of the ship was towed to the Clyde and scrapped. On 2 June U-147 encountered convoy OB 239 north-west of Ireland and attacked alone (a decision which historian Clay Blair described as "bold"). She damaged one ship (Mokambo) before being sunk with all hands by convoy escorts, the destroyer and the corvette . Summary of raiding history Cultural references U-147 is erroneously named as the German submarine setting of the 12 May 1959 episode, "The Haunted U-Boat", of the American supernatural anthology series Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond. References Bibliography External links 1940 ships German Type II submarines Ships built in Kiel U-boats commissioned in 1940 U-boats sunk by British warships U-boats sunk in 1941 World War II submarines of Germany World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean Ships lost with all hands Maritime incidents in June 1941