Nummer: 28008


Area : Pacific Ocean
Sea area : South Pacific
Date of attack : 26.07.1942
Nationality of U-boat : Japanese
U-boat : I-11
Commander : Hichiji
Grid : Sydney
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed result : damaged
Used weapon(s) : Gunfire
Date of observation : 26.07.1942
Time of observation : 04:45
Nationality of target : Australian
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : Coolana
Year of launch : 1921
Actual tonnage : 2197 BRT
Actual result : target visibly missed
Position of target : 60nm NE Gabo Island
Footnote : From Japanese submarines off Sydney I-11 reported three ships sunk and one damaged, I-175 reported two sunk and one damaged. In addition there were attacks by I-24 and I-174. These are the most probable assessments from Japanese and Australian sources. "Murada" and "Coolana" escaped undamaged.