Nummer: 04304


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 17.02.1941
Time of attack : 00:08
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 101
Commander : Mengersen
Grid : BE 3437
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 6000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Number of torpedoes/mines : 1
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : SL.64 s
Date of observation : 16.02.1941
Time of observation : 20:30
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : Gairsoppa
Year of launch : 1919
Actual tonnage : 5237 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : 300sm SW Galway


Convoy : SL.64 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.