Nummer: 04609
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 16.03.1941 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 99 |
| Commander : | Kretschmer |
| Grid : | -- ---- |
| presumed target type : | Tanker |
| presumed tonnage : | 12000 Ldt |
| presumed result : | sunk ? |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | HX.112 #34 |
| Date of observation : | 16.03.1941 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Motor Tanker |
| Name of target : | Franche Comte |
| Year of launch : | 1936 |
| Actual tonnage : | 9314 BRT |
| Actual result : | damaged |
| Position of target : | 61.15n 12.30w |
| Footnote : | The second ship claimed by the German officer was described as a tanker of 12.000 t, but not hit as squarely as the first victim. -- "Franche Comte" did not sink, but managed to reach port. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 |
Motor Tanker Franche Comte ex Dutch Loosdrecht (bis 1940)
| Convoy : | HX.112 #34 |
| Route of convoy : | (New York) - Halifax - United Kingdom |
| Remark to convoy : | Sep 1939 to Sep 1942 ab Halifax, then from New York (counter traffic = ON), vgl. HXF und SC. |
| updated on: | 23.07.2015 |
| Remark: | ANM |
| Changes: | 1) U-99: 2nd target not hit as squarely as their first victim 2) N.I.D.: This refers to "Venetia", sunk at 22h10. 3) N.I.D.:"Franche Compte" was torpedoed at 23h24. |