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 = |