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- Projekt ASS: U-Boot-Erfolge der Achsenmächte 1939-1945
- Übersicht > ID 2495
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 12.09.1942 |
| Time of attack : | 03:51 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 608 |
| Commander : | Struckmeier |
| Grid : | BD 2744 |
| presumed target type : | Whaling Factory Ship id |
| presumed tonnage : | 13797 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo coup de grâce |
| Convoy : | ON.127 |
| Date of observation : | 12.09.1942 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Whaling Factory Ship |
| Name of target : | Hektoria |
| Year of launch : | 1899 |
| Actual tonnage : | 13797 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 48.55n 33.38w |
| Footnote : | U-211 hit "Hektoria" with two, and "Empire Moonbeam" with one torpedo, but both ships were finally sunk by U-608. |
| 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) |
| updated on: | 04.08.2002 |
| Remark: | 13797: |
