Nummer: 24610


Area : Mediterranean
Sea area : North African Seaway
Date of attack : 17.06.1943
Time of attack : 08:33
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 81
Commander : Krieg
Grid : CO 5498
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : GTX.2
Date of observation : 17.06.1943
Time of observation : 07:37
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target :
Name of target : Yoma
Year of launch : 1928
Actual tonnage : 8131 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : 33.03n 22.04e
Footnote : The KTB of U-81 reports an 2-torpedo spread on an east-bound convoy. The explosion was followed by noises indicating the ship was breaking up and bulkheads were giving way. - "Yoma" was hit by U-81 at 7:37h, and sank at 15:30h.


Convoy : GTX.2
Route of convoy : Gibraltar - Tripolis - Alexandria
Remark to convoy : From May to August 1943, only 5 convoys (counter traffic XTG)
updated on: 00.00.0000