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- Projekt ASS: U-Boot-Erfolge der Achsenmächte 1939-1945
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| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | West African Coast |
| Date of attack : | 19.03.1941 |
| Time of attack : | 00:29 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 105 |
| Commander : | Schewe |
| Grid : | EJ 3254 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 6000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 1 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | SL.68 |
| Date of observation : | 19.03.1941 |
| Time of observation : | 00:40 |
| Nationality of target : | Dutch |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Mandalika |
| Year of launch : | 1930 |
| Actual tonnage : | 7750 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 18.16n 21.26w |
| Footnote : | U-105 fired to portside at the 3rd ship of the starboard outside column (pos.101). After 49 sec a hit. |
Steam Freighter
Mandalika ex German
Nordmark (bis 1940)
| 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: | 22.05.2015 |
| Remark: | EX |