Nummer: 14519a
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 09.01.1943 |
| Time of attack : | 07:27 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 442 |
| Commander : | Hesse |
| Grid : | DG 9411 |
| presumed target type : | Tanker |
| presumed tonnage : | 7000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 3 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | TM.1 |
| Date of observation : | 09.01.1943 |
| Time of observation : | 06:25 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Tanker |
| Name of target : | Empire Lytton |
| Year of launch : | 1942 |
| Actual tonnage : | 9807 BRT |
| Actual result : | damaged |
| Position of target : | 28.08n 28.20w |
| Footnote : | U-442 assumed to have hit two tankers. "Empire Lytton" was sunk at 13h40 by U-442 with gunfire. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 |
| Convoy : | TM.1 |
| Route of convoy : | Trinidad - Mediterranean (1942) |
| Remark to convoy : | Januar 1943, tanker convoy for Op. Torch |