Nummer: 14518c


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 09.01.1943
Time of attack : 06:38
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 575
Commander : Heydemann
Grid : DG 8683
presumed target type : Tanker
presumed tonnage : ---- ---
presumed result : damaged
Number of torpedoes/mines : --
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo with preset course
Convoy : TM.1
Actual tonnage : ---- ---
Actual result : hit not ascertained
Footnote : U-575 fired 1 stern shot and a spread of four FAT and assumed one tanker sunk and two others damaged. Again the depth charges dropped by HMS "Pimpernel" were misinterpreted as torpedo hits.
related attacks : Angriff 1
Angriff 2


Convoy : TM.1
Route of convoy : Trinidad - Mediterranean (1942)
Remark to convoy : Januar 1943, tanker convoy for Op. Torch
updated on: 07.08.2013
Remark: 1T + 4er FAT