Nummer: 03720
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 02.12.1940 |
| Time of attack : | 05:46 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 99 |
| Commander : | Kretschmer |
| Grid : | AL 6581 |
| presumed target type : | Armed Merchant Cruiser |
| presumed tonnage : | 16481 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 5 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | HX.90 |
| Date of observation : | 02.12.1940 |
| Time of observation : | 03:50 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Armed Merchant Cruiser |
| Name of target : | Forfar |
| Year of launch : | 1920 |
| Actual tonnage : | 16402 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 54.35w 18.18w |
| Footnote : | The AMC "Forfar" sank only after four additional torpedoes from U-99 at 06.57 a.m. "Forfar" left convoy HX.90 bound for convoy OB.251. |
Armed Merchant Cruiser Forfar ex British Passenger Liner (bis 1939)
| Convoy : | HX.90 |
| 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: | 02.2006.0000 |
| Remark: | Task F. |