Nummer: 02205


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 01.07.1940
Time of attack : 04:00
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 30
Commander : Lemp
Grid : BF 4421
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 8000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Number of torpedoes/mines : 1
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : SL.36
Date of observation : 01.07.1940
Time of observation : 02:00
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target : Motor Freighter
Name of target : Beignon
Year of launch : 1939
Actual tonnage : 5218 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : 47.20n 10.30w
Footnote : The target of the attack at 0:23h could not be clarified. 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.
related attacks : Angriff 1


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: 00.00.0000
Remark: -M
Changes: 1) Coppock, 12.12.1985 : U-30 dritter Angriff
2) Kolbicz/L2 04.2002: Motorschiff
3) Weis, 12.11.2017: Anmerkung korrigiert