Technical
general cargo vessel
steam, quadruple expansion engine, 470 nhp, 2 single ended boilers with superheaters & 1 auxiliary boiler, 8 corrugated furnaces
single screw
5,496� GRT -� 9,150 DWT
441'8" x 56'2" x 24'8"
service speed 11 knots
one deck - 7 cemented bulkheads
fitted with direction finder
cruiser stern
cellular double bottom, aft & under engine 169 feet, forward 187 feet
Code letters GTWY
Official number 162716

U-438 fired a coup-de-grâce at a damaged freighter and heard after 1 minute 8 seconds three faint detonations without being able to observe the result. In fact Hartington was hit and damaged once more.

See also U 522 and U 521.

Thanks to Walter Janssens for extra information on this page.

Unless otherwise stated, all dates and times are from the German perspective and are given in CET.
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