Nummer: 21205
Area : | Arctic Ocean |
Sea area : | North Norway |
Date of attack : | 20.03.1945 |
Time of attack : | 10:14 |
Nationality of U-boat : | German |
U-boat : | U 716 |
Commander : | Thimme |
Grid : | AC 8860 |
presumed target type : | Destroyer |
presumed tonnage : | 1600 ts |
presumed result : | sunk |
Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
Convoy : | JW.65 |
Nationality of target : | British |
Actual type of target : | Sub Chaser |
Name of target : | [Lapwing (U.62) ?] |
Year of launch : | 1943 |
Actual tonnage : | 1350 ts |
Actual result : | hit not ascertained |
Footnote : | U-716 reported a destroyer of "Grozny" class sunk, but had probably missed a British escort of the "Black-Swan" class. |
Convoy : | JW.65 |
Route of convoy : | Loch Ewe - (Iceland) - Kola Fjord - (Arkhangelsk) |
Remark to convoy : | Since Dec 1942, former PQ (counter traffic = RA) |