Nummer: 02624


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