Nummer: 04809a
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 03.04.1941 |
| Time of attack : | 05:08 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 73 |
| Commander : | Rosenbaum |
| Grid : | AK 3687 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 7000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 1 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | SC.26 |
| Date of observation : | 03.04.1941 |
| Time of observation : | 04:10 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Westpool |
| Year of launch : | 1918 |
| Actual tonnage : | 5724 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 58.12n 27.40w |
| Footnote : | U-74 and U-73 reported two ships sunk each during this attack. From the british times and position in convoy it seems probable that the two first hits ("Indier" and "L.Z. Cambanis") came from U-74 and the third ship ("Westpool") was hit by U-73. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 |
Steam Freighter Westpool ex American Westpool (bis 1941)
| Convoy : | SC.26 |
| Route of convoy : | Sydney (Nova Scotia) - United Kingdom |
| Remark to convoy : | Slow (Atlantic) Convoys since Aug 1940, fast ones = HX, counter traffic = ON. |
| updated on: | 00.00.0000 |