Nummer: 24204


Area : Mediterranean
Sea area : Western Mediterranean
Date of attack : 27.01.1943
Time of attack : 19:24
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 83
Commander : Wörisshoffer
Grid : CH 8289
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 3000
presumed result : damaged
Number of torpedoes/mines : 2-
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo with preset course
Convoy : ET.10
Actual result : damaged
Footnote : U-83 attacked a convoy of 12 ships near Tènès (Algerie) and reported a freighter torpedoed, but it was not observed sinking. Obviously a failure.


Convoy : ET.10
Route of convoy : Bône - Gibraltar
Remark to convoy : From Nov 1942 to July 1943
updated on: 26.11.2022
Remark: TONN TZ WAFFE CONV
Changes: 2002 Kolbicz E242: Anm.: U-83
26.11.2022 Ergänzungen gem KTB SKL 27.01.1943
27.11.2022 A. Niestlé: Konvoi ET-10