Nummer: 04614a
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | West African Coast |
| Date of attack : | 17.03.1941 |
| Time of attack : | 21:07 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 106 |
| Commander : | Oesten |
| Grid : | EJ 3895 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 7000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 1 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | SL.68 |
| Date of observation : | 17.03.1941 |
| Time of observation : | 20:08 |
| Nationality of target : | Dutch |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Tapanoeli |
| Year of launch : | 1924 |
| Actual tonnage : | 7034 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 15.56n 20.49w |
| Footnote : | U-106 attacked at a distance of 800 meters. Saw a bright flash after 58 seconds (ca. 870 meters). "Tapanoeli" was hit and sunk in convoy station #12. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 Angriff 2 Angriff 3 |
| Convoy : | SL.68 |
| 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: | 19.05.2015 |
| Remark: | SCHIFF, ANM |
| Changes: | 1) Zimmerman SL.68 2) Sibley, 14.3.1999 3) Kolbicz, 19.5.2015 |