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.