[Kapitän]

Originally Posted by Kapitän

Started a new career in August 2019, to commemorate the beginning of WWII, 80 years ago ...

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KTB - U 112

The totals of this 1st war patrol with U 112 and 9th war patrol overall are:

Traveled surfaced: 3917.6sm - 19 days, 2h
Traveled submerged: 106.2sm - 2 days, 15h, 30min.
Traveled total: 4023.8sm - 21 days, 17h, 30min.

Torpedo hits: 17
Torpedo misses: 2 when the target ship was zig-zagging.
Torpedo failures: 3 Eto (Pi-G7H) hit but failed to ignite, 2 of which, when the target ship was zig-zagging.

2 Aircraft Carriers sunk for 45170 BRT (HMS Ark Royal and HMS Furious), 4 laden tankers sunk for 54506 BRT, 2 merchants sunk for 13198 BRT and 1 steamer of 6311 BRT loaded with tanks torpedoed, for a grand total of 119185 BRT of sunk and torpedoed enemy shipping.

Crash Dives: 3 - One from enemy aircraft after sending a position report from escort point "Lore" and two from convoy escorts during the attack run, in which course, the boat sustained 8.12% damage to its pressure hull.

Bombs: 2 Fliebos were dropped by enemy aircraft onto the boat, inflicting no damage.

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Kptlt.&Cmdr.

Started a new career in August 2019, to commemorate the beginning of WWII, 80 years ago ...

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KTB - U 112

Awards, Promotions & Crew Changes:

Upon arrival in Lorient, I was promoted to Kapitän-Leutnant and the Senior Midshipman (j.g.) and acting L.I., was promoted to Ltnt.-Ing. and awarded with the E.K.I. He also, received additional Machinist Training in Lorient.

The I.W.O., the II.W.O., the Quartermaster and both Warrant Machinists, received the E.K.II.

Two other crew members were promoted and the rest of the crew received several awards. In all, one more E.K.I and 30 more E.K.II were given.

A Fireman-E 3cl and the cook left the boat and were replaced by a Fireman-E 2cl and a new cook (Seaman 2cl).

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Kptlt.&Cmdr.