Nummer: 16222c
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 12.04.1943 |
| Time of attack : | 04:45 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 563 |
| Commander : | Hartmann |
| Grid : | AK 6721 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 5000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | HX.232 |
| Date of observation : | 12.04.1943 |
| Time of observation : | 02:45 |
| Nationality of target : | Dutch |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Ulysses |
| Year of launch : | 1918 |
| Actual tonnage : | 2666 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 54.30n 30.30w |
| Footnote : | U-563 reported three ships sunk and one ship damaged. - U-168 observed a burning tanker at 8:42h, and U-706 reported a burning vessel being sunk by an escort. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 Angriff 2 Angriff 3 |
| Convoy : | HX.232 |
| Route of convoy : | (New York) - Halifax - United Kingdom |
| Remark to convoy : | Sep 1939 to Sep 1942 ab Halifax, then from New York (counter traffic = ON), vgl. HXF und SC. |