Nummer: 17605a
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 29.12.1943 |
| Time of attack : | 21:37 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 541 |
| Commander : | Petersen |
| Grid : | BE 7617 |
| presumed target type : | Destroyer |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Used weapon(s) : | Acoustic homing torpedo (gnat) |
| Convoy : | E.G. |
| Actual tonnage : | ---- -- |
| Actual result : | hit not ascertained |
| Footnote : | U-541 attacked a hunting-group and heard one gnat end-of-run detonation after 12:51 min, observed one gnat hit after 45 sec, and heard one gnat detonation after 5:50 min. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 Angriff 2 |
| Convoy : | E.G. |
| Route of convoy : | Escort Group |
| Remark to convoy : | British Task Group in Atlantic |