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- Projekt ASS: U-Boot-Erfolge der Achsenmächte 1939-1945
- Übersicht > ID 553
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 27.08.1940 |
| Time of attack : | 21:47 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 46 |
| Commander : | Endraß |
| Grid : | AM 5482 |
| presumed target type : | Armed Merchant Cruiser id |
| presumed tonnage : | 15007 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 3 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | SL.43 |
| Date of observation : | 27.08.1940 |
| Time of observation : | 23:07 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Armed Merchant Cruiser |
| Name of target : | Dunvegan Castle |
| Year of launch : | 1936 |
| Actual tonnage : | 15007 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 55.05n 11.00w |
Armed Merchant Cruiser
Dunvegan Castle ex British
-MP (bis 1939)
| Convoy : | SL.43 |
| Route of convoy : | Sierra Leone (Freetown) - United Kingdom (Liverpool) |
| Remark to convoy : | Since Sep 1939; from May 1943 combined with MKS in Atlantic, counter traffic = OS. |
| updated on: | 19.02.2002 |
| Remark: | SL.43 |