Nummer: 21310
| Area : | Arctic Ocean |
| Sea area : | North Norway |
| Date of attack : | 29.04.1945 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 286 |
| Commander : | Dietrich |
| Grid : | AC 8852 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Acoustic homing torpedo (gnat) |
| Convoy : | RA.66 |
| Date of observation : | 29.04.1945 |
| Time of observation : | 19:35 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Fregate |
| Name of target : | Goodall (K.479) |
| Year of launch : | 1943 |
| Actual tonnage : | 1150 ts |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 69.25n 33.38e |
| Footnote : | HMS "Goodall" (19th Escort Group) was hit on portside beneath her bridge, the magazine exploded, blowing away the forepart of the vessel and killing the commander. The wreck had to be scuttled by gunfire from HMS "Anguilla" at 01:45h on the next morning. Escorts of the 19th EG ("Loch Shin", "Anguilla", and "Cotton") reported to have sunk the U-boat, which had torpedoed "Goodall" between 19:46h and 20:17h; it turned out to be U286. |
Fregate Goodall (K.479) ex American Destroyer Escort Reynold (DE 275) (bis 1943)
| Convoy : | RA.66 |
| Route of convoy : | Kola Fjord - Iceland - Loch Ewe |
| Remark to convoy : | Since Dec 1942, former QP (counter traffic = JW) |
| updated on: | 18.01.2009 |
| Remark: | Coppock 1993 |
| Changes: | 1) Kolbicz 04/2002 L2: Goodall = PF ex DE 2) Brief von Robert Coppock (1993) an Jürgen Rohwer 3) Kolbicz, 18.01.2009: U968 schoss vor U286 in die UJ-Gruppe 4) Axel Niestlé: Convoy Battles, p.184 |