Nummer: 25112b


Area : Mediterranean
Sea area : Tyrrhenian Sea
Date of attack : 11.10.1943
Time of attack : 05:47
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 616
Commander : Koitschka
Grid : CJ 9194
presumed target type : Landing Ship Tank
presumed tonnage : 3000 ts
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : w)
Nationality of target : American
Actual type of target : Landing Craft Tank
Name of target : [LCT 553 or LCT 618]
Year of launch : 1943
Actual tonnage : 269 ts
Actual result : sunk
Footnote : U-616 heard a detonation after a run time of 9:33 min, and a second detonation 1:32 min later. The second LST was seen sinking by the stern. Probably either LCT-553 or LCT-618 was sunk.
related attacks : Angriff 1


Convoy : w)