Nummer: 05009c
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 28.04.1941 |
| Time of attack : | 19:25 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 96 |
| Commander : | Lehmann-Willenbrock |
| Grid : | AL 3437 |
| presumed target type : | Tanker |
| presumed tonnage : | 6000 BRT |
| presumed result : | damaged |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 1 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | HX.121 |
| Date of observation : | 28.04.1941 |
| Time of observation : | 18:30 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Port Hardy |
| Year of launch : | 1923 |
| Actual tonnage : | 8897 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 60.14n 15.20w |
| Footnote : | From the report of the convoy commodore, it is clear that all three ships were hit in the same attack by U-96. "Port Hardy" was hit by chance after the torpedo missed the intended target. There is no evidence that U-65/Hoppe made an attack before being sunk by the escorts. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 Angriff 2 |
| Convoy : | HX.121 |
| 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. |