Nummer: 18006


Area : Western Area
Sea area : Norway West Coast
Date of attack : 13.04.1944
Time of attack : 09:12
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 711
Commander : Lange
Grid : AF 2126
presumed target type : Sailing Freight Vessel
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Gunfire
Date of observation : 13.04.1944
Nationality of target : Norwegian
Actual type of target : Sailing Freight Vessel
Name of target : Solvoll (T-169-HS)
Actual tonnage : .. BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : 150nm W Lofoten
Footnote : U-711 stopped "Solvoll" from Hillesøy, being on escape to Iceland (850nm), and a prize crew boarded the ship. During the following night the vessel was sunk because of engine trouble with 20mm gunfire, the crew (5 men, 1 woman, 2 children) had been taken over and was soon handed out at Narvik.