U370 fehl TF Pos. |