Nummer: 21314b
| Area : | Arctic Ocean |
| Sea area : | North Norway |
| Date of attack : | 29.04.1945 |
| Time of attack : | 22:22 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 427 |
| Commander : | Gudenus |
| Grid : | AC 8829 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed result : | damaged |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | - |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo with gyro-angle and zig-zaggig course |
| Convoy : | RA.66 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Destroyer |
| Name of target : | 19th Escort Group |
| Actual result : | hit not ascertained |
| Footnote : | U-427 fired a 3-LUT spread an reported two hits on ships of the convoy behind a destroyer. In reality, the convoy was passing Tores Is. (Kola estuary) not before midnight. Probably the target had been destroyers of the 19th Escort Group. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 |
| Convoy : | RA.66 |
| Route of convoy : | Kola Fjord - Iceland - Loch Ewe |
| Remark to convoy : | Since Dec 1942, former QP (counter traffic = JW) |
| updated on: | 12.01.2009 |
| Remark: | LUT |
| Changes: | 1) Weis, 21.1.09: HMCS "Iroquois" (1:51h) kommt nicht in Frage. 2) Vielleicht schoss U481 seinen Fehlschuss (FT) auf "Iroquois". |