Nummer: 14015d
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 08.12.1942 |
| Time of attack : | 02:21 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 524 |
| Commander : | Steinaecker |
| Grid : | AK 1959 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 6000 BRT |
| presumed result : | damaged |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | HX.217 |
| Footnote : | U-524 fired two 2-torpedo spreads. A column of fire was observed on a freighter of "Lochgoil"-type, sunk by a coup de grâce at 5:53 a.m. A black smoke column was seen from a destroyer. Then a freighter exploded. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 Angriff 2 Angriff 3 Angriff 4 |
| Convoy : | HX.217 |
| Route of convoy : | (New York) - Halifax - United Kingdom |
| Remark to convoy : | Sep 1939 to Sep 1942 ab Halifax, then from New York (counter traffic = ON), vgl. HXF und SC. |