Nummer: 25612


Area : Mediterranean
Sea area : Western Mediterranean
Date of attack : 05.05.1944
Time of attack : 04:41
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 967
Commander : Brandi
Grid : CH 7542
presumed target type : Destroyer
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Acoustic homing torpedo (gnat)
Convoy : GUS.38
Date of observation : 05.05.1944
Time of observation : 04:46
Nationality of target : American
Actual type of target : Destroyer Escort
Name of target : Fechteler (DE.157)
Year of launch : 1943
Actual tonnage : 1400 ts
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : 36.07n 02.40w
Footnote : U-371 successfully attacked "Sénégalais" with a gnat hit, before she was lost herself. - The French destroyer was not sunk, but was seen again in Indochina in Oct.1945. -U-967 sank "Fechteler" with a gnat hit.


Convoy : GUS.38
Route of convoy : Port Said - Gibraltar - Hampton Roads (USA)
Remark to convoy : From Nov 1942 to June 1945 (counter traffic = UGS)
updated on: 20.02.1999
Remark: Fechteler
Changes: 0) GUS.38 = Port Said-Hampton
1) Attwater, 26.7.93: 05/0400 Senegalais =