 Six British passengers and 32 crewmen were lost, the only two survivors were spotted on a raft on 10 February by a British patrol aircraft, which directed a fishing trawler to their position the next day.Early in the morning of 14 January, "U-43" attacked Convoy ON-55 south of Iceland and sank the 6,641 ton British merchant ship "Empire Surf".Only six of the crew of 53 survived to be picked up by .