[Kapitän]

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Sunday, 10 August 1941 - South of Iceland

0019 - Incoming F.T.: From B.d.U.:
Clausen, Opitz, Fahr, RST: Give position report.

0022 - Outgoing F.T.: To B.d.U.:
Current position is Qu.3355AL. - RST -

0033 - Incoming F.T.: From B.d.U.:
Clausen, Opitz, Fahr, RST: Go to course 335° at economical speed. Next status and weather report in 24h.

0430 - Qu.3179AL - SE4/3 shifting south, rain, mist, poor visibility, <1000mb.

0536 - Sunrise. S6/5, rain, mist, poor visibility, <1000mb.

0630 - SSW7/6, rain, mist, poor visibility, <1000mb.

1200 - Qu.3111AL - Days Run: 196.0sm - ↗ 191.7 (21h 50') - ↘ 4.3sm (2h 10').
153.9cbm (5.2cbm/24h). 9500Ah. 14 internal eels. Weather unchanged since 0630h.

1201 - Second position request for U 144 (v. Mittelstaedt).

1836 - Norddeich Radio sending O.K.W. about Operation "Barbarossa" progressing as planned. Air bombardments of war manufacturing, transportation and supply infrastructure in Moscow. Several large fires in the city center and north of the Moskva-River-bend.

2236 - Sundown.

Boat operating acc. Op.-Orders as per F.T.0033/10.

RST

Kptlt.&Cmdr.

Started new career in August 2019 to commemorate the beginning of WWII, 80 years before ...

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Monday, 11 August 1941 - South of Iceland -
- Second week at sea completed -

0023 - Outgoing F.T.: To B.d.U.:
Current position is Qu.7641AE. No traffic noticed. Still have 151.2cbm and 14 internal eels. SSW7/6, rain, mist, poor visibility, <1000mb. - RST -

0109 - Incoming F.T.: From B.d.U.:
New patrol grids: Uphoff (U 84) AK3267, Förster (U 501) AD8889, RST AE7155 via AE7255. Depth 40sm.

0130 - On course 303°. Weather is clearing up again: SSW7/6 shifting west, clear, light haze, good visibility, >1000mb.

0522 - Sunrise. NW7/6 shifting west, clear, light haze, good visibility, >1000mb.

1001 - Incoming F.T.: From 1./K.G.40:
Have sunk 1 steamer 2852ts from convoy HG-70.

1125 - Qu.7255AE - New course 270°.

1136 - Incoming F.T.: From B.d.U.:
Convoy HG-70 at 0800h in grid CG8226, heading towards Lisbon.

1200 - Qu.7255AE - Days Run: 203.0sm - (↗ 24h).
148.6cbm (5.3cbm/24h). 9500Ah. 14 internal eels. N7/6, clear, light haze, good visibility, >1000mb.

1201 - Third position request for U 144 (v. Mittelstaedt). Boat is presumed lost.

(Type IID. Historically, sunk on 10 August 1941 in the Baltic Sea west of Dagö, in position 58.58N, 21.24,5E, by torpedo from the Soviet submarine ShCh-307. 28 dead, all hands lost).

1805 - U 568 (Preuss) reports convoy in AE8753, course NW, medium speed. Very likely the same convoy U 501 (Förster) reported this morning in AE8782, on course north.

2005 - U 568 (Preuss) reporting enemy convoy now in AE8725.

Cmdr.: Kptlt. Preuss commanded our sister boat U 10 during our operations with U 11 in the North Sea at the beginning of the war.

2252 - Sundown. NNE6/5, clear, light haze, good visibility, >1000mb.

2400 - NE4/3, clear, light haze, good visibility, >1000mb.

Boat operating acc. Op.-Orders as per F.T.0109/11.

RST

Kptlt.&Cmdr.