Nummer: 22908a
Area : | Mediterranean |
Sea area : | North African Seaway |
Date of attack : | 28.12.1941 |
Nationality of U-boat : | German |
U-boat : | U 75 |
Commander : | Ringelmann |
Grid : | [CO 9263] |
presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
presumed tonnage : | 4000 BRT |
presumed result : | sunk |
Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
Convoy : | TA.6 |
Date of observation : | 28.12.1941 |
Time of observation : | 03:00 |
Nationality of target : | British |
Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
Name of target : | Volo |
Year of launch : | 1938 |
Actual tonnage : | 1587 BRT |
Actual result : | sunk |
Position of target : | 31.45n 26.48e |
Footnote : | U-75 reported two ships sunk and a third damaged. - HMS "Peony" reported at 0300 that the believed one ship in convoy had been torpedoed. HMS "Kipling" later reported this ship as S/S "Volo". At 0450 "Kipling" sank U-75 in 31.50n 26.40e and took 21 prisoners. - Convoy TA.6 was running 27.-29.12.1941 mit HMS "Peony" and "Avon Vale" as escorts und HMS "Kipling" and "Legion" as cover force. Merchant ships in convoy are still unknown. |
related attacks : | Angriff 1 Angriff 2 |
Convoy : | TA.6 |
Route of convoy : | Tobruk-Alexandria |
Remark to convoy : | Dec.1941 to Jun.1942 |
updated on: | 12.09.2023 |
Remark: | KV TIME2 FN |
Changes: | 1) 00.02.2013: uboat.net : Konvoi ME.8 (from ADM WAR DIARY) 2) 20.07.2014: convoyweb.prg: not ME.8 3) 12.09.2023: Laut A. Hague lief convoy AT.6 vom 23.-25/12/1941 Convoy TA.6 lief von 27.-29/12/1941 (siehe ANM) 4) 12.09.2023: ADM WAR DIARY vermeldet Angriffzeit 03.00 a.m. |