Nummer: 17401a
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 31.10.1943 |
| Time of attack : | 09:25 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 262 |
| Commander : | Franke |
| Grid : | BE 5715 |
| presumed target type : | Destroyer |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Used weapon(s) : | Acoustic homing torpedo (gnat) |
| Convoy : | MKS.28 |
| Footnote : | U-262 fired two t-3 and two FAT torpedoes, and heard four detonations. One gnat hit on a destroyer was heard after 6:30 min. Sinking noises were heard; and in addition the sinking of a second ship and a hit on a third one were assumed. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 Angriff 2 |
| Convoy : | MKS.28 |
| Route of convoy : | Mittelmeer - United Kingdom (slow) |
| Remark to convoy : | Since Nov 1942; since May 1943 combined mit SL in Atlantic (counter traffic = KMS) |