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Originally Posted by Kapitän
About no ships in Scapa Flow:
Same here: 12 - 13 Nov. 1942, western coast of Morocco (Operation Torch!), from Safi via Casablanca/Fedala and Rabat to Tangier ... Nothing ... No ships, No airplanes (only 3 Spaniards in Tangier). Also, Enemy Task Force only east of Gibraltar.
Now, 17 Nov. 1942, an incoming Gibraltar convoy in Qu.9555CG, alas in heavy fog (which we had for 3 days now) ... let's see ...
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Okay, found myself submerged right inside the convoy of about 24 ships ... made blind straight torpedo shots with all 6 tubes just relying on sound contact reports ... all six missed ... Oh, well ...