Nummer: 03504


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 29.10.1940
Time of attack : 22:00
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 31
Commander : Prellberg
Grid : AL 3880
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo coup de grâce
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : Matina
Year of launch : 1929
Actual tonnage : 5389 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Footnote : U-28 did not observe "Matina" going down. So the wreck sunk by U-31 on Oct.29th very probably was "Matina".