21 February
On 20 February U-604 sighted the convoy scattered by sailing 8 days in a northwesterly gale. U-332 torpedoed straggling Norwegian Stigstad on the morning of 21 February. U-623 was sunk by a No. 120 Squadron RAF B-24 Liberator that afternoon, and Campbell attacked a U-boat that evening. Postwar analysis concluded Campbell sank U-225, but more recent re-evaluation indicates the attack may have destroyed U-529.
U-92 torpedoed British Empire Trader at 2032 and Norwegian NT Nielsen Alonso at 0153 on the night of February 21–22. Both ships were hit by a single torpedo on the port side, flooding the forward hold, and boiler room, respectively. ORP Burza from following convoy ONS 167 was ordered to reinforce the convoy escort.
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