Nummer: 12110b
Area : | Western Area |
Sea area : | North Atlantic |
Date of attack : | 11.09.1942 |
Time of attack : | 00:16 |
Nationality of U-boat : | German |
U-boat : | U 404 |
Commander : | Bülow |
Grid : | AK 9876 |
presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
presumed tonnage : | 5000 BRT |
presumed result : | damaged |
Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
Convoy : | ON.127 |
Actual tonnage : | ---- -- |
Actual result : | hit not ascertained |
Footnote : | U-404 observed hits after 3:12 min and 3:32 min with water columns. U-608 observed one hit after 28 sec. Probably only one torpedo of U-404 hit "Marit II". She was damaged but joined the convoy again on Sep.12th and reached port on Sep.16th, 1942. |
related attacks : | Angriff 1 Angriff 2 |
Convoy : | ON.127 |
Route of convoy : | United Kingdom - North America |
Remark to convoy : | 1st series: Jul 1941 to Mar 1943 ON and ONS combined, later ON mit continuing and ONS with new numbering (counter traffic HX and SC) |