Nummer: 04518d


Area : Western Area
Sea area : Central Atlantic
Date of attack : 08.03.1941
Time of attack : 06:00
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 124
Commander : Schulz
Grid : DT 9352
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 7000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Number of torpedoes/mines : 1
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : SL.67
Date of observation : 08.03.1941
Time of observation : 04:50
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : Hindpool
Year of launch : 1928
Actual tonnage : 4897 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : 20.51n 20.32w
Footnote : U-124 observed four ships going down. Two other shots were seen to hit and one other ship was in a sinking condition.
related attacks : Angriff 1
Angriff 2
Angriff 3
Angriff 4
Angriff 5


Convoy : SL.67
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: 25.12.2020
Remark: SHIP
Changes: 1) FMA-Beitrag Axel Niestlé vom 23.12.2020: Reihenfolge