Nummer: 12212
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 12.09.1942 |
| Time of attack : | 05:34 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 608 |
| Commander : | Struckmeier |
| Grid : | BD 2744 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 5000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 2 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | ON.127 |
| Name of target : | [Hindanger ?] |
| Footnote : | U-608 sunk a steamer slowly moving ahead with 2 torpedoes. 8 min after her attack the steamer broke in two and sank immediately."Hindanger" had been taken under fire by HMCS "Amherst" to be scuttled, before (see Attack 1); but at 00.55 a.m. she was still floating on the surface. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 |
| 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: | [Hindanger ?] |