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Old 10-26-11, 01:19 AM   #3655
VONHARRIS
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Default U-122 IXB

Back to square 1

Patrol No 1
01 December 1939
11:21 hours U-122 with the greenest crew of UBoot Waffe sailed off for her first war patrol

04 December 1939
Grid AN45
19:10 hours Norwegian harbour tugboat seen - no action taken

12 December 1939
Grid BF17
09:44 hours Moving to intercept convoy after BdU message
10:35 hours Dived to PD - sound contact with convoy
11:05 hours 2 bow shots
11:07 hours 1 bow shot
11:08 hours 2 hits - MV Empire Jet (Motor Tanker), 6818 tons. Cargo: Crude Oil. Crew: 62. Crew lost: 58 - 1 hit
11:09 hours 1 bow shot
11:14 hours 1 stern shot
11:15 hours 1 hit
11:16 hours 1 stern shot - diving to 100m - no pinging
11:17 hours 1 hit
11:19 hours SS Akbar (Medium Merchant 40), 5927 tons. Cargo: Paper Products. Crew: 30. Crew lost: 7
11:40 hours Depth 100m - no pinging
12:06 hours Contacts fading away - reloading tubes
17:20 hours Surfaced
17:43 hours Ship seen - dived to PD
17:58 hours 2 stern shots
17:59 hours 1 hit
18:29 hours 2 bow shots
18:30 hours 1 hit - Whale Factory Ship, 17330 tons (I can not make Commander to name that class , though I have done it with other classes!)
18:41 hours Surfaced

13 December 1939
Grid BF44
12:11 hours Reached patrol area

16 December 1939
Grid BF44
14:08 hours Ship seen - dived to PD
14:29 hours 1 bow shot - hit - Q Ship USS Irene Forsyte (Medium Coastal Freighter), 2364 tons. Crew: 63. Crew lost: 15

25 December 1939
Grid BF44
18:15 hours No other contacts - weather 12-15m/s winds - 3 bow torpedoes remain - moving to AM52

29 December 1939
Grid AM54
09:13 hours Ship seen
09:22 hours 1 bow shot - surface attack
09:23 hours 1 hit - target on fire listing heavily
09:24 hours SS Mona (Tramp Steamer), 1930 tons. Cargo: Machinery. Crew: 29. Crew lost: 6

06 January 1940
Grid AN52
12:30 hours Good weather - 1m/s winds - moving externals in
19:30 hours Procedure completed as the RN and RAF didn't show up.

12 January 1940
Grid AN69
09:29 hours German trawler seen - raised the flag and waved at them.
20:29 hours Docked at port

43 days at sea
5 ships sunk
34369 tons
No casualties or damages
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