Nummer: 23802


Area : Mediterranean
Sea area : Western Mediterranean
Date of attack : 11.11.1942
Time of attack : 04:06
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 595
Commander : Quaet-Faslem
Grid : CH 7694
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 11000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Footnote : U-595 claimed by radio telegram its target, a Blue-Funnel-Liner (Alfred Holt, Liverpool), sunk on Nov.11th at 04:06 h. But her target cannot be the "Browning" (Lampert & Holt, Liverpool), which was not sunk before Nov.12th., when U-593 / Kelbling claimed her success.


updated on: 18.06.2002
Remark: 11/0406, Anm.
Changes: 1) Beckers 09.1996: FT 2302/11/527
2) Kolbicz/L2 02.02: Position nicht auf 00.45e
3) Kolbicz 18.6.02: Browning 35.53n 00.33w, wird U593 12/1516 zugesprochen.