Nummer: 04616c
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | West African Coast |
| Date of attack : | 17.03.1941 |
| Time of attack : | 21:09 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 106 |
| Commander : | Oesten |
| Grid : | EJ 3895 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 7000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 1 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | SL.68 |
| Date of observation : | 17.03.1941 |
| Time of observation : | 20:15 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Andalusian |
| Year of launch : | 1918 |
| Actual tonnage : | 3082 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 15.50n 20.42w |
| Footnote : | U-106 fired 1 torpedo from a distance of 800 meters. Heard a detonation after 2:46 minutes (2500 meters). Obviously it had missed the intended target and hit a the "Andalusian" in convoy position #46. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 Angriff 2 Angriff 3 |
| Convoy : | SL.68 |
| Route of convoy : | Sierra Leone (Freetown) - United Kingdom (Liverpool) |
| Remark to convoy : | Since Sep 1939; from May 1943 combined with MKS in Atlantic, counter traffic = OS. |
| updated on: | 19.05.2015 |
| Remark: | SCHIFF, POS, ANM |