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. |