Nummer: 14804a
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | Canada |
| Date of attack : | 03.02.1943 |
| Time of attack : | 04:52 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 223 |
| Commander : | Wächter |
| Grid : | A 3852 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 7000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | SG.19 |
| Date of observation : | 03.02.1943 |
| Time of observation : | 03:55 |
| Nationality of target : | American |
| Actual type of target : | Passenger Liner |
| Name of target : | Dorchester |
| Year of launch : | 1926 |
| Actual tonnage : | 5649 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 59.22n 48.42w |
| Footnote : | U-223 fired 5 single shots. Two hit the US Army transport "Dorchester", and a second ship was missed. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 Angriff 2 |
| Convoy : | SG.19 |
| Route of convoy : | Sydney (Nova Scotia) - Greenland |
| Remark to convoy : | Since 1942 (counter traffic = GS) |
| updated on: | 29.02.2002 |
| Remark: | -DP |