Nummer: 21212
| Area : | Arctic Ocean |
| Sea area : | North Norway |
| Date of attack : | 22.03.1945 |
| Time of attack : | vorm |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 711 |
| Commander : | Lange |
| Grid : | AC 8893 |
| presumed target type : | Armed Trawler |
| presumed result : | damaged |
| Used weapon(s) : | Acoustic homing torpedo (gnat) |
| Date of observation : | 22.03.1945 |
| Nationality of target : | Soviet |
| Actual type of target : | Armed Trawler |
| Name of target : | VPS-5 ex K Voroshilov |
| Year of launch : | .. |
| Actual tonnage : | ... BRT |
| Actual result : | damaged |
| Position of target : | Kola Fjord |
| Footnote : | U-711 observed one gnat hit after 6:45 min at the stern of an armed trawler. |
| updated on: | 12.04.2015 |
| Remark: | VPS statt BPS |
| Changes: | 1) VPS = vspomogatelnoe posylnoye sudno - auxiliary despatch vessel VPS-1 (ex OMUL') 27.6.41-18.8.43 VPS-2 (ex ULOV) 27.6.41-9.5.45 VPS-3 (ex VENUS) 27.6.41-10.7.43 VPS-4 (ex BESUPRESHNY) 9.10.41-4.1.43 VPS-5 (ex K VOROSHILOV) 9.10.41-22.2.45 (sic!) 2) Strange, but U-711's attack was registered exactly one month after the ship was dismissed out of service list (reason unknown). A typo in Soviet register? |