21st February 1941
10:40am 21st February 1941 - Received a single ship contact report at a position 38km NW of the boat, travelling south at medium speed. Visual identification showed it to be an unarmed British Coastal Freighter which was promptly sent to the bottom by our Deck Gun crew.At 12:26pm the target was split in half by a small internal explosion, 2 minutes later it had gone to the bottom. 32 8.8 shells were expended in this sinking.
21st February 1941 @ 12:26pm
SS Marie-Louise le Borgne (Coastal Freighter), 1869 tons. Cargo: Military Vehicles. Crew: 35. Crew lost: 32
The Gun Crew in Action
Alois Mulbach, Arno Popp, Joachim Locke.
