Nummer: 13011
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 28.10.1942 |
| Time of attack : | 09:02 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 606 |
| Commander : | Döhler |
| Grid : | AK 6584 |
| presumed target type : | Tanker |
| presumed tonnage : | 6000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | HX.212 |
| Date of observation : | 27.10.1942 |
| Nationality of target : | American |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Tanker |
| Name of target : | Gurney E. Newlin |
| Year of launch : | 1942 |
| Actual tonnage : | 8225 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 54.32n 31.02w |
| Footnote : | U-436 heard detonations after 0:59 min, 2:24 min, 1:16 min and 1:00 min. Hits no. 1, 3 and 4 were observed. "Frontenac" reached port, and "Gurney E. Newlin" was damaged and later sunk by a coup de grâce of U-606. On board of "Sourabaya" there was 1 LCT sunk, too |
| Convoy : | HX.212 |
| Route of convoy : | (New York) - Halifax - United Kingdom |
| Remark to convoy : | Sep 1939 to Sep 1942 ab Halifax, then from New York (counter traffic = ON), vgl. HXF und SC. |