Nummer: 04610
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 16.03.1941 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 99 |
| Commander : | Kretschmer |
| Grid : | -- ---- |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | HX.112 #54 |
| Date of observation : | 16.03.1941 |
| Nationality of target : | Canadian |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | J.B. White |
| Year of launch : | 1919 |
| Actual tonnage : | 7375 BRT |
| Actual result : | damaged |
| Position of target : | 60.57n 12.27w |
| Footnote : | A third torpedo fired by U-99 as she was turning missed ist target. Their next victim was described as a freighter but the tonnage was unspecified. - "J.B. White" was first torpedoed and later sunk by a coup de grâce from U-99/Kretschmer. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 Angriff 2 |
Steam Freighter J.B. White ex American Jadden (bis 1941)
| Convoy : | HX.112 #54 |
| 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. |
| updated on: | 01.02.1999 |
| Remark: | 2nd edition |
| Changes: | 1) U-99: 3rd victim was a freighter of unspecified tonnage. |