Nummer: 04712c
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 29.03.1941 |
| Time of attack : | 06:27 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 48 |
| Commander : | Schultze |
| Grid : | AE 7844 |
| presumed target type : | Tanker id |
| presumed tonnage : | 8900 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 1 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | HX.115 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Motor Tanker |
| Name of target : | Athelprince |
| Year of launch : | 1926 |
| Actual tonnage : | 8782 BRT |
| Actual result : | hit not ascertained |
| Footnote : | U-48 reported hit on a tanker after a running time of 120 sec. The tanker was later identified by the B-Dienst. "Athelprince" (station #53) had failed to carry out an emergency turn made by the convoy after "Hylton" was torpedoed, and came very close to "Germanic" (station #43) in the same time, that U-48 fired her third torpedo. |
| 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: | Athelprince, Anm. |
| Changes: | 1) Zimmerman (vor 1997) HX.115: Athelprince 2) Kolbicz 2.12.2013 HX.115: Germanic |