Tuesday,
22 June 1943 - South-Atlantic -
- 7th week at sea completed -
0250 - Qu.4543GR - Course 119°.
0635 - Qu.4559GR - Course 90°.
Reached the Shipping Lane Cape Town - Buenos Aires - Cape Town, within the Surface Patrol Area off Cape Town.
0950 - Qu.4569GR - Course 80°.
1130 - Morning Dawn.
1200 - Qu.4648GR -
Days Run: 191.7nm - ↗ 189.0nm (23h) - 2.7nm (1h)
Total: 8577.2nm (48tg 22h) - ↗ 8265.5nm (44tg 04h 04') - ↘ 311.7nm (4tg 17h 56')
Course 80°; 465cbm (3cbm in 24h); Battery 100%; 1xT-3, 2xEtoFat, 1xT-4; 9xBold.
SSE6/5, clear, visibility 6.5nm, >1000mb (Weather & Sea unchanged in 21days and 21h).
1209 - Qu.4648GR - "Surface Vessel!". Steamer bearing 93°, E=7500 (4.6nm). A large fast tanker of 9165ts, on opposite course 254°, speed 19kn. Boat going on parallel course and A.K.
1229 - Sunrise. Weather & Sea unchanged in 21days and 22h.
1230 - Broke off chase due to high speed of tanker. Returned to original course 80°; 2x245RPM/8kn.
Cmdr.:
Right after reaching the shipping lane, we run into a large tanker. Too bad, we were too far off for an attack and that the steamer was too fast for us to be able to maneuver into attack position.
1315 -
Outgoing F.T.:
To B.d.U.:
Reached Steamer Route Cape Town - South America and at 1209 sighted Tanker 9165ts, on course 254°, speed 19kn, Qu.4648GR. Broke off pursuit due to high speed of tanker. Still have 4 eels and 465cbm. Weather and Sea unchanged in over 3 weeks: SSE6/5, medium swell, clear, visibility 6.5nm, >1000mb. Continue outbound transit. - RST -
1330 - Qu.4649GR - Crash dive for training. T=10 after 39 Sec. (1st Watch with Diving Officer); T=20 after 58 Sec.; A-Meter after 2min, 37 Sec.
1335 - Setting for A-20 with 96rpm.
1344 - T=20. Battery 97%; Compressed Air Supply 290Atü; CO₂ 1.1%.
1350 - Surfaced from S-Tiefe after 20 min. and 1.3nm. - Weather and Sea unchanged.
1353 - Boat ventilated and Compressed Air Supply filled. 2x245RPM, 8kn.
2210 - Sundown. Weather and Sea unchanged in 22 days and 8h.