Nummer: 046131
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 17.03.1941 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 99 |
| Commander : | Kretschmer |
| Grid : | -- ---- |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo coup de grâce |
| Convoy : | HX.112 s |
| Date of observation : | 17.03.1941 |
| Time of observation : | 00:02 |
| Nationality of target : | Canadian |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | J.B. White |
| Year of launch : | 1919 |
| Actual tonnage : | 7375 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 60.57n 12.27w |
| Footnote : | The fifth and sixth victims claimed by U-99 were said to have been merchant ships. - "J.B. White" was first torpedoed and later sunk by a coup de grâce from U-99/Kretschmer. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 Angriff 2 |
Steam Freighter J.B. White ex American Jadden (bis 1941)
| Convoy : | HX.112 s |
| Route of convoy : | (New York) - Halifax - United Kingdom |
| Remark to convoy : | Sep 1939 to Sep 1942 ab Halifax, then from New York (counter traffic = ON), vgl. HXF und SC. |
| updated on: | 23.07.2015 |
| Remark: | Neu |
| Changes: | 1) N.I.D.: One of the merchant ships may have been "J.B. White", torpedoed amidships on stb side at 00h02 on 17th March. |