Nummer: 02923


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 22.09.1940
Time of attack : 00:22
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 100
Commander : Schepke
Grid : AL 6551
presumed target type : Tanker
presumed tonnage : 11000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Number of torpedoes/mines : 1
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : HX.72
Date of observation : 22.09.1940
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : Empire Airman
Year of launch : 1915
Actual tonnage : 6586 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : 54n 18w


Steam Freighter Empire Airman ex Italian Barbarna C (bis 1940)
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.