[VONHARRIS]

Patrol No 5
29 January 1940
03:55 hours U-107 left port for grid AL63

05 Febuary 1940
Grid AM16
20:16 hours Moving to intercept convoy after BdU message
21:58 hours Visual contact - dived to PD
22:05 hours 1 bow shot
22:06 hours 1 bow shot
22:07 hours 2 bow shots - 2 explosions - MV Nordbo (Granville-type Freighter), 4708 tons. Cargo: Wine/Spirits. Crew: 72. Crew lost: 50
22:08 hours 1 stern shot - pinging - diving to 100m - silent running
22:10 hours Depth 20m - DCs
22:15 hours Depth 40m - pinging
22:46 hours Depth 138m steady - no pinging
23:37 hours Contacts fading away - reloading
06 February 1940
00:30 hours PD - no contacts
00:32 hours Surfaced - 1m/s winds - repaired flak gun - moving externals

07 February 1940
10:30 hours Reached patrol area AL63

13 February 1940
06:07 hours Nothing seen or heard - moving to AD83

17 February 1940
04:18 hours Reached grid AD83

18 February 1940
Grid AD59
17:31 hours Warship seen - dived to PD
17:35 hours Multiple sound contacts - convoy closing
17:58 hours 2 stern shots - 2 hits
18:00 hours 2 bow shots - 2 hits
18:01 hours SS Benakat (Tanker 18), 4427 tons. Cargo: Gasoline. Crew: 28. Crew lost: 24
18:02 hours 1 bow shot
18:03 hours 1 hit - diving to 100m - no pinging
18:26 hours Depth 100m - all quiet
18:42 hours Convoy moving away - reloading tubes
19:32 hours Tubes reloaded
19:48 hours PD - saw this


20:07 hours 2 stern shots
20:08 hours 2 hits
20:27 hours Liner down by the stern - 1 bow shot coup de grace - liner sunk before torpedo hit - no explosion seen
SS Excaliber (Large Liner) , 42511 tons. Cargo: Troops. Crew: 1550. Crew lost: 1534

20:40 hours Tubes reloaded - surfaced - 15m/s winds - moving to AL63

23 February 1940 to 02 March 1940
Patrolling around Rockall Bank with no contacts - moving to AM52

05 March 1940
Grid AM52
12:24 hours Warship seen - dived to PD
12:26 hours Multiple contacts - convoy
13:14 hours 2 bow shots
13:15 hours 2 bow shots - 1 hit - Q Ship HMS Lambridge (Medium Coastal Freighter), 2367 tons. Crew: 62. Crew lost: 4
13:26 hours 1 stern shot - 1 hit - Q Ship HMS Maunder (Medium Coastal Freighter), 2368 tons. Crew: 76. Crew lost: 10
13:27 hours 1 stern shot
13:28 hours 1 hit - SS Roxby (Medium Merchant 25), 4347 tons. Cargo: Military Stores. Crew: 60. Crew lost: 3 - pinging - diving to 100m
13:33 hours More pinging and DCs close by
13:36 hours ........... Time stopped here!

At 06 March 1940 BdU announced the loss of U-107 with all hands during a convoy attack.

37 days at sea
6 ships sunk
60728 tons
Oberleutnant z. S. von Harris and U-107 were lost sometime on 05MAR40.
Awarded the Knight's Cross posthumanly.

Career statistics
5 patrols
102 days at sea
24 ships sunk (22 merchant + 2 warships)
150333 tons (135793 merchant + 14540 warships)
Biggest warship sunk: Ship sunk! HMS Orion (CLLeander39), 7270 tons on 03 September 1939
Biggest merchant sunk: SS Excaliber (Large Liner) , 42511 tons. Cargo: Troops. Crew: 1550. Crew lost: 1534 on 05 March 1940