Nummer: 04405
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 24.02.1941 |
| Time of attack : | 02:20 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 96 |
| Commander : | Lehmann-Willenbrock |
| Grid : | AL 2417 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 8000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 2 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) + T-Coup de grâce |
| Convoy : | OB.288d |
| Date of observation : | 24.02.1941 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Sirikishna |
| Year of launch : | 1936 |
| Actual tonnage : | 5458 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 59n 21w |
| Footnote : | Only the loss of "Linaria" does not match with a certain U-boat attack. - "Sirikishna", the vessel of the convoi commodore, does very well match with the description given from U-96. |
| Convoy : | OB.288d |
| Route of convoy : | Liverpool - North America (out) |
| Remark to convoy : | Sep 1939 to Jul 1940 via South Ireland, Jul to Okt 1940 via North Cannel, then ON. |