Nummer: 23516


Area : Mediterranean
Sea area : North African Seaway
Date of attack : 01.08.1942
Time of attack : 16:01
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 565
Commander : Franken
Grid : CP 8126
presumed target type : Sailing Freight Vessel
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Gunfire
Actual type of target : Sailing Freight Vessel
Name of target : Ghazal (?)
Year of launch : ..
Actual tonnage : 41 BRT
Footnote : U-565 reported the destruction of 4 sailing vessels between July 28th and Aug 1st, all off the coast of Egypt, near Dumyat. - The first one was an Egyptian shooner (120ts), transporting oil, and abandoned by the crew. - The next two were identified as big fishing boats. The crew was taken aboard, both vessels sunk with 8,8 cm gunfire. - The last vessel remains still unidentified.


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