Nummer: 14413a
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 30.12.1942 |
| Time of attack : | 16:38 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 435 |
| Commander : | Strelow |
| Grid : | CE 3178 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 3500 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | ON.154s |
| Date of observation : | 30.12.1942 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Fidelity (FCS) |
| Year of launch : | 1920 |
| Actual tonnage : | 2456 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 43.23n 27.07w |
| Footnote : | "Fidelity" (ex "Le Rhin") was a special service vessel of the Royal Navy with British crew. - She had already been missed by U-225/Leimkühler on Dec.29th at 21:38h and by U-615/Kapitzky on Dec.29th between 22:00h-23:00h. "Fidelity" was at last sunk with two torpedoes from U-435/Strelow. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 Angriff 2 |
Steam Freighter Fidelity (FCS) ex French Le Rhône (bis 1940)
| Convoy : | ON.154s |
| Route of convoy : | United Kingdom - North America |
| Remark to convoy : | 1st series: Jul 1941 to Mar 1943 ON and ONS combined, later ON mit continuing and ONS with new numbering (counter traffic HX and SC) |
| updated on: | 00.00.0000 |
| Remark: | Anm., (FCS) |