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. |