Nummer: 03410


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 19.10.1940
Time of attack : 23:54
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 47
Commander : Prien
Grid : AL 0357
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 4500 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Number of torpedoes/mines : 1
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : HX.79
Actual tonnage : ---- --
Actual result : hit not ascertained
Footnote : The torpedo missed its target. U-47 assumed wrongly to have hit another ship behind the target.


Convoy : HX.79
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.