Nummer: 14519a
Area : | Western Area |
Sea area : | North Atlantic |
Date of attack : | 09.01.1943 |
Time of attack : | 07:27 |
Nationality of U-boat : | German |
U-boat : | U 442 |
Commander : | Hesse |
Grid : | DG 9411 |
presumed target type : | Tanker |
presumed tonnage : | 7000 BRT |
presumed result : | sunk |
Number of torpedoes/mines : | 3 |
Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
Convoy : | TM.1 |
Date of observation : | 09.01.1943 |
Time of observation : | 06:25 |
Nationality of target : | British |
Actual type of target : | Steam Tanker |
Name of target : | Empire Lytton |
Year of launch : | 1942 |
Actual tonnage : | 9807 BRT |
Actual result : | damaged |
Position of target : | 28.08n 28.20w |
Footnote : | U-442 assumed to have hit two tankers. "Empire Lytton" was sunk at 13h40 by U-442 with gunfire. |
related attacks : | Angriff 1 |
Convoy : | TM.1 |
Route of convoy : | Trinidad - Mediterranean (1942) |
Remark to convoy : | Januar 1943, tanker convoy for Op. Torch |