Patrol 6
U-452, 1st Flotilla
Left at: August 19, 1941, 13:45
From: Kiel
Mission Orders: Patrol grid AM19
23.8.1941
21:04 Ship sighted. Destroyer on NW course. Changed course to avoid contact. AF7878
28.8.1941
04:00 Arrived patrol area and informed BdU.
06.9.1941
03:02 Ship sighted. A lone darkened merchant on WNW course. AM1967
Although target appears unarmed I will conduct a torpedo attack.
04:11 Fired tube I. G7e
Range 1000, Speed 5, AoB red 80, Depth 5
Hit under smokestack almost excatly as calculated. Followed by huge explosion and ship sunk within minutes. Very few survivors. Questioned and helped them as much as I could. According to them ship was 5000 ton SS Titan carrying copper ore.
05:06 Radio message from BdU: /Move to grid AL24/
12:55 Aircraft. Crashdive. AL3896
13:22 Surfaced.
17:58 Aircraft. Crashdive. AL3859
21:50 Surfaced
07.9.1941
07:20 Diesel fuel reserve down to half.
20:00 Arrived patrol area and informed BdU.
21:35 Aircraft. Crashdive. AL2498
08.9.1941
07:09 Aircraft. Crashdive. AL2479
11:07 Surfaced.
10.9.1941
01:09 Aircraft. Crashdive. AL2444
01:31 Surfaced.
01:40 Aircraft. Crashdive.
02:07 Surfaced
02:12 Aircraft. Crashdive.
04:05 Surfaced
18:22 Aircraft. Crashdive. AL2438
23:02 Surfaced.
12.9.1941
08:35 Aircraft. Crashdive. AL2499
21:50 Surfaced
22:02 Radio Message to BdU: /Heavy air patrols day and night. Effective patrol difficult/
22:13 Radio message from BdU: /Move to grid AL37 and await for further orders/
13.9.1941
06:00 Arrived patrol area and informed BdU.
20.9.1941
14:30 Started return trip.
24.9.1941
09:21 Ship sighted. Three destroyers on NE course. BF1981
09:45 Fired tubes I through III. G7e
Range 1800, Speed 27, AoB red 90, Depth 3
All three missed.
25.9.1941
12:03 Docked at Brest.
"This patrol was a fight against boredom and elements."
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Himmel, sukeltakaa!
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