Nummer: 14322c
Area : | Western Area |
Sea area : | North Atlantic |
Date of attack : | 29.12.1942 |
Time of attack : | 01:03 |
Nationality of U-boat : | German |
U-boat : | U 628 |
Commander : | Hasenschar |
Grid : | BD 9854 |
presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
presumed tonnage : | 5000 BRT |
presumed result : | sunk |
Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo coup de grâce |
Convoy : | ON.154 |
Date of observation : | 28.12.1942 |
Time of observation : | 22:55 |
Nationality of target : | British |
Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
Name of target : | Lynton Grange |
Year of launch : | 1937 |
Actual tonnage : | 5029 BRT |
Actual result : | sunk |
Position of target : | 43.23n 27.14w |
Footnote : | U-406/Dieterichs reported two ships sunk and two ships damaged by two FAT and three T-3 torpedoes. In reality all ships were only stopped. - U-591/Zetzsche sank "Zarian" and missed "Baron Cochrane" with a coup de grâce. - U-123/Schroeter sank "Baron Chochrane" and missed "Lynton Grange". - At lastm U-628/Hasenschar sank "Lynton Grange" with a coup de grâce. |
related attacks : | Angriff 1 Angriff 2 |
Convoy : | ON.154 |
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) |