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)