Nummer: 03901


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 11.12.1940
Time of attack : 15:12
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 96
Commander : Lehmann-Willenbrock
Grid : AM 2376
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 11000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Number of torpedoes/mines : 1
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : HX.92
Date of observation : 11.12.1940
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target : Passenger Liner
Name of target : Rotorua
Year of launch : 1911
Actual tonnage : 10890 BRT
Actual result : sunk
Position of target : 58.56n 11.20w


Convoy : HX.92
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.