Nummer: 04621


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