8th Patrol of U-46 continued....
June 4, 1940 0401 Ordered to join Operation Juno. Plot course to Vaags fjord.
June 8 Allied forces withdraw from Norway. U-46 directed to patrol between Faroes and Shetland Islands.
June 13 Small merchant sunk by deck gun (one shot!) 2400 GRT
June 15 06:00 dive to avoid Task Force AF 78
June 20 17:00 Fiji Class sunk. 10,700 GRT. Boys on boat very happy.
June 21 04:30 Large Merchant sunk. 10,600 GRT AM 36
June 22 Running gunfight w/patrol boat escorting Intermediate Tanker. Sank patrol boat with deck gun and flak. Dive to avoid plane. Surfaced, Tanker sunk w/torpedoes. 3500 GRT. AM 36.
June 30 09:15 Ordered to BF 17.
July 4 09:58 Diesel down to 50%. No contacts. Where are the British?
July 9 11:35 Coastal Freighter 1870 GRT BF 18.
July 17 09:15 Decide return to Wilhelmshaven via northern route.
July 18 05:07 Flank speed; caught Medium Cargo 5100 GRT. Navigator calculates we have just enough fuel to get home.
July 28 15:04 Small Tanker: two torps and deck gun to finish her off. 2050 GRT AM 35.
July 24 20:20 Dived avoiding aircraft.
July 30 07:48 Small Tanker 2050 GRT AM 36. Dived to avoid English submarine.
July 31 17:05 Dived to avoid destroyer AN 13.
August 10 Dock at Wilhelmshaven. 38,000+ GRT for this patrol. Glad to be home, this was a long and very nerve wracking patrol.
I think from here on out things are just going to be worse....
