Nummer: 02917b
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 21.09.1940 |
| Time of attack : | 16:07 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 99 |
| Commander : | Kretschmer |
| Grid : | AL 5462 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter id |
| presumed tonnage : | 5156 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 1 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo coup de grâce |
| Convoy : | HX.72 |
| Date of observation : | 21.09.1940 |
| Time of observation : | nchm |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Motor Freighter |
| Name of target : | Elmbank |
| Year of launch : | 1930 |
| Actual tonnage : | 5156 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 55.20n 22.30w |
| Footnote : | "Elmbank" was first damaged by torpedo. At 5:34 a.m. U-99 fired 41 rounds of 88mm gunfire at her, many of which hit the ship. In the afternoon the ship was set on fire by gunfire first from U-47 and then from U-99, which finally administered the coup de grâce. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 |
| Convoy : | HX.72 |
| Route of convoy : | (New York) - Halifax - United Kingdom |
| Remark to convoy : | Sep 1939 to Sep 1942 ab Halifax, then from New York (counter traffic = ON), vgl. HXF und SC. |
| updated on: | 00.02.2002 |
| Remark: | 16:07, -M |
| Changes: | 1) Kolbicz 2.2002: straggler 2) Busch/Röll 2.2002: 16:07h 3) Kolbicz (L2) 04-02: -M |