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". |