Nummer: 20422
| Area : | Arctic Ocean |
| Date of attack : | 30.01.1944 |
| Time of attack : | 05:24 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 601 |
| Commander : | Hansen |
| Grid : | AB 6292 |
| presumed target type : | Destroyer |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 1 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Acoustic homing torpedo (gnat) |
| Convoy : | JW.56B |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Destroyer |
| Name of target : | Venus (R.50) |
| Year of launch : | 1943 |
| Actual tonnage : | 1710 ts |
| Actual result : | hit not ascertained |
| Footnote : | The damaged "Hardy" was sunk from HMS "Venus" by a coup de grâce. U-601 suggested the detonation to be a hit on HMS "Venus". |
| Convoy : | JW.56B |
| Route of convoy : | Loch Ewe - (Iceland) - Kola Fjord - (Arkhangelsk) |
| Remark to convoy : | Since Dec 1942, former PQ (counter traffic = RA) |