Nummer: 18211
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | English Channel |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 390 |
| Commander : | Geissler |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | ETC.26 |
| Date of sinking : | 04.07.1944 |
| Time of sinking : | 06:30 |
| Nationality of target : | Norwegian |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Ringen |
| Year of launch : | 1917 |
| Actual tonnage : | 1499 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 50.12n 00.46w |
| Footnote : | "Ringen" was part of convoy ETC.26, which arrived at Seine Bay on Jul.4th, already. Therefore it seems unlikely that U-763 sank this stamer on Jul.5th at 18.03 h. U-390 attacked convoy ETC.26 when almost mid-way between the Isle of Wight and the Normandy beachhead on 4 July, but was then hunted, counterattacked and sunk on 05/1457 by HMS "Wanderer" and "Tavy". |
| Convoy : | ETC.26 |
| Route of convoy : | Southend on Thames - France |
| Remark to convoy : | Series of 123 invasion convoys for Op. Neptune (Jun-Oct 1944), later TMC. |
| Beitrag im ASS-Forum : Link |
| updated on: | 29.06.2014 |
| Remark: | BOOT, ZEIT2 |
| Changes: | 1) Hague 5.9.2013: RINGEN in ETC.26 2) bettika 29.6.2014: AIR.41/74 - U390 3) warsailors.com: ZEIT2= 04/0630 |