Nummer: 02204


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 01.07.1940
Time of attack : 00:23
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 30
Commander : Lemp
Grid : BF 4441
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 7900 BRT
presumed result : sunk ?
Number of torpedoes/mines : 1
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : SL.36
Actual tonnage : ---- --
Actual result : hit not ascertained
Footnote : The target of the attack at 0:23h could not be clarified. As no ship was actually hit at the time in question, the torpedo probably was a premature. - A second attack at 03:15h was clearly recognized by U-30 as a misser. "Beignon" was sunk by U-30 in a third attack at 04:00h.


Convoy : SL.36
Route of convoy : Sierra Leone (Freetown) - United Kingdom (Liverpool)
Remark to convoy : Since Sep 1939; from May 1943 combined with MKS in Atlantic, counter traffic = OS.
updated on: 12.12.1985
Changes: 1) Coppock, 12.12.1985: U-30 dritter Angriff
2) Weis, 12.11.2017: Anmerkung korrigiert.