Nummer: 14503
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | Central Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 03.01.1943 |
| Time of attack : | 22:52 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 514 |
| Commander : | Auffermann |
| Grid : | DQ 9325 |
| presumed target type : | Whaling Factory Ship id |
| presumed tonnage : | 16966 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | TM.1 |
| Date of observation : | 03.01.1943 |
| Time of observation : | 21:46 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Motor Tanker |
| Name of target : | British Vigilance |
| Year of launch : | 1942 |
| Actual tonnage : | 8093 BRT |
| Actual result : | damaged |
| Position of target : | 20.58n 44.40w |
| Footnote : | On Jan.3rd "British Vigilance" was damaged by U-514 and abandoned. U-105 sank the drifting wreck on Jan.24th with two torpedoes. |
| Convoy : | TM.1 |
| Route of convoy : | Trinidad - Mediterranean (1942) |
| Remark to convoy : | Januar 1943, tanker convoy for Op. Torch |