Nummer: 04620a


Area : Western Area
Sea area : West African Coast
Date of attack : 19.03.1941
Time of attack : 00:24
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 105
Commander : Schewe
Grid : EJ 3254
presumed target type : Steam Freighter
presumed tonnage : 8000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Number of torpedoes/mines : 2-
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : SL.68
Name of target : station #52
Actual result : target visibly missed
Footnote : U-105 attacking within the convoy columns fired a 2-torpedo spread. Target was the 2nd ship of the center column. Both torpedoes hit, and a freighter of 8.000 grt was heard sinking after 1:59 min.
related attacks : Angriff 1


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: 22.05.2015
Remark: Doppeltreffer