Nummer: 03902


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 11.12.1940
Time of attack : 19:12
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 94
Commander : Kuppisch
Grid : AL 9616
presumed target type : Steam Freighter id
presumed tonnage : 4000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Number of torpedoes/mines : 1
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : SLS.56 s
Date of observation : 11.12.1940
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target : Motor Freighter
Name of target : Empire Statesman
Year of launch : 1920
Actual tonnage : 5306 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : North Atlantic
Footnote : "Empire Statesman" was reported missing after Dec.5th, 1940. U-94 reported this ship sunk.


Motor Freighter Empire Statesman ex Italian Pellice (bis 1940)
Convoy : SLS.56 s
Route of convoy : Sierra Leone (Freetown) - United Kingdom (Liverpool)
Remark to convoy : Since Sep 1939; from May 1943 combined with MKS in Atlantic, counter traffic = OS.
updated on: 00.00.0000
Remark: SLS.56s, -M