Nummer: 15506b
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 10.03.1943 |
| Time of attack : | 01:05 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 229 |
| Commander : | Schetelig |
| Grid : | AL 2537 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 5000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 1- |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | SC.121 |
| Date of observation : | 10.03.1943 |
| Time of observation : | 00:07 |
| Nationality of target : | Norwegian |
| Actual type of target : | Motor Freighter |
| Name of target : | Bonneville |
| Year of launch : | 1929 |
| Actual tonnage : | 4665 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 58.45n 21.57w |
| Footnote : | U-405 attacked at 23:35 GMT and observed two hits from starboard on a ship which sank. From allied sources "Bonneville" was sunk at 00:07 GMT, which ist the time of U-229's attack. The observation that "Bonneville" was hit on starboard side, came from one of the escort ships and is a contradiction to observations of survivors of "Bonneville". |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 Angriff 2 Angriff 3 |
| Convoy : | SC.121 |
| Route of convoy : | Sydney (Nova Scotia) - United Kingdom |
| Remark to convoy : | Slow (Atlantic) Convoys since Aug 1940, fast ones = HX, counter traffic = ON. |
| updated on: | 00.00.0000 |
| Remark: | 2er Fächer (1T) |