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- Projekt ASS: U-Boot-Erfolge der Achsenmächte 1939-1945
- Übersicht > ID 799
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 02.12.1940 |
| Time of attack : | 06:06 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 47 |
| Commander : | Prien |
| Grid : | AL 6548 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed result : | damaged |
| Used weapon(s) : | Gunfire |
| Convoy : | HX.90 s |
| Date of observation : | 01.12.1940 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Dunsley |
| Year of launch : | 1929 |
| Actual tonnage : | 3862 BRT |
| Actual result : | damaged |
| Position of target : | 54.41n 18.41w |
| Footnote : | U-47 fired 11 rounds of 88mm gunfire, five of which hit, against an unknown steamer straggling from convoy HX.90. |
| Convoy : | HX.90 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: | 28.05.2002 |
| Remark: | Dunsley 3862= A |
