Nummer: 190061


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Sea
Date of attack : 15.02.1945
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : KU 5361
Commander : Ziepult/Reck
Grid : AN 79
presumed target type : Tanker
presumed tonnage : 3000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Number of torpedoes/mines : 2
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : TAM.80
Date of observation : 15.02.1945
Time of observation : 02:33
Nationality of target : Dutch
Actual type of target : Steam Tanker
Name of target : Liseta
Year of launch : 1929
Actual tonnage : 2628 BRT
Actual result : not repaired, total loss
Position of target : 51.25n 01.26e
Footnote : The 5th KK-Division claimed a successful torpedo attack of U 5361 on Feb., 15th off North Foreland. The midget, however, did not return. - "Liseta" reached harbor in a damaged condition. She was not repaired during the war, but rebuilt in 1946.


Convoy : TAM.80
Route of convoy : Southend (Thames) - Antwerp
Remark to convoy : December 1944 to May 1945, cf. TAC
updated on: 14.06.2014
Remark: claimed success
Changes: 1) Mattes, 109/110: U5361 (Ziepult/Reck) : Nach Aussage des Seehundfahrers Teschner attackierte U5361 auf seiner zweiten und letzten Feindfahrt einen 5000-t-Frachter.
2) Cajus Bekker ("Einzelkämpfer auf See") gibt als Ziel einen Frachter mit 3000 BRT an.
3) Funkspruch DEFE-3 No.343016 vom 19.2.1945: "Small u-boats sank a supply freighter of 3000 GRT and torpedoed another (sinking probable) on the enemy convoy route between Thames an Scheldt estuary"