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. |