Nummer: 03101


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 30.09.1940
Time of attack : 10:13
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 37
Commander : Oehrn
Grid : AL 6832
presumed target type : Steam Freighter id
presumed tonnage : 5300 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Number of torpedoes/mines : 1
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es) + Gunfire
Date unsettled / assumed/
dead reckoned :
30.09.1940
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : Samala
Year of launch : 1928
Actual tonnage : 5390 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : 46n 33w
Footnote : "Samala" was reported as lost on her passage from Kingston (Jamaica) to Garston. The grid reference AL6832 and the geographical position are hundrets of miles apart. The geographical position due to grid reference would be: 54°33'N 17°45'W.


updated on: 01.02.1999
Remark: Anm.