Nummer: 03813
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 04.12.1940 |
| Time of attack : | 01:47 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 52 |
| Commander : | Salman |
| Grid : | AL 6886 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 8000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 1 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Footnote : | U-52 attacked a single ship going east and observed her sinking by the bow after 38 minutes. "Empire Seaman" (1927 grt) was not sunk by U-52, but scuttled at a British port on Dec.4th to be used as blockship. |
| updated on: | 01.02.1999 |
| Remark: | Anm. |
| Changes: | 1) Meyer, 23.1.98: Empire Seaman 2) Sibley, 01.2.99: Empire Seaman in Hafen an der engl. Südküste versenkt. 3) Kolbicz, 22.6.02: Empire Seaman in Scapa Flow versenkt. |