Nummer: 06720
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 26.09.1941 |
| Time of attack : | 06:34 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 203 |
| Commander : | Mützelburg |
| Grid : | BE 4132 |
| presumed target type : | Tanker |
| presumed tonnage : | 12000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 1 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo coup de grâce |
| Convoy : | HG.73 s |
| Date of observation : | 26.09.1941 |
| Time of observation : | 04:30 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Lapwing |
| Year of launch : | 1920 |
| Actual tonnage : | 1348 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 47.40n 23.30w |
| Footnote : | At 00.31 h U-203 had fired four torpedoes, and later observed a damaged 12000-t-tanker, which was claimed to be sunk by a coup de grâce at 6:34h. - "Lapwing" had stopped near to take survivors on board. The coastal steamer with engine aft looked like a tanker. |
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| Convoy : | HG.73 s |
| Route of convoy : | Gibraltar - United Kingdom (home) |
| Remark to convoy : | Sep 1939 to Sep 1942, then MKF und MKS |
| updated on: | 12.05.2009 |
| Remark: | Lapwing |
| Changes: | 1) Kolbicz, 12.05.09: Lapwing (#13) fischte Überlebende von Cortes (#12) und Petrel (#11). |