Nummer: 02206a


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 102
Commander : Klot-Heydenfeldt
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Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : SL.36
Date of sinking : 01.07.1940
Time of sinking : 11:55
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : Clearton
Year of launch : 1919
Actual tonnage : 5219 BRT
Actual result : damaged
Position of target : 47.53n 09.30w
Footnote : There is no torpedo report for "Clearton", which was attacked twice. After the first attack the freighter stopped and set out lifeboats. At 13:25 GMT "Clearton" disappeared from the surface. Two U-boats were operating in the area, and neither returned from their patrols. - Following Bob Coppock (NHB), U-26/Scheringer carried out the attack on convoy OA.175, and U-102/Klot-Heydenfeldt the attack on SL.36. At 15:58 GMT U-102 was sunk by "HMS Vansittart" in pos. 48.33n/10.25w.
related attacks : Angriff 1
Angriff 2


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: 11.11.2017
Remark: Anm.
Changes: 1) Coppock, 12.12.1985: Wer gegen wen ?
2) Kolbicz, 28.5.2002: Anmerkung ergänzt.
3) Cloots, 11.11.2017: B-Position fragwürdig, da U-102 bei der eigenen Versenkung 2 Stunden später um 15:58 GMT zu weit (54sm) entfernt von der Versenkungsposition der "Clearton".