Nummer: 25815
Area : | Indic Ocean |
Sea area : | Southeast Asia |
Date of attack : | 11.01.1942 |
Time of attack : | 04:15 |
Nationality of U-boat : | Japanese |
U-boat : | I-166 |
Commander : | Yoshitome |
Grid : | S Lombok Str. |
presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
presumed tonnage : | 15000 BRT |
presumed result : | sunk |
Number of torpedoes/mines : | 2 |
Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
Date of observation : | 11.01.1942 |
Nationality of target : | American |
Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
Name of target : | Liberty |
Year of launch : | 1918 |
Actual tonnage : | 6211 BRT |
Actual result : | sunk |
Position of target : | 08.54s 115.28e |
Footnote : | "Liberty" was beached in damaged condition by the destroyers USS "Paul Jones" and HNeMS "Van Ghent" off the south-east corner of Bali, but capsized on Jan.14th, 1942. |
updated on: | 04.03.2013 |
Remark: | POS1 |
Changes: | 1) Boyd, C. 24.11.95 2) Binanzer 3.1997: Nicht "Liberty Glo" (4979) |