Nummer: 14714
| Area : | Western Area |
| Sea area : | North Atlantic |
| Date of attack : | 25.01.1943 |
| Time of attack : | 22:05 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 575 |
| Commander : | Heydemann |
| Grid : | DG 1326 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter id |
| presumed tonnage : | 4963 BRT |
| presumed result : | sunk |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | UGS.4 s |
| Date of observation : | 25.01.1943 |
| Nationality of target : | American |
| Actual type of target : | Steam Freighter |
| Name of target : | City of Flint |
| Year of launch : | 1920 |
| Actual tonnage : | 4963 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 34.47n 31.10w |
| Footnote : | "City of Flint" was taken as a prize by the pocket battleship "Deutschland" in the North Atlantic. Turning to Germany passing the Norwegian coast she was stopped by the minelayer "Olav Tryggvason", and released at Bergen on Nov.14th, 1939. |
| Convoy : | UGS.4 s |
| Route of convoy : | U.S.A. - Gibraltar (slow) |
| Remark to convoy : | Since Oct 1942, initially for Op. Torch, then to ports in Northwest-Africa |