German submarine U-558
Summary of raiding history
Table:
Date

Ship Name

Nationality

Tonnage[Note 1]

Fate[29]

28 August 1941

Otaio

United Kingdom

10,298

Sunk

15 October 1941

Vancouver Island

Canada

9,472

Sunk

17 October 1941

Erviken

Norway

6,595

Sunk

17 October 1941

Rym

Norway

1,369

Sunk

17 October 1941

W.C. Teagle

United Kingdom

9,552

Sunk

24 February 1942

Anadara

United Kingdom

8,009

Damaged

24 February 1942

Eidanger

Norway

9,432

Sunk

24 February 1942

Inverarder

United Kingdom

5,578

Sunk

12 May 1942

HMT Bedfordshire

Royal Navy

913

Sunk

18 May 1942

Fauna

Netherlands

1,254

Sunk

21 May 1942

Troisdoc

Canada

1,925

Sunk

23 May 1942

William Boyce Thompson

United States

7,061

Damaged

25 May 1942

Beatrice

United States

3,451

Sunk

27 May 1942

USAT Jack

United States Army

2,622

Sunk

2 June 1942

Triton

Netherlands

2,078

Sunk

25 August 1942

Amakura

United Kingdom

1,987

Sunk

13 September 1942

Empire Lugard

United Kingdom

7,241

Sunk

13 September 1942

Suriname

Netherlands

7,915

Sunk

13 September 1942

Vilja

Norway

6,672

Sunk

16 September 1942

Commercial Trader

United States

2,606

Total loss

23 February 1943

Empire Norseman

United Kingdom

9,811

Sunk

Taking into account the table called German submarine U-558 — section "Summary of raiding history", give a short sentence answer to: What were the circumstances of the attacks by U-558 on February 24, 1942? Return your answer as JSON: {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: That same day, German submarine U-558 sank the 9,432-ton Norwegian Eidanger and the 5,578-ton British Inverarder.