Nummer: 14519a


Area : Western Area
Sea area : North Atlantic
Date of attack : 09.01.1943
Time of attack : 07:27
Nationality of U-boat : German
U-boat : U 442
Commander : Hesse
Grid : DG 9411
presumed target type : Tanker
presumed tonnage : 7000 BRT
presumed result : sunk
Number of torpedoes/mines : 3
Used weapon(s) : Torpedo(es)
Convoy : TM.1
Date of observation : 09.01.1943
Time of observation : 06:25
Nationality of target : British
Actual type of target : Steam Tanker
Name of target : Empire Lytton
Year of launch : 1942
Actual tonnage : 9807 BRT
Actual result : damaged
Position of target : 28.08n 28.20w
Footnote : U-442 assumed to have hit two tankers. "Empire Lytton" was sunk at 13h40 by U-442 with gunfire.
related attacks : Angriff 1


Convoy : TM.1
Route of convoy : Trinidad - Mediterranean (1942)
Remark to convoy : Januar 1943, tanker convoy for Op. Torch