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.