U-109 IXB
Due to some paperpusher , a typing mistake and who knows what else , vonHarris took command of U-109 IXB.
25 January 1940
03:54 hours U-109 left port for grid BE59
28 January 1940
Grid AN44
10:51 hours Neutral freighter seen
29 January 1940
Grid AN16
00:16 hours Ship seen
00:19 hours Positive ID: Ore carrier
00:28 hours 2 TI (bow) fired
00:30 hours Impacts
00:31 hours Ship sunk MV Fresno City
03:59 hours Ship seen
04:00 hours Positive ID: Motor vessel
04:09 hours 1 TI (stern) fired
04:11 hours Torpedo missed - broke off attack
08:24 hours grid AN14 ship seen
08:26 hours Positive ID: Medium merchant 30
08:37 hours 2 TI (bow) fired
08:39 hours Impacts
08:49 hours 1 TI (stern) fired
08:51 hours Impact
08:52 hours 1 TI (stern) fired
08:53 hours Impact - ship sunk SS Clan MacAlister
6 February 1940
Grid BE38
00:29 hours Sound contact due to rough seas - dived to periscope depth
00:32 hours Two destroyers seen
00:38 hours 1 TI (stern) fired
00:39 hours Impact - ship sunk - HMS Vortigern (V&W classes)
01:00 hours Depth 97m - the other destroyer left the area - no pinging
02:10 hours Surfaced
11 February 1940
Grid AM76
05:26 hours Moving to intercept convoy
Grid AM75
06:55 hours Dived to periscope depth for hydrophone search
07:49 hours Sound contact with convoy - taking attack position
09:41 hours 2 TI (bow) fired
09:43 hours Impact - medium merchant 06 sunk - SS Nigerian
09:43 hours 1 TI (bow) fired - Impact - medium merchant 06 sunk - SS Clumberhall
09:44 hours Impact - Medium coastal freighter sunk - Q Ship USS Asterion
09:52 hours 1 TI (bow) fired - Impact - Medium coastal freighter sunk - Q Ship HMS Maunder
09:53 hours Diving to 100m - no pinging
10:22 hours Depth 102m - no pinging - convoy moving away
13:08 hours No sound contact - surfaced
13 February 1940
Grid AM55
09:08 hours Ship seen
09:12 hours Positive ID: Medium merchant 30 - dived to periscope depth
09:24 hours 2 TI (bow) fired - no internal torpedoes left
09:25 hours Impacts
09:26 hours Ship sunk - SS Peisander
17 February 1940
Grid AN11
18:22 hours Ship seen - 6m/s winds
18:29 hours Positive ID: Harbour tugboat
18:35 hours Aircraft spotted - manned the flak guns
18:37 hours Aircraft turned away
18:38 hours Opened fire - ship sunk - MV Glamis - 1 105mm round
18:40 hours Aircraft spotted - manned the flak guns - probably the same one
18:41 hours Shot down - Anson
Winds still 6m/s - moving externals impossible (I move them in only at 0 - 1 m/s winds)
21 February 1940
U-109 returned to port
28 days at sea
9 ships sunk
38643 tons
1 aircraft
U-111 returned to port badly damaged but with no human casualties
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