Nummer: 02901


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 17.09.1940
Time of attack : 08:32
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 99
Commander : Kretschmer
Grid : AM 1734
presumed target type : Steam Freighter id
presumed tonnage : 2372 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Number of torpedoes/mines : 1
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es) + Gunfire
Convoy : HX.71 s
Date of observation : 16.09.1940
Time of observation : 23:18
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : Crown Arun
Year of launch : 1938
Actual tonnage : 2372 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : 58.02n 14.18w


Steam Freighter Crown Arun ex German Hannah Böge (bis 1939)
Convoy : HX.71 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.