Nummer: 02206b
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 102 |
| Commander : | Klot-Heydenfeldt |
| Grid : | -- ---- |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo coup de grâce |
| Convoy : | SL.36 |
| Date of sinking : | 01.07.1940 |
| Time of sinking : | 13:25 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Clearton |
| Year of launch : | 1919 |
| Actual tonnage : | 5219 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| 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 |
| 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, 28.05.2002: Anm. 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". |