Nummer: 24014
| Area : | Mediterranean |
| Sea area : | Western Mediterranean |
| Date of attack : | 21.12.1942 |
| Time of attack : | 02:23 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 562 |
| Commander : | Hamm |
| Grid : | CH 8171 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 14000 BRT |
| presumed result : | damaged |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 4- |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | KMF.5 |
| Date of observation : | 21.12.1942 |
| Time of observation : | 02:31 |
| Nationality of target : | British |
| Actual type of target : | Troop Transport |
| Name of target : | Strathallan |
| Year of launch : | 1938 |
| Actual tonnage : | 23722 BRT |
| Actual result : | sunk |
| Position of target : | 36.52n 00.34w |
| Footnote : | U-562 heard two hits after 65 sec, one more after 5:50 min. Several destroyers saved more than 5000 survivors. The troop transport sank about 25 hours after the attack, while being towed by HMS "Restive", 12sm off Oran. |
| Convoy : | KMF.5 |
| Route of convoy : | United Kingdom - Gibraltar - North Africa |
| Remark to convoy : | Since Oct 1942, former OG (counter traffic = MKF, MKS). |
| Beitrag im ASS-Forum : Link | |
AP STRATHALLAN (uboat.net) |
| updated on: | 20.12.2015 |
| Remark: | TZ, ANM |