Nummer: 14217
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 27.12.1942 |
| Time of attack : | 04:15 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 356 |
| Commander : | Ruppelt |
| Grid : | -- ---- |
| presumed target type : | --- |
| presumed tonnage : | ---- --- |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | ON.154 |
| Date of observation : | 27.12.1942 |
| Time of observation : | 03:15 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | King Edward |
| Year of launch : | 1919 |
| Actual tonnage : | 5224 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 47.25n 25.20w |
| Footnote : | There is no other attack report from a U-boat, so the ship must have been hit by U-356, which was sunk by destroyer HCMS St. LAURENT thereafter. - U-356 was obviously met by U 441 at 04u46 in BE 4411 and may have attacked the convoy thereaft. |
| Convoy : | ON.154 |
| 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) |
| Beitrag im ASS-Forum : Link |
| updated on: | 01.01.2021 |
| Remark: | ANM |