Nummer: 27324


Area : Indic Ocean
Date of attack : 22.02.1944
Nationality of U-boat : Japanese
U-boat : I-37
Commander : Nakagawa
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed result : sunk
Number of torpedoes/mines : 3
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es) + Gunfire
Date of observation : 22.02.1944
Time of observation : 10:30
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target : Steam Tanker
Name of target : British Chivalry
Year of launch : 1929
Actual tonnage : 7118 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : 00.50s 68.00e
Footnote : According to survivors' reports, 12 of 51 crew members on rafts and in boats were killed by machine-gunfire from the submarine, one became POW. The rest of the crew was rescued only after 37 days at sea.