Nummer: 11504b


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 10.08.1942
Time of attack : 12:21
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 438
Commander : Franzius
Grid : AL 2913
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 5000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : SC.94
Date of observation : 10.08.1942
Time of observation : 10:23
Nationality of target : Greek
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : Condylis
Year of launch : 1914
Actual tonnage : 4439 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : 57n 22.30w
Footnote : U-660 fired one single shot, a 2-torpedo spread, and another single shot. There was one detonation after 47 sec, two after 1:30 min, and one after 50 sec. U-438 observed a detonation after 2:30 min. - "Condylis" was hit by a torpedo both on the starboard and port side, so it must have been hit by both U-boats. The other ships were hit only on the starboard side, and so must have been hit by U-660. The damaged ship sunk by U-438 must have been "Oregon".
related attacks : Angriff 1
Angriff 2
Angriff 3
Angriff 4


Convoy : SC.94
Route of convoy : Sydney (Nova Scotia) - United Kingdom
Remark to convoy : Slow (Atlantic) Convoys since Aug 1940, fast ones = HX, counter traffic = ON.