Nummer: 03216b
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 17.10.1940 |
| Time of attack : | 05:53 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 48 |
| Commander : | Bleichrodt |
| Grid : | AL 3388 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 5000 BRT |
| presumed result : | damaged |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 1 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | SC.7 |
| Footnote : | The second torpedo missed its target in the third convoy column. - "Harpenden" was torpedoed on 11.09.40 by U-28. Arrived Clyde 16.09.40 in tow. Taken to Greenock and moored Garelock, 19.11.40. She was repaired, therafter, and put to service as "Empire Stour" in 1941. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 Angriff 2 |
| Convoy : | SC.7 |
| Route of convoy : | Sydney (Nova Scotia) - United Kingdom |
| Remark to convoy : | Slow (Atlantic) Convoys since Aug 1940, fast ones = HX, counter traffic = ON. |
| updated on: | 24.05.2021 |
| Remark: | 2. Schuss (b) |
| Changes: | 1) Coppock/Gretton (Ausgabe 1983): Haspenden 2) Zimmerman 11.1997: nicht Ha-s-penden! 3) Kolbicz 22.6.2002: nicht Harpenden! 4) Kolbicz 29.6.2002: nicht Harlesden, da diese bereits kurz zuvor im Konvoi HX.79 fuhr. |