Nummer: 24515a
| Area : | Mediterranean |
| Sea area : | Western Mediterranean |
| Date of attack : | 20.04.1943 |
| Time of attack : | 07:46 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 565 |
| Commander : | Franken |
| Grid : | CH 7687 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 6000 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 1 |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | UGS.7 |
| Date of observation : | 20.04.1943 |
| Time of observation : | 07:47 |
| Nationality of target : | French |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | Sidi-Bel-Abbès |
| Year of launch : | 1929 |
| Actual tonnage : | 4392 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 35.59n 01.25w |
| Footnote : | 834 of 1.287 men crew and troops lost their lifes. |
| related attacks : | Angriff 1 |
| Convoy : | UGS.7 |
| Route of convoy : | U.S.A. - Gibraltar (slow) |
| Remark to convoy : | Since Oct 1942, initially for Op. Torch, then to ports in Northwest-Africa |