Nummer: 04714
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 29.03.1941 |
| Time of attack : | 08:06 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 48 |
| Commander : | Schultze |
| Grid : | AE 7844 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 6000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 1 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | HX.115 |
| Actual tonnage : | ---- --- |
| Actual result : | hit not ascertained |
| Footnote : | U-48 observed a hit on starboard side amidships after a running time of 170 sec., the ship was lifted in the middle and the masts leaned towards each other with a heavy list to starboard. The target may have been "Hylton", again, but she got no futher hit, |
| 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: | Hno hit |
| Changes: | 1) Zimmerman HX.115: Masunda (#33) / 2) Kolbicz 04.2002 (L2): -M Hylton (#21) + |