Strand's agony and possible salvation...
Extract from U-80 KTB.
21.11.1941
10:14
Radio message from BdU:/ Convoy at grid BE6225, course NE, speed 6/
14:12
Radio message to BdU:/My position BE6225. Expect contact at late afternoon U-80/
15:07
Ship sighted! Appears tanker on NW course. I will burn lots of fuel and time circling to a favourable attack position.
18:15
Target is indeed tanker and it is armed with one cannon located at aft poop deck.
Fired tube V, G7e
Range 1100, speed 4 kts, AoB green 80, depth 5m
Hit below bridge about 1/3 of target and was aimed at middle. Also it hit about 10 seconds too early. Not big fat tanker after all.
18:21
Dived to load tube V. Sea is too choppy to use deck gun or load torpedoes at surface.
19:11
Coup de Grace from tube V, G7a
Stationary target. Pistol failure.
19:25
Second Coup de Grace from tube IV, G7e
Ran too deep.
19:27
Third Coup de Grace from tube II, G7e
Ran too deep.
19:30
Fourth Coup de Grace from tube III, G7e
Finally a detonation. Tanker rolls over and sinks within ten minutes. Interrogation of the survivors reveals it was 4000 tons tanker.
Resumed hunt.
23.16
Reached calculated rendezvous point. No contact even with hydrophones.
23:23
Radio message from BdU:/ Convoy at grid BE3598, course NE, speed 6/
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Originally Posted by Niume
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