Convoy battles

Ships hit from convoy OB-288


Date U-boat Commander Name of ship Tons Nat.
23 Feb 1941U-107Günter Hessler HMS Manistee (F 104)5,360br
23 Feb 1941U-69Jost Metzler Marslew4,542br
23 Feb 1941U-96Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock Anglo-Peruvian5,457br
24 Feb 1941U-73Helmut Rosenbaum Waynegate4,260br
24 Feb 1941U-95Gerd Schreiber Cape Nelson3,807br
24 Feb 1941U-95Gerd Schreiber Svein Jarl1,908nw
24 Feb 1941U-95Gerd Schreiber Temple Moat4,427br
24 Feb 1941U-96Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock Linaria3,385br
24 Feb 1941U-96Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock Sirikishna5,458br
 38,604

9 ships sunk (38,604 tons).

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8 ships sunk for a total of 33,244 GRT
1 auxilary warship sunk for a total of 5,360 GRT

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ms = 58.13N21.33W,58.50N21.47W,58N21W,59.18N21.30W,59.27N20.20W,59.30N21W,59.30N21.00W,61N25W

Locations of ships hit from convoy OB-288.


Some 70 convoys on route OB were hit by U-boats in the war.
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