Nummer: 21112c


Area : Arctic Ocean
Sea area : North Norway
Date of attack : 14.02.1945
Time of attack : 12:54
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 968
Commander : Westphalen
Grid : AC 8859
presumed target type : Tanker id
presumed tonnage : 9577 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Number of torpedoes/mines : 1
Used weapon(s) : Acoustic homing torpedo (gnat)
Convoy : BK.3
Date of observation : 14.02.1945
Nationality of target : Norwegian
Actual type of target : Steam Tanker
Name of target : Norfjell
Year of launch : 1942
Actual tonnage : 8129 BRT
Actual result : heavily damaged
Position of target : 69.22n 33.50e
Footnote : U-968 reported four ships hit. S/T "Norfjell" was beached, but salved after the war and put to service again.
related attacks : Angriff 1
Angriff 2


Convoy : BK.3
Route of convoy : White Sea - Kola Fjord (soviet)
Remark to convoy : Since Sommer 1941, annual new numbering (counter traffic = BD)
updated on: 10.2002.2005
Remark: 1254 T' # Anm.
Changes: 1) Busch/Röll 01/2005: 12:54 Uhr, identifiziert als Tanker "Norness", schwer beschädigt aufgesetzt, nach d. Krieg wieder in Fahrt
2) Niestlé, 10.01.05: U711 erfolglos
3) Kolbicz, 17.01.05: Norfjell hat nur einen Treffer erhalten
4) Niestlé, 02/2005: 1 T-5, Tanker identiziert, über Heck gesunken.