Nummer: 04612
| 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 result : | sunk |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | HX.112 #45 |
| Date of observation : | 16.03.1941 |
| Time of observation : | 23:24 |
| Nationality of target : | Norwegian |
| Actual type of target : | Motor Tanker |
| Name of target : | Beduin |
| Year of launch : | 1936 |
| Actual tonnage : | 8136 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 60.42n 13.10w |
| Footnote : | "Beduin" was torpedoed some time after M/T "Ferm" and, following the statement of her crew member, she was the last ship being hit in the evening of 16th March. The ship did not sink immediately. When being towed, "Beduin" broke in two. The foreship was scuttled on 19th March, the stern part sank on 21st March. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 |
| Convoy : | HX.112 #45 |
| 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: | 22.07.2015 |
| Remark: | B-ZEIT, ANM |
| Changes: | 1) N.I.D.: Victim No.5 ("Franche Comte") torpedoed at 23h24 2) N.I.D. and U-99 giving no reference to tanker "Beduin". 3) Norwegian Merchant Fleet: "Beduin" was hit after "Ferm". |