Nummer: 03904
Area : | Western Area |
Sea area : | North Atlantic |
Date of attack : | 12.12.1940 |
Time of attack : | 01:56 |
Nationality of U-boat : | German |
U-boat : | U 96 |
Commander : | Lehmann-Willenbrock |
Grid : | AM 2618 |
presumed target type : | Motor Freighter |
presumed tonnage : | 8000 BRT |
presumed result : | sunk |
Number of torpedoes/mines : | 1 |
Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
Convoy : | HX.92 |
Date when ship was reported missed : | 11.12.1940 |
Nationality of target : | Swedish |
Actual type of target : | Motor Freighter |
Name of target : | Stureholm |
Year of launch : | 1919 |
Actual tonnage : | 4575 BRT |
Actual result : | sunk |
Position of target : | Halifax - England |
Footnote : | "Stureholm" departed Halifax on Nov.29th for England, and was reported missing after Dec.12th, 1940. |
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. |