Nummer: 03501


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 26.10.1940
Time of attack : 04:32
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 28
Commander : Kuhnke
Grid : AL 3862
presumed target type : Steam Freighter id
presumed tonnage : 5389 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Number of torpedoes/mines : 1
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Date of observation : 26.10.1940
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target : Steam Freighter
Name of target : Matina
Year of launch : 1929
Actual tonnage : 5389 BRT
Actual result : damaged
Position of target : 57.30n 16.31w
Footnote : U-28 did not observe "Matina" going down. So the wreck sunk by U-31 on Oct.29th very probably was "Matina".