Nummer: 14514a
Area : | Western Area |
Sea area : | North Atlantic |
Date of attack : | 09.01.1943 |
Time of attack : | 06:19 |
Nationality of U-boat : | German |
U-boat : | U 522 |
Commander : | Schneider |
Grid : | DG 8636 |
presumed target type : | Tanker |
presumed tonnage : | 8000 BRT |
presumed result : | sunk |
Number of torpedoes/mines : | 4- |
Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
Convoy : | TM.1 |
Date of observation : | 09.01.1943 |
Time of observation : | 05:16 |
Nationality of target : | Panamanian |
Actual type of target : | Motor Tanker |
Name of target : | Norvik |
Year of launch : | 1938 |
Actual tonnage : | 10043 BRT |
Actual result : | damaged |
Position of target : | 28.08n 28.20w |
Footnote : | U-522 reported three hits also observed by U-575. Probably two hit "Minister Wedel" which started to burn fiercely, another one hit "Norvik". - HMS "Havelock" unsuccessfully tried to sink both ships by gunfire. They were sunk on the next day by torpedoes from U-442. |
related attacks : | Angriff 1 Angriff 2 |
Convoy : | TM.1 |
Route of convoy : | Trinidad - Mediterranean (1942) |
Remark to convoy : | Januar 1943, tanker convoy for Op. Torch |
updated on: | 23.08.2013 |
Remark: | Norvik (1T), Anm. |