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Saturday, 30 January 1943 - Stettin
Conducting tactical exercises and training with the 4th Training Flotilla (Freg.Kpt. Heinz FISCHER), Stettin and AGRU-Front, (Kvt.Kpt.-Ing. H. MÜLLER).
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Erich Raeder is officially relieved of his duty as the head of the German Navy.
B.d.U. Admiral Karl Dönitz is promoted to Grand Admiral.
Soviet troops reach the Red Square in central Stalingrad. Hermann Göring publicly notes that the defense and sacrifice at Stalingrad, will go down in history as a heroic tale.
Our DAK defeats French troops and captures Faïd Pass, Tunisia.
The following area are to be occupied after replenishing supplies from "Milkcow" U 459 (KrvKpt. Georg von Wilamowitz-Möllendorf):
U 506 (Kptlt. Erich Würdemann) and U 509 (Oblt. Werner Witte) are to operate in grid GR with directions to proceed near to Cape Town for the time being, to intercept traffic routes. U 516 (Korvkpt. Gerhard Wiebe) is to operate with Port Elizabeth as center point. If the boats do not find traffic in the areas indicated, U 506 and 509 have freedom of movement to both sides. U 182 (IXD2; Kptlt. Asmus Nicolai Clausen) on its first operational trip, and also making for the southern tip of Africa, is to occupy the area Mozambique Channel between 20° and 31°S. Boats are reminded of circumspect, sparing use of torpedoes.
U 459 has filled up the boats detailed for operations in Africa U 506, 509 and 516 in GG 54. Assembly point for U 160 (Kptlt. Georg Lassen) also detailed for this area is FU 44 on 4.2.
U 117 (XB; Korvkpt. Hans-Werner Neumann) has supplied U 662 (KrvKpt. Wolfgang Hermann), U 333 (Oblt. Werner Schwaff; "Ali" Cremer in hospital) has handed over "Bolde" (decoy) to U 404 (Kptlt. Otto von Bülow).
U 648 (Ltnt.z.S.d.R. Peter-Arthur Stahl) conducts Torpedo Firing Training with the 25th Flotilla Danzig.
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Sunday,
31 January 1943 - Stettin
Conducting tactical exercises and training with the 4th Training Flotilla (Freg.Kpt. Heinz FISCHER), Stettin and AGRU-Front, (Kvt.Kpt.-Ing. H. MÜLLER).
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B.d.U. Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz, is appointed as Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine (ObdM) - (Commander in Chief of the German Navy)!
Out of food and ammunition, the southern half of the German 6.Armee in Stalingrad surrenders; The final radio message coming out of this pocket is made at 1945 hours, which closed with the Morse abbreviation "CL", short for "Clear (I am closing my station)". Shortly after, 110 German transport aircraft take off for the northern pocket with supplies; more than 90 of the aircraft find the illuminated triangular drop zone and released their loads.
The British RAF Bomber Command uses the H2S radar system for the first time operationally.
U 187 (Kptlt. Ralph Münnich) reported suspicious looking isolated vessels on a course of 50 in AK 8922. No contact. The boat is reminded in this connection that the presence of "Q-boats" in the open sea is unlikely.
New position for U 439, 653 and 332 = BD 24, for U 265 = AK 02. Operations on convoys are intended with these boats.
U 584 (Kptlt. Kurt Nölke) has broken off the ordered special duty (attack on convoy traffic in BF 2190; "Op. Lands End") owing to own strong noise interference. Instead, U 71 (Oblt. Hardo Rodler von Roithberg) with a relatively large amount of fuel - 44 cubic meters - is detailed for this task.
U 376 (Kptlt. Friedrich-Karl Marks) lost the Warrant Quartermaster/3.W.O. (OStrm. Heinz Richter) overboard. After relief procured in Hellisoc (Bergen) passage continued.
U 553 (KrvKpt. Karl Thurmann!) has been requested repeatedly since 28.1 to send position report without, however, an answer being received. The last W/T message dated 20.1 was from BE 6113.
U-553 was last seen by U-465 (Kptlt. Heinz Wolf) south-west of Ireland in position 48.15N, 15.35W in the evening on 20 January 1943, and had reported troubles with its periscope the day before.
Subsequently, the boat was ordered to join "Landsknecht" and disposed in a patrol line. When and how U 553 was lost is not known.
Its loss must be presumed.
U 648 (Ltnt.z.S.d.R. Peter-Arthur Stahl) conducts Torpedo Firing Training with the 25th Flotilla Danzig.
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