Nummer: 25920


Area : Indic Ocean
Sea area : Southeast Asia
Date of attack : 07.02.1942
Time of attack : 14:30
Nationality of U-boat : Japanese
U-boat : I-155
Commander : Nakajima
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed result : sunk
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es) + Gunfire
Date of observation : 07.02.1942
Nationality of target : Dutch
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : Van Cloon
Year of launch : 1911
Actual tonnage : 4519 BRT
Actual result : damaged
Position of target : S Bawean I.
Footnote : Due to Lloyd's War Losses, the Dutch "Van Cloon" was recovered by the Japanese in 1943, and renamed "Tatebe Maru". She was possibly sunk on Jan.12th, 1945 by US Task Force TF.38 in Indochina.


updated on: 26.06.2005
Remark: 4519=, Anm.