Nummer: 01701


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Sea
Date of attack : 02.04.1940
Time of attack : 00:21
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 38
Commander : Liebe
Grid : AN 1814
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 5000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Number of torpedoes/mines : 1
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : unknown
Date of last departure : 30.03.1940
Nationality of target : Finnish
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : Signe
Year of launch : 1882
Actual tonnage : 1540 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : Bergen - Burntisland
Footnote : U-38 attacked a ship at the end of a convoy and observed a dense cloud of smoke and vapor. - Quadrant AN1814 falls east of the Firth of Mooray and is not in a direct line Bergen to Burntisland (Firth of Forth).


Convoy : unknown
Route of convoy : unknown
Remark to convoy : Convoy unidentified
updated on: 00.00.0000