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 |
Beitrag im ASS-Forum : Link | |
Forum Uboat.net 18.11.2001 (Visje) | |
Sinking Position S/S LISETA |
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" |