Nummer: 03114a


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 08.10.1940
Time of attack : 21:31
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 58
Commander : Schonder
Grid : AM 2997
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 10528 BRT
presumed result : damaged
Number of torpedoes/mines : 2
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : HX.76 s
Date of observation : 08.10.1940
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : Confield
Year of launch : 1940
Actual tonnage : 4956 BRT
Actual result : damaged
Position of target : 56.48n 10.17w
Footnote : "Confield" was hit by two single torpedoes on Oct.8th, but only sank after a coup de grâce on the forenoon of Oct.9th, 1940.
related attacks : Angriff 1


Convoy : HX.76 s
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.