Nummer: 16116


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 06.04.1943
Time of attack : 15:07
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 632
Commander : Karpf
Grid : AK 3851
presumed target type : Destroyer
presumed tonnage : 1190 ts
presumed result : sunk
Number of torpedoes/mines : 1
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : HX.231
Date of observation : 06.04.1943
Actual result : hit not ascertained
Footnote : U-632 fired a G7e-torpedo and heard a detonation and sinking noises. The target was not the corvette HMS "Alisma", which was missed by a torpedo already in the morning.


Convoy : HX.231
Route of convoy : (New York) - Halifax - United Kingdom
Remark to convoy : Sep 1939 to Sep 1942 ab Halifax, then from New York (counter traffic = ON), vgl. HXF und SC.
updated on: 26.07.2021
Remark: ZEIT1 QUAD ANM
Changes: 1) 26.07.2021 A. Niestlé: Änderung gem. Forenlink