Nummer: 17612a
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 30.12.1943 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 545 |
| Commander : | Mannesmann |
| Grid : | AL 1228 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 6000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | ON.217 |
| Date of observation : | 31.12.1943 |
| Time of observation : | 01:40 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Motor Freighter |
| Name of target : | Empire Housman |
| Year of launch : | 1943 |
| Actual tonnage : | 7359 BRT |
| Actual result : | damaged |
| Position of target : | 60.30n 24.35w |
| Footnote : | U-545 fired four torpedoes and heard four detonations. - One ship was observed sinking on Jan.1st, 1944. - "Empire Housman" was probably attacked by U-744, too, but was not sunk until Jan.3rd by the latter. So U-545 deserves only half the credit (see FN.3581). |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 Angriff 2 Angriff 3 |
| Convoy : | ON.217 |
| Route of convoy : | United Kingdom - North America |
| Remark to convoy : | 1st series: Jul 1941 to Mar 1943 ON and ONS combined, later ON mit continuing and ONS with new numbering (counter traffic HX and SC) |
| updated on: | 30.12.2003 |
| Remark: | 31/0140 GMT |