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. |