Nummer: 04218
Area : | Western Area |
Sea area : | North Atlantic |
Date of attack : | 13.02.1941 |
Time of attack : | 19:50 |
Nationality of U-boat : | German |
U-boat : | U 96 |
Commander : | Lehmann-Willenbrock |
Grid : | AL 3281 |
presumed target type : | Tanker id |
presumed tonnage : | 10516 BRT |
presumed result : | sunk |
Number of torpedoes/mines : | 2 |
Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo coup de grâce |
Convoy : | HX.106 s |
Date of observation : | 13.02.1941 |
Nationality of target : | British |
Actual type of target : | Motor Tanker |
Name of target : | Arthur F. Corwin |
Year of launch : | 1938 |
Actual tonnage : | 10516 BRT |
Actual result : | sunk |
Position of target : | 60.25n 17.11w |
Footnote : | "Arthur F. Corwin" was hit by two torpedoes fired by U-103, and was sunk by U-96 with two more hits. |
Convoy : | HX.106 s |
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. |