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 |