Nummer: 04710a
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 29.03.1941 |
| Time of attack : | 06:19 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 48 |
| Commander : | Schultze |
| Grid : | AE 7844 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter id |
| presumed tonnage : | 5197 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 1 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | HX.115 |
| Date of observation : | 29.03.1941 |
| Time of observation : | 05:25 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Motor Freighter |
| Name of target : | Hylton |
| Year of launch : | 1937 |
| Actual tonnage : | 5197 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 61.22n 22.00w |
| Footnote : | U-48 observed a hit after a running time of 95 sec., steamer sank after about 20 min. - Following Allied documents, "Hylton" (station #21) was hit amidships by one torpedo on starboard side, and abandoned as the ship took a heavy list to starboard. She remained afloat on her cargo lumber and was scuttled later the day by an escort. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 Angriff 2 |
| Convoy : | HX.115 |
| 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: | 02.12.2013 |
| Remark: | Hylton, Anm, Pos2 |
| Changes: | 1) Zimmerman (vor 1997) HX.115: Germanic |