Nummer: 14505a
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 08.01.1943 |
| Time of attack : | 22:37 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 436 |
| Commander : | Seibicke |
| Grid : | DG 8565 |
| presumed target type : | Tanker |
| presumed tonnage : | 12000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 2 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | TM.1 |
| Date of observation : | 08.01.1943 |
| Time of observation : | 21:40 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Tanker |
| Name of target : | Oltenia II |
| Year of launch : | 1928 |
| Actual tonnage : | 6394 BRT |
| Actual result : | damaged |
| Position of target : | 27.59n 28.50w |
| Footnote : | Two torpedoes of three single shots from U-436 hit "Oltenia II" which exploded and sank. The third one hit "Albert L. Ellsworth" which dropped behind and was sunk by U-436 by gunfire, thereafter. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 Angriff 2 |
Steam Tanker Oltenia II ex Romanian Oltenia (bis 1941)
| Convoy : | TM.1 |
| Route of convoy : | Trinidad - Mediterranean (1942) |
| Remark to convoy : | Januar 1943, tanker convoy for Op. Torch |