Nummer: 13103
Area : | Western Area |
Sea area : | North Atlantic |
Date of attack : | 29.10.1942 |
Time of attack : | 22:16 |
Nationality of U-boat : | German |
U-boat : | U 509 |
Commander : | Witte |
Grid : | DH 5146 |
presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
presumed tonnage : | 8000 BRT |
presumed result : | sunk |
Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
Convoy : | SL.125 |
Date of observation : | 29.10.1942 |
Time of observation : | 19:30 |
Nationality of target : | British |
Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
Name of target : | Corinaldo |
Year of launch : | 1921 |
Actual tonnage : | 7131 BRT |
Actual result : | damaged |
Position of target : | 33.20n 18.12w |
Footnote : | "Corinaldo" was damaged by one torpedo from U-509 and two attempted coups de grâce from U-659, and was finally sunk by a torpedo and gunfire from U-203. |
Convoy : | SL.125 |
Route of convoy : | Sierra Leone (Freetown) - United Kingdom (Liverpool) |
Remark to convoy : | Since Sep 1939; from May 1943 combined with MKS in Atlantic, counter traffic = OS. |